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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Was Made with Trust and Collaboration

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein was featured at the Toronto International Film Festival, leading to plenty of interviews from the director and leading men Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. In a recent discussion with the Ankler, the trio talked about the film’s production, which included more talk about Elordi’s creature performance. Del Toro has previously talked about Elordi’s “staggeringly beautiful” rendition of the monster, which came from months of studying child development stages, Mary Sh

Guillermo del Toro makes Frankenstein his own

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Frankenstein is one of those stories that’s been retold countless times. And yet, Guillermo del Toro has managed to make a version that not only feels true to Mary Shelley’s original, but is also imbued with the trademarks the director is known for. Maybe that shouldn’t be too surprising — when presenting the film at its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, del Toro explained that

Jacob Elordi’s ‘Frankenstein’ Body, as Described by Guillermo del Toro

When Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein hits theaters and Netflix later this year, people will watch for all kinds of reasons. Fans of the genre will be excited to see del Toro’s take on the classic tale. Fans of del Toro’s will want to see what he’s brought to this story he’s dreamed of making his entire life. And some, yes, will watch just to see Jacob Elordi as an animated corpse. Trailers and clips released publicly for the film have yet to reveal in detail what Elordi looks like as the crea

Oscar Isaac Will Bring a ‘Rock Star’ Energy to His Victor Frankenstein

Entertainment Weekly recently sat down with Oscar Isaac to discuss Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein movie, which will hit theaters in October before rolling out on Netflix. While the article breaks down the overall thrust of the movie—namely, that Dr. Frankenstein is haunted by the specter of an abusive father (Charles Dance), prompting him to create new life in an attempt to break the chains of generational trauma more than scientific achievement—the piece hones in on Isaac’s quote that his po

Sami Raimi’s ‘Magic’ Remake Officially Moving Forward

Supergirl gets a logo, Elisabeth Moss gets her own Substance treatment, and Young Frankenstein elects Cary Elwes as the President of the United States. Perfect Girl Deadline reports K-pop star Jeon Somi is set make her acting debut alongside previously announced cast members Arden Cho (KPop Demon Hunters) and Adeline Rudolph (Mortal Kombat II) in Perfect Girl, a horror-thriller described as”Scream meets Black Swan.” Naturally, the story concerns “a brand-new K-Pop super group preparing for the

Guillermo del Toro Explains Why His Frankenstein’s Monster Looks So Unique

Clearly, we’re all very, very excited about Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, which is coming to theaters on October 17 before arriving on Netflix on November 7. That’s because it’s del Toro, one of our most beloved filmmakers; his cast is incredible; and there has rarely been a better pairing of filmmaker and subject matter. One other thing has us hyped up too, and that’s Frankenstein’s monster. Del Toro loves a monster and, in a new interview, he talks about how he approached his monster diff

Oscar Isaac Is Ready to Be a ‘Star Wars’ Again

Oscar Isaac is a perpetually busy actor, and though he’s made his share of dramas, he’s particularly beloved by genre fans for his work in that realm: Dune, Moon Knight, Ex Machina, the Spider-Verse series, and even those animated Addams Family movies. But atop that mountain sits Star Wars, featuring Isaac as rebel pilot Poe Dameron across the sequel trilogy. With Poe surviving the events of The Rise of Skywalker, might there be a chance fans will see him again? Speaking to Variety in a new int

We Finally Know When Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Will Hit Theaters and Netflix

It takes a very special Netflix movie to get a theatrical release before hitting the streamer, and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is certainly that. Netflix just announced it’ll release the monster movie in select theaters on October 17 before debuting on the platform November 7. Now, there’s no word yet on just how “select” the “select theaters” will be. Is it two screens? Is it 2,000? If we look back at Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, another major film to get a similar t

‘The Batman Part II’ May Be Adding a New Member of the Bat-Family

Jordan Peele teases the horrors of Him. It’s bad news for Disney+’s Goosebumps show. Plus, Sebastian Stan is set to star in his own ‘Frankenstein’ adaptation. To me, my spoilers! The Batman, Part II Jeff Sneider’s latest Insneider Report newsletter claims that Robin plays a significant role in Matt Reeves’ The Batman sequel, with its script described as a “big swing” from Reeves and co-writer Mattson Tomlin. Radu Jude’s Frankenstein During a recent interview with Cultura la dubă (via World o

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Looks Absolutely Stunning

When Guillermo del Toro finally got the chance to make his dream project, an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, you just knew it was going to be beautiful. Del Toro’s films are known for a lot of things, and sumptuous production design and costumes are right near the top of the list. So, it almost goes without saying that a group of new images from the film are stunning, but these almost go beyond that. First revealed in an article by Vanity Fair and then released by Netflix, 10 new ima

Our Terrifying First Look at Jacob Elordi in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Is Here

Much like Frankenstein’s monster itself, the monster at the center of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a mash-up of inspirations. There’s Boris Karloff, the original and most famous Frankenstein. There’s artist Bernie Wrightson, whose illustrations of the character greatly impacted del Toro. There’s Mary Shelley, of course, whose novel the film is based on. And then there’s make-up artist Mike Hill and the actor under that make-up, Jacob Elordi, who you see above in the first official image