Guillermo del Toro loves a goliath , and there are few lusus naturae more iconic than Frankenstein ’s . Whilerumors of his adaptationof Mary Shelley ’s novel have been circulating for a while , the cast has been all pot and mirror . Today , Deadlinereported it has source close to the position who attest thatthree doer — Andrew Garfield , Oscar Isaac , and Mia Goth — are “ in other lecture ” to star .
The live - natural process cinema will be produced by Netflix , anddel Torois position to save and direct . This will denounce del Toro ’s counter tolive - actionfollowing his stop motion animated outing , Pinocchio , which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature earlier this calendar week . Del Toro has remained silent on what sort of adaptation his Frankenstein will be , so there ’s no Good Book if this will be a period dramatic event , which many of his gothic and monster - focused films have been — including Crimson Peak , Shape of Water , and Pan ’s Labyrinth — or if this will be update take on the definitive sci - fi horror tale .
While the molding is n’t confirm , we do n’t know who might be playing which role , and del Toro is supposed to be still working on the script , Deadline reports that he has “ met with ” each of the actors and they are all “ on add-in ” with the task . A Garfield - Isaac - Goth plaster cast would be terrible , so here ’s hoping it happens ; we ’ll keep you posted on del Toro ’s later creature feature as more details are free .
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