
Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating Frankenstein movie, starring Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as his monster, will premiere this November on Netflix.
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of 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.
Frankenstein filmed, under the working title Prodigal Father, in Toronto and Scotland last year.
The director on Frankenstein’s giant outdoor ship set t CineSpace Studios Marine Terminal near Cherry Beach in Toronto.


Toronto photographer Andrew Thomas captured some stunning visuals of F (as del Toro calls it) shooting on its ship set.
More ship action tonight on the set of Frankenstein filming in Toronto. @TOFilming_EM pic.twitter.com/kGcEUvFgM3
— Andrew Thomas (@andrewbent) April 19, 2024
Could the hooded creature below be the 6′ 5″ tall Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein’s monsterr?

More ship action tonight on the set of Frankenstein filming in Toronto. Listen to Guillermo del Toronto guide the cast.. @TOFilming_EM pic.twitter.com/cqQBbwjIbX
— Andrew Thomas (@andrewbent) April 19, 2024
We first saw the Toronto ship set a year ago in the background of a Guillermo del Toro post.

I’m doing Frankenstein. We’re working on it, we start shooting on it in [March]. It’s a movie I’ve been wanting to do for 50 years since I saw the first Frankenstein and I had an epiphany and is basically a movie that requires a lot of growth and a lot of tools that I couldn’t have done 10 years ago, 20 years ago and now I’m brave or crazy enough or something and we’re going to tackle it. — Guillermo del Toro to Collider.
Related: Guillermo del Toro’s Dr. Frankenstein Movie To Film in Toronto This Winter & Spring
Ahead of production, the Oscar-winning director gathered most of his Frankenstein cast — Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz and Charles Dance — at Pai restaurant in Toronto.

Production was delayed two weeks but began in early March.
Some weeks later, the 6′ 5″ tall Jacob Elordi (replacing Andrew Garfield who had a scheduling conflict) joined the director and co-star Mia Goth for another dinner at Pai restaurant.
Related: Jacob Elordi at Toronto’s Pai With Frankenstein Director Guillermo del Toro

Frankenstein wrapped its four-month shoot in Toronto last July and then headed to Scotland to shoot exteriors.
Oscar Isaac’s Frankenstein In Scotland:

We’re filming Frankenstein . . . It’s everything I hoped it would be and more. It’s been such an extraordinary experience. — Mia Goth to Empire Film podcast.
Frankenstein
Working title: PRODIGAL FATHER.
Writer/Director: Guillermo del Toro.
Toronto filming dates: March 04 2024 – July 05 2024.
Scotland shoot: July 2024 – October 2024.
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley.
Toronto soundstages: Cinespace Toronto.