Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein film has finally finished production, nine months after it started. More on the film here.
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein has finally wrapped production after nine months of filming. It’s not often these days that we see film productions run so long – the 100 day club of film shoots has been quiet – but then again, we all know what a master craftsman del Toro is.
The Pan’s Labyrinth filmmaker took to social media (specifically, Twitter, or X, or Muskbook) to announce the end of shooting, simply stating: “Shooting has been completed on “F” — Joy!!!”
Netflix is backing the project for which del Toro has assembled some heavyweight talent: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth and Charles Dance all star in del Toro’s take on Mary Shelley’s legendary horror tale, widely considered to also be the first ever science fiction story.
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Shooting kicked off in January, with Netflix backing the project. While on one hand we wish that del Toro was given the opportunity to mount a project like this on cinema screens (where it undoubtedly belongs), the filmmaker has seen Frankenstein projects fall apart before, including a 2008 version for Universal. If a small screen version is what it takes for him to see a dream project realised, then so be it.
We don’t yet know when the film will arrive on Netflix, but later next year appears to be a safe bet. The filmmaker has competition on that front though, given that Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bride Of Frankenstein movie will release next year too. That one will be getting a theatrical release as it’s been backed by Warner Bros (after Netflix pulled the plug on it). We covered a report a while ago that suggested that one might actually be a musical of sorts, so there could be two very different Frankenstein movies to enjoy in 2025.
Of course, both films can be classed as remakes of a sort, and if you want to know more about the origins of the original Frankenstein and Bride Of Frankenstein, two stone cold early Hollywood classics, then do check out our retrospective.
