Netflix has a special treat in this year’s program from all the horror films that await us in 2025. None other than fantasy master Guillermo del Toro breathes the story of Frankenstein new life. There is finally a first picture of this.
With Netflix, Guillermo del Toro gives first insight into his heart project Frankenstein
Created in 1818 by Mary Shelley in her Gothic-Roman Frankenstein *, the scientist Dr. Viktor Frankenstein and his creature composed of body parts for over 200 years of the most famous monster stories worldwide. At Moviepilot alone, the number of entries to Frankenstein films reaches a number of over 180.
This year, Guillermo del Toro is now trying to adapt the horror icon. Of course, his fans know that the Mexican filmmaker Monster lover is. Works such as Pans Labyrinth, Shape of Water and Hellboy demonstrated this sufficiently. Consequently, this adaptation has been a heart project, according to Variety, and the director even has a Frankenstein room in his house in Los Angeles:
This film has been in my head since I’ve been a child – for 50 years! I have Tried to implement it for 20 to 25 years. In fact, some could even think that I was obsessed with Frankenstein. With that they would probably be right. The figure is over the decades merged with my soul And became a kind of autobiography. It couldn’t be more personal. I hope you like the first brief insight.
The first Frankenstein picture shows Star Wars and Dune star Oscar Isaac in the role of Dr. Frankensteinwho obviously argues his scientific theories of life and death in front of a large lecture hall. A look at the associated Monster, embodied by Jacob Elordi If (the Andrew Garfield replaces), however, we are still withheld. Selected journalist: Inside, however, a video of him on Frankenstein’s bed was shown: with long black hair, seams in the gray skin and red glittering eyes.
How Eng Guillermo del Toros Netflix film will follow the book template is not yet known, while some are based on a classic implementation, there have also been reports that the horror film plays 40 years after the creature and a certain Dr. Pretorius (Christoph Waltz) searches for the monster. Mia Goth (Pearl) is also part of the occupation as noble Elizabeth.
After three years of Del Toro’s first feature film since the animated film Pinocchio, which he (in addition to the Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities series) had also staged for Netflix.
When does Guillermo de Toros Frankenstein start at Netflix?
Frankenstein does not yet have an exact start date at Netflix, but a very specific period of publication: in the course of the November 2025 Guillermo del Toros horror film starts at the streaming service.
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