Overview

• Running 149 minutes, the film debuts in competition at the Venice Film Festival as the director’s decades-in-the-making passion project.
• Oscar Isaac plays Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi is the Creature, Mia Goth portrays Elizabeth, and Christoph Waltz appears as Dr. Pretorius in the Netflix-backed production.
• The rollout is set for a theatrical release on October 22 followed by streaming on Netflix beginning November 7.
• Del Toro said today that the real monsters wear suit and tie and dismissed simple AI comparisons, emphasizing questions of humanity, empathy, and the power of forgiveness.
• Yves Montmayeur’s documentary Sangre del Toro screens in Venezia Classici alongside the premiere, and Jacob Elordi replaced Andrew Garfield in the role of the Creature a few months before filming.