Overview

• Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein will premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 30, positioning the film for an awards run, according to Variety.
• Jacob Elordi plays the Creature opposite Oscar Isaac’s Victor Frankenstein, with del Toro describing the story as closer to a father‑son parable than traditional horror, PerthNow reports from a Variety interview.
• Elordi described spending up to 18 hours in heavy prosthetics and makeup that left him isolated on set, saying he often struggled to even ask for water, News18 reports.
• Oscar Isaac recounted that Elordi reached a rare breaking point after repeated strenuous takes, telling del Toro, “I am a person,” in comments shared in a Variety conversation reported by FandomWire.
• Variety reports the project cost about $120 million and was realized through del Toro’s Netflix first‑look deal, with a limited theatrical release set for Oct. 17 before a Netflix debut on Nov. 7, per News18.