Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Gets Update From Director 7 Months After Casting Report

Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein adaptation receives an update from the director just seven months after an initial casting report. The classic story of Mary Shelley’s influential 1918 novel has been adapted many times, leading to the creature becoming an enduring and often-revisited figure in pop culture from Hollywood’s earliest years. The celebrated director acclaimed for Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, The Shape of Water, and Pinnochio‘s adaptation will be produced by Netflix, reuniting with the company after his successful and distinct retelling of the puppet who wished to be a real boy.