This past March, we first heard about Knifeman, a TV series that is being developed by David Cronenberg. We haven’t heard anything about the project since then, but a lead actor has now been cast.
Tim Roth will be playing radical surgeon John Tattersall, according to Deadline. The project is based on The Knife Man, a biography of eighteenth century surgeon John Hunter, so we aren’t sure if the name change is due to a typo or if the project only loosely based on the source material.
Book Synopsis: “The Knife Man, relates the life of maverick 18th-century surgeon John Hunter. From humble Scottish origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were crude, extremely painful and often fatal, Hunter rejected medieval traditions based on ancient Greek orthodoxy to forge a revolution in surgery founded on pioneering scientific experiments.
Tim Roth will be playing radical surgeon John Tattersall, according to Deadline. The project is based on The Knife Man, a biography of eighteenth century surgeon John Hunter, so we aren’t sure if the name change is due to a typo or if the project only loosely based on the source material.
Book Synopsis: “The Knife Man, relates the life of maverick 18th-century surgeon John Hunter. From humble Scottish origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were crude, extremely painful and often fatal, Hunter rejected medieval traditions based on ancient Greek orthodoxy to forge a revolution in surgery founded on pioneering scientific experiments.
- 6/20/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
While it’s becoming less unusual to see movie directors jump to TV projects, we’re excited to hear that David Cronenberg is in the process of developing a new TV series titled Knifeman.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cronenberg will direct the pilot episode and serve as an executive producer on the series, which is based on The Knife Man, a biography of eighteenth century surgeon John Hunter. From author Wendy Moore’s website:
“The Knife Man, relates the life of maverick 18th-century surgeon John Hunter. From humble Scottish origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were crude, extremely painful and often fatal, Hunter rejected medieval traditions based on ancient Greek orthodoxy to forge a revolution in surgery founded on pioneering scientific experiments. Using the knowledge gained from countless human dissections, Hunter worked to improve...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cronenberg will direct the pilot episode and serve as an executive producer on the series, which is based on The Knife Man, a biography of eighteenth century surgeon John Hunter. From author Wendy Moore’s website:
“The Knife Man, relates the life of maverick 18th-century surgeon John Hunter. From humble Scottish origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were crude, extremely painful and often fatal, Hunter rejected medieval traditions based on ancient Greek orthodoxy to forge a revolution in surgery founded on pioneering scientific experiments. Using the knowledge gained from countless human dissections, Hunter worked to improve...
- 3/13/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Though he's dabbled with directing television episodes in the past, David Cronenberg is planning his most ambitious small-screen project with "Knifeman". The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the series will be based on the biographyBased on the biography, "The Knife Man: Blood, Body-snatching and the Birth of Modern Surgery" by Wendy Moore, Cronenberg will tell the tale of 18th century surgeon John Hunter.
"From humble Scottish origins," Moore writes on her own site, "John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were crude, extremely painful and often fatal, Hunter rejected medieval traditions based on ancient Greek orthodoxy to forge a revolution in surgery founded on pioneering scientific experiments... Although a central figure of the Enlightenment, revered by fellow scientists and friendly with high society, Hunter’s tireless quest for human corpses immersed him deep in the sinister world of body-snatching.
"From humble Scottish origins," Moore writes on her own site, "John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were crude, extremely painful and often fatal, Hunter rejected medieval traditions based on ancient Greek orthodoxy to forge a revolution in surgery founded on pioneering scientific experiments... Although a central figure of the Enlightenment, revered by fellow scientists and friendly with high society, Hunter’s tireless quest for human corpses immersed him deep in the sinister world of body-snatching.
- 3/13/2012
- by silas.lesnick@craveonline.com (Silas Lesnick)
- shocktillyoudrop.com
London’s Royal College of Surgeons is not a typical place for a film screening, but then Jameson’s Cult Film Club specialises in showing films in less than usual locales. Previously they’ve shown Taxi Driver in a car park and a selection of horror films in a chapel. On Thursday night they showed Gareth Edwards’ critically acclaimed Monsters to a packed out audience within the halls of the prestigious college. With Jameson cocktails to hand and surgical masks at the ready, a few hundred hardy souls braved the cold London night to witness Edwards’ future cult classic.
Our evening began in the college’s museum, wherein shelf upon shelf of preserved organs, creatures and human beings remain in hundreds of jars. Some specimens were fascinating, some tragic, but most were incredibly disturbing. Take, for example, the section of a child’s face, or the enormous facial tumour, or the series of snake embryos,...
Our evening began in the college’s museum, wherein shelf upon shelf of preserved organs, creatures and human beings remain in hundreds of jars. Some specimens were fascinating, some tragic, but most were incredibly disturbing. Take, for example, the section of a child’s face, or the enormous facial tumour, or the series of snake embryos,...
- 3/5/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
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