“I have a fire in my soul, and I will no longer allow you or anyone else to contain it.”
We’ve seen countless movies about her greatest creation, but the story of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley will finally be told in Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Mary Shelley, a biopic starring Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon) as the titular icon. In the film…
“Passionate and rebellious teenager Mary Wollstonecraft finds a kindred spirit in poet Percy Shelley. Their whirlwind love affair scandalizes polite society, as the young couple gorge on literature and a bohemian life. When tragedy strikes and the couple lose their baby daughter, Mary strikes back, finding the courage and bravery to transform her pain into the world’s first science fiction novel, ‘Frankenstein’ – all by the age of 18.”
You can watch the trailer and check out the poster art below.
Douglas Booth (Loving Vincent), Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Tom Sturridge (Far from the Madding Crowd) and Ben Hardy (X-Men: Apocalypse) also star.
Mary Shelly arrives in theaters May 25th and VOD June 1st.
