Guillermo del Toro began pursuing a Frankenstein adaptation in 2007 and confirmed plans with Universal in 2008 before the project was shelved during the Dark Universe era. Netflix now advances the film after del Toro's Best Picture win. The teaser emphasizes atmosphere and spectacle: Victor harnessing lightning, a coffined woman, and a shadowy, invulnerable figure, while keeping the monster visually mysterious. Oscar Isaac plays Victor and Jacob Elordi portrays the Monster after Andrew Garfield exited. Mia Goth performs both Frankenstein’s mother and Elizabeth. Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, and Felix Kammerer join the cast.
Director Guillermo del Toro began publicly speaking about wanting to adapt Frankenstein in 2007 when he told Jo Blo that he "would kill to make" a "Miltonian tragedy" version of Mary Shelley's classic. In the intervening years, the film began to take shape. Confirmed for Universal in 2008 with Doug Jones as the monster, it was shelved for the Dark Universe, per Jones himself.
There's a lot of spooky stuff in the first Frankenstein teaser trailer, released on May 31. The titular Victor climbs into the sky to harness lightning. A dead woman in a coffin is carried through the streets. "I created death," he intones. Frankenstein's monster remains a mystery, however. Instead, the trailer shows a dark figure effortlessly fighting off a ship full of men, impervious to their weapons.
The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Monster. Originally, Andrew Garfield was set to play the monster, del Toro confirmed in 2023, but he left the project shortly before filming due to scheduling. All Garfield's intended makeup was scrapped, and the departure left del Toro just nine weeks to replace him, per Vanity Fair. He told that he ultimately went with Elordi because "Jacob's eyes are so full of humanity."
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