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"Aaron Eckhart has landed the lead role in a film adaptation of the graphic novel I, Frankenstein. Deadline confirms that the Dark Knight star has been cast as Adam Frankenstein in writer-director Stuart Beattie&amp;#039;s adaptation of the Kevin Grevioux story. &amp;quot;Mary Shelley&amp;#039;s story is about the creation of the first human being,&amp;quot; Beattie said following the announcement. &amp;quot;This is the story about that being becoming human.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;This story is all about what it means to be human, and there could be no more achingly human performance than the one Aaron gave in our own Rabbit Hole,&amp;quot; Lionsgate co-chief operating officer Joe Drake added. &amp;quot;We are so excited to see what he will bring to this role.&amp;quot; I, Frankenstein follows Frankenstein&amp;#039;s monster, who has miraculously survived to the present day thanks to a rare genetic quirk, and who soon becomes embroiled in a clan war. Lionsgate will distribute the film in the US, while Lakeshore Entertainment will handle the international release. Eckhart will next be seen opposite Johnny Depp in Bruce Robinson&amp;#039;s adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson&amp;#039;s The Rum Diary. I, Frankenstein will begin filming in January 2012, ready for release on February 22, 2013. &amp;gt; The Rum Diary - teaser poster unveiled Watch Aaron Eckhart in the trailer for The Rum Diary below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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