Maestro of monsters Guillermo del Toro is tackling one of the classics of the creature genre with the first trailer for Frankenstein.
The first look at the adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel came during Tudum, the Netflix event in which the streaming service shows off its upcoming projects.
The new take on Frankenstein stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein’s monster. The feature also stars Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Christian Convery, Charles Dance and Christoph Waltz.
Del Toro has a long history of turning monsters into prestige fair. 2006’s Pan’s Labyrinth earned three Oscars, while 2017’s The Shape of Water was an awards juggernaut, taking home four Academy Awards, including best picture and best director. With Frankenstein, he continues a relationship with Netflix that includes Pinocchio, which landed a best animated feature Oscar in 2023.
The filmmaker has long wanted to make a Frankenstein feature, and gave a nod to Shelly in his 2018 acceptance speech for a BAFTA for best director for Shape of Water.
“The most important figure from English legacy is, incredibly, for me, a teenager by the name of Mary Shelley, and she has remained a figure as important in my life as if she were family,” del Toro said. “And so many times when I want to give up, when I think about giving up, when people tell me that dreaming of the movies and the stories I dream are impossible, I think of her.”
