john landis & irish grave robbers!
i think this is gonna be great!!
The film director digging up the story of two Northern Ireland graverobbers
From An American Werewolf in London to Irish killers in Edinburgh — director John Landis is making a black comedy about two bloodthirsty killers from Northern Ireland who flogged the bodies of their victims for medical research.
William Burke, from Strabane in Co Tyrone, and William Hare, thought to be from Newry, emigrated in the early 19th century to Edinburgh to work as labourers.
They were short of money and long on potential cadavers and turned to murder at a time when ambitious anatomists were keen to get their hands on fresh bodies to dissect.
Their killing spree, in which they murdered 17 people from the lower echelons of Edinburgh society, has long been part of the city’s tourist trail — but Northern Ireland has been slow to claim its sanguine sons.
Landis’ movie Burke and Hare will star comedy actor Simon Pegg as Burke and Doctor Who’s David Tennant has just been confirmed in the role of William Hare when shooting begins at Ealing Studios in London next year
there's alot more to this story at:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/the-fi...
The film director digging up the story of two Northern Ireland graverobbers
From An American Werewolf in London to Irish killers in Edinburgh — director John Landis is making a black comedy about two bloodthirsty killers from Northern Ireland who flogged the bodies of their victims for medical research.
William Burke, from Strabane in Co Tyrone, and William Hare, thought to be from Newry, emigrated in the early 19th century to Edinburgh to work as labourers.
They were short of money and long on potential cadavers and turned to murder at a time when ambitious anatomists were keen to get their hands on fresh bodies to dissect.
Their killing spree, in which they murdered 17 people from the lower echelons of Edinburgh society, has long been part of the city’s tourist trail — but Northern Ireland has been slow to claim its sanguine sons.
Landis’ movie Burke and Hare will star comedy actor Simon Pegg as Burke and Doctor Who’s David Tennant has just been confirmed in the role of William Hare when shooting begins at Ealing Studios in London next year
there's alot more to this story at:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/the-fi...
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