There have been many screen versions of Frankenstein, but Guillermo del Toro's upcoming take on Mary Shelley's classic might be one of the most-anticipated yet.
Netflix has announced today that Frankenstein will be released on the streaming service in November 2025, although we don't yet have a specific release date.
To mark the exciting news, we have also been treated to a first look at Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein who, as ever, brings a creature to life in an experiment which ultimately leads to his downfall and his monster's undoing too.
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Guillermo del Toro has written and directed Frankenstein, which also stars Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein's monster.
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It was a role that was originally intended for Andrew Garfield, who had to drop out as a result of scheduling conflicts. In December 2024, Garfield said he was "disappointed" to miss out, but was "very glad" Elordi took over.
"Meeting Jacob felt really serendipitous so that I could really see and hear that, 'No, maybe he needed that experience more than me'. That was cool, to feel that he had a really spectacular time on that job," he told Deadline.
We don't yet know what Elordi looks like as Frankenstein's monster, but in del Toro's hands, we're sure it'll be memorable.
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Frankenstein also stars Mia Goth reportedly as Frankenstein's love interest Elizabeth Lavenza, alongside the likes of Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, Charles Dance, Christoph Waltz and David Bradley.
It's not the only Frankenstein movie we'll see this year as Maggie Gyllenhaal's new movie The Bride! is released on September 26 in cinemas.
The movie is a new adaptation of Bride of Frankenstein and stars Christian Bale as Frankenstein's monster and Jessie Buckley as Frankenstein's bride.
Frankenstein is released on Netflix in November 2025.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
