We just wrapped in Toronto and we’re going to Scotland soon to shoot all the exteriors — Mia Goth to Empire Film podcast.
Guillermo del Toro flies to the UK tonight to shoot more footage in London and Scotland for his Netflix Frankenstein movie, after wrapping a four-month shoot in Toronto.
LAST week of shoot in Toronto- the London and Scotland until October- rocking some fashion for a magnificent film! Watch ULTRAMAN!! pic.twitter.com/eTUiM4tqbk
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) June 24, 2024
Kim and I leave for London / Scotland tonight- we will shoot more location footage for “F” until October or so… I will be updating- couldn’t quite finish this lil’ beast- maybe when I return. Or never- I dont like miniatures that much- pic.twitter.com/psiV5MsMyg
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) July 3, 2024
Toronto locals like photographer Andrew Thomas captured some stunning visuals of F (as del Toro calls it) shooting on its outdoor ship set.
Could the hooded creature below be the 6′ 5″ tall Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein’s monsterr?
Andrew Thomas videos.
More ship action tonight on the set of Frankenstein filming in Toronto. @TOFilming_EM pic.twitter.com/kGcEUvFgM3
— Andrew Thomas (@andrewbent) April 19, 2024
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
Look at the scale of the Frankenstein ship. at CineSpace Studios Marine Terminal near Cherry Beach.
We first saw the ship set in late January in the background of a Guillermo del Toro post, but the image didn’t do it justice.
What’s Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein movie about?
Set in Eastern Europe in the 19th Century, this is the story of Dr. Pretorious (Christoph Waltz), who needs to track down Frankenstein’s monster (Jacob Elordi) -believed to have died in a fire forty years before–in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac).
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 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
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.
Toronto filming dates: March 04 2024 – July 05 2024.
Plus some on-location shooting in gothic Scotland and England: July 2024 – October 2024.
Writer/Director: Guillermo del Toro.
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, Sofia Galasso.
Soundstages: Cinespace Toronto.