Guillermo Del Toro Will Finally Make His FRANKENSTEIN Movie On Netflix; Andrew Garfield, Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth in talks

It seems Guillermo del Toro is finally making his film adaptation of Mary Shelley Frankenstein! The director is set to write and direct the film for Netflix, and is already in talks with actors to star! According to Deadline, Andrew Garfield, Oscar IsaacAND My Goth I’m in the first interviews.

No offers have been made, but sources say the director has met with all three and each is on board to star. It is unknown who the actors will play, but I hope he still has casting plans Douglas Jones like The Monster! In describing what his version of the classic horror character would look like, Jones said:

“[M]My first thought is that I’m not the big, broad, muscular Frankenstein you have in mind. But I was told, Guillermo is a huge fan of Bernie Wrightson, and a friend of Bernie Wrightson, and Bernie had illustrated a version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and all the images of Frankenstein’s monster in this one, that’s what he wanted to model my appearance. That he was more emaciated, a little thinner, a little tighter, a little more pathetic. And yet, he had an unnatural physical ability, an unnatural athleticism for him. He’s been stitched together from spares from a couple of different bodies. Very bony face, long, stringy, drawn hair.

Frankenstein has been a long-running passion project for del Toro, and it looks like he’s going to really pull it off! He’s been talking about his vision for this project for years. He previously shared his love of the property, but also explained that he’s afraid to own it:

“Frankenstein to me is the pinnacle of everything, and part of me wants to make a version of it, part of me has been avoiding making it for more than 25 years. I dream of being able to make the greatest Frankenstein ever, but then if you can do it, you have done it. Whether it’s great or not, it’s done. You can no longer dream about it. This is the tragedy of a director. You can dream about something but once you’ve done it, you’ve done it. That’s all. You got a 10 or a 6.5 but you were already in the Olympics and you were judged.

Del Toro was actually asked by Universal Pictures to direct Frankenstein at one point, but he wasn’t ready. He explained:

“I mean, look, I’d love to do Frankenstein and the bride, or Frankenstein for sure, but really, Frankenstein was—I was really, really scared. Woman [Langley, Universal executive] He’s reached out to me a few times to start it now and I’m always like, you know, it’s like the dream project so I’m a bit, I’m a chicken shit, you know? When I do, I have to. Like, if I were doing Frankenstein, I’d literally stop everything and take a three-year gap year, just to write it. It’s not something that will just flow, like second nature. It’s my favorite book in history. [Laughs.]”

Well, it looks like del Toro is confident and ready to take on the challenge of making his own Frankenstein movie and I’m so excited to see how that pans out! I’ve wanted to see his take on this story since he’s been talking about it and I’m confident it’s going to be an incredible film!