Who’s the Monster?
Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating Frankenstein movie, starring Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, released a new trailer telling the tale from the perspective of Jacob Elordi’s Creature.
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.
Toronto photographer Andrew Thomas captured some spectacular images of the giant outdoor ship set at CineSpace Studios Marine Terminal near Cherry Beach.
Including the hooded Creature aboard the ship.
Frankenstein made the Creature out of the frozen bodies of soldiers in a mass grave from the Crimean War. That means the Creature has visions from several soldiers’ past lives. This scene on the ice with the frozen ship is the Creature tracking down his Creator and exacting his revenge.
Now, run – he says when he finds Frankenstein at the ship.
Trailer:
Frankenstein had its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival and critics agreed that the production design on the US$120 million movie is “over the moon”.
Let’s construct the wardrobe and tailor the sets, and then give them to the actors . . .. I always say there is a difference between eye candy, which is pretty, and eye protein, which is telling the story. — Oscar Isaac.
Characters:
Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
6’5″ Jacob Elordi as the Creature.
Mia Goth as Victor Frankenstein’s love interest Elizabeth and his mother.
Christoph Waltz as arms merchant Harlander, Charles Dance as Victor Frankenstein’s father, and Felix Kammerer as Victor Frankenstein’s brother.
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Frankenstein filmed in Toronto and Scotland last year under the working title Prodigal Father.
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Ahead of production, the Oscar-winning director gathered some of his Frankenstein cast — Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz and Charles Dance — at Pai restaurant in Toronto.
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.
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Frankenstein wrapped its four-month shoot in Toronto in the summer of 2024 and then headed to Scotland to shoot exteriors.
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, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Charles Dance, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery.
