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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ – Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac Reportedly in Talks to Potentially Star
Guillermo del Toro is reportedly working on his own adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for Netflix, and Deadline brings us some exciting (potential) casting news this week.
According to the site’s sources, Mia Goth (Pearl), Oscar Isaac (“Moon Knight”) and Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) are all in early talks to potentially come on board.
Deadline notes in this afternoon’s exclusive report, “Insiders close to the pic caution that del Toro is still working on the script and no formal offers have given to any actors. But sources add that he has met with all three and each is on board to star.”
Del Toro is writing and directing Frankenstein for Netflix, with his specific approach completely under wraps at this time. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more about the project.
Back in 2018, Guillermo del Toro won four Academy Awards for The Shape of Water, essentially his own unique take on the Creature from the Black Lagoon. With Frankenstein up next, it would seem he’s building his very own army of Universal Monsters.
Take that, Dark Universe.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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