Overview
- Following its Aug. 30 world premiere at the 82nd Venice Film Festival and a brief run in select cinemas, the film now shifts to a global Netflix release.
- Oscar Isaac plays Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi portrays the creature, and Christoph Waltz appears as the project’s key backer, with Mia Goth in a supporting role.
- Early reception has been strong, with a 95% audience score and an 85% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes cited in recent coverage.
- Reports say Netflix backed the production with about $120 million and granted Guillermo del Toro broad creative freedom.
- The streaming debut lands during a crowded slate that includes Prime Video’s Maxton Hall Season 2, ZDFneo’s The other gAIrl in the ZDF Mediathek, and Apple TV+’s Pluribus.