In just over a week, Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival – an adaptation of Mary Shelley‘s novel, which he’s been trying to make his entire career.
More details about the film have now emerged via a feature piece in Variety, such as confirmation of a $120 million production budget for a 120 day shoot.
Del Toro says his aim with every project is to make it look like it was made for double its budget, calling it his “fiduciary duty as a producer”.
The piece also confirms that the title, which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next weekend, will get Netflix’s longest exclusive theatrical run ever – three weeks, starting on October 17th. The film will then hit the streamer on November 7th. Del Toro says:
“We will get the biggest theatrical release that Netflix gives its films. I don’t know the exact number, but it’s three weeks exclusively, and then it can stay in theatres longer.”
Del Toro also confirmed that Netflix will also release the film on physical media, like they did with his 2022 film “Pinocchio”. He explains:
“The theatrical experience is very important, I believe in it. But if the choice is between being able to make the movie and have portions of the release be theatrical and portions be streaming or not make the movie, that’s an easy decision to make. For a filmmaker, you want to tell your stories.”
Oscar Isaac plays Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious scientist obsessed with the creation of life, ultimately creating a monster (Jacob Elordi) he rejects with tragic consequences. Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz co-star.
