Mary Shelley’s 1818 cult novel ‘Frankenstein’ aka ‘The Modern Prometheus’ has been the subject of fascination for filmmakers across the globe since the advent of cinema. And the latest entrant to the list is none other than the globally acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
The Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro has been wanting to adapt the widely known monster story ‘Frankenstein’ for the screen for a long time. And now, it looks like the ambitious film project, which is apparently being developed at Netflix, is confirmed, taking a concrete shape and is ready to roll.
As per the latest update (via Collider), Guillermo del Toro has cast Oscar winning actor Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained) in an undisclosed role. He further revealed that the filming for the ‘Frankenstein’ adaptation will commence next year in February. Besides the German Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, the project also features Andrew Garfield, Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac in pivotal roles. However, exactly who is playing who in the ‘Frankenstein’ movie is currently being kept under wraps.
For the unversed, the underlying story of ‘Frankenstein’ is set in the eighteenth century and revolves around the titular scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a living creature by assembling body parts from corpses, but he gets more than what he had bargained for: the dreaded Frankenstein’s monster.
This is obviously not the first time Mary Shelley’s novel ‘Frankenstein’ has been adapted for the screen. Right from a silent film era adaptation in 1910 to the critically and commercially successful 1931 film ‘Frankenstein’ followed by Kenneth Branagh’s film starring Robert De Niro as the monster, the list is quite long.
With a filmmaker of Guillermo del Toro’s caliber at the helm of affairs this time for the ‘Frankenstein’ adaptation, it is possible that the upcoming project might potentially turn out to be the best ever adaptation of the immensely popular story. But that remains to be seen.