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Producer Ralph Winter (The X-Men Trilogy, Star Treks III through VI) and Terry Botwick plan to turn Dean Koontz's Frankenstein books into a series of feature films.

The planned adaptations, developed through their 1019 Entertainment banner, will be a 21st Century take on the Mary Shelly monster. The movie will feature the doctor and his super-human original creation, called Deucalion, in modern-day New Orleans. The goal with these films is to create a movie franchise.

"These books have enough twists and turns to keep the public coming back to the theaters for many years to come," Winter and Botwick said.

Three titles in Koontz's series have been published, with the fourth scheduled for release in June. No word yet on a projected release date for the project.