Guillermo del Toro Wraps Shooting on His Long-Awaited FRANKENSTEIN Movie
Director Guillermo del Toro has announced that he has wrapped principal photography on his long-awaited adaptation of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein which is set up at Netflix.
The filmmaker shared the news on X, saying: “Shooting has been completed on “F” - Joy!!!” This has been a passion project for Del Toro for a very long time and I’m very excited to see what his vision of this classic monster story will be.
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.
Del Toro is writing, directing, and producing the film and he 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.”
The director also explained that he did have a fear of making this movie: “Frankenstein to me is the pinnacle of everything, and part of me wants to do a version of it, part of me has for more than 25 years chickened out of making it.
“I dream I can make the greatest Frankenstein ever, but then if you make it, you’ve made it. Whether it’s great or not, it’s done. You cannot dream about it anymore. That’s the tragedy of a filmmaker.
“You can dream of something but once you’ve made it, you’ve made it. That’s it. You landed a 10 or you landed a 6.5 but you were at the Olympics already, and you were judged.”
Producer J. Miles Dale went on to say that it’s going to be a "deeply emotional" movie, and added: "In the last couple of films, certainly with Nightmare Alley and then with Pinocchio, we've dealt with the whole father-son relationship. And Guillermo and I both lost our fathers in the last few years.
“When you have a strong father figure, it's a big part of our lives. This version of Frankenstein very much goes down that thematic road. So, I feel like this is the third film in Guillermo's father trilogy. That's exciting, and when you read the script, it's very emotional and, of course, very iconic."
The movie stars Oscar Issac as Victor Frankenstein. Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, and Jacob Elordi as The Monster.