Burke and Hare
The most interesting movie mix all week
John Landis is turning Dr. Hot Who and Shaun of the Dead into grave robbers. David Tennant and Simon Pegg will now have more in common than one too many letters in their last names. John Landis is set to direct them in the starring roles of a dark period-comedy called “Burke and Hare.”
The movie is based on a true story about famous graverobbers, Burke And Hare, and follows the exploits of two men (Pegg as Burke, Tennant as Hare) as they fall into the highly profitable business of providing cadavers for the medical fraternity in 19th Century Edinburgh, which was the center of medical learning of the day, and was always short of bodies–bodies Burke and Hare often helped expedite into becoming cadavers.
Since reality dictates we have to be patient for some sort of clip or preview, here’s a Tennant fix after the jump to keep you edified.
Graham Norton Show episode featuring David Tennant.