Netflix has released to new posters for Guillermo del Toro upcoming film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and it was also announced that the film will be released on Netflix on November 7, but it will also get a select theatrical release on October 17.
The story follows Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
It’s explained that “much of the film, including this laboratory scene, takes place within the remnants of once-great structures.”
Frankensteinstars Jacob Elordi as the Monster, Oscar Isaac as Victor, featued in the posters and they are joined by Mia Goth (MaXXXine, The Odyssey) as Victor’s fiancée, Elizabeth Lavenza; Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds, del Toro’s Pinocchio) as Dr. Septimus Pretorius, Victor’s former professor who originated in Bride of Frankenstein; Lars Mikkelsen (The Witcher, Ahsoka) as Captain Anderson, a seeming replacement for Captain Walton, leader of a voyage of discovery towards the northern pole; and Ralph Ineson (Game of Thrones, The Fantastic Four: First Steps) as Professor Kempre, who in the novel is a professor of natural philosophy described as “an uncouth man, but deeply imbued in the secrets of his science.”
Del Toro prevously opened up about the film and what he is looking to do with it saying:“Somebody asked me the other day, does it have really scary scenes? For the first time, I considered that. It’s an emotional story for me. It’s as personal as anything. I’m asking a question about being a father, being a son… I’m not doing a horror movie — ever. I’m not trying to do that.”
Del Toro previously said of the project, “It’s a movie I have been wanting to do for 50 years since I saw the first Frankenstein. I had an epiphany, and it’s basically a movie that required a lot of growth and a lot of tools that I couldn’t have done 10 years ago. Now I’m brave or crazy enough or something, and we’re gonna tackle it.”
Check out the posters below.
