Handsome star Aaron Eckhardt seems to insist on messing up his good looks in the name of cinema.

Best known for playing the disfigured Batman nemesis Two-Face in "The Dark Knight," Eckhardt will now be stepping into the platform shoes of history's most misunderstood monster in "I, Frankenstein," reports EW.com.

Writer-director Stuart Beattie (who co-wrote "30 Days of Night" and "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," among others) will direct, based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux.

The story finds Frankenstein's monster drifting into a modern-day outlaw town where he finds himself in the middle of two warring factions, ala "Yojimbo" or "A Fistful of Dollars."

"I, Frankenstein" starts shooting in January, aiming for a February 22, 2013 release.