Overview

• Oscar Isaac stars as Victor Frankenstein with Jacob Elordi as the creature, joined by Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz.
• Del Toro calls it the film he has trained 30 years to make, speaking from Toronto where he is completing sound mixing.
• The adaptation stresses fidelity to Mary Shelley’s novel and frames Victor as an artist and showman rather than a stock mad scientist.
• The festival rollout includes a Venice premiere followed by Toronto as part of an awards-season push from Netflix and producers J. Miles Davis and Scott Stuber.
• Netflix plans a limited theatrical opening on October 17, with streaming set for November 7.