Despite the failure of the recent Charlie’s Angels, Elizabeth Banks is moving on to another classic franchise. Banks is developing an original take based on the classic Universal title, The Invisible Woman. Banks is set to star in and direct the feature project.
The original 1940 film focused on a department store model who becomes the test subject of an invisibility experiment. Upon becoming invisible, she gets back against her boss but unwittingly falls into trouble with gangsters.
The Invisible Woman is the latest horror title to be redeveloped by Universal as it attempts to create stand alone franchises for its classic horror movie characters. The studio abandoned its cinematic universe to be called Dark Universe after the poor performance of the Tom Cruise The Mummy.