Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

[lzzy]

It was pretty close. Scenes taking right out of the book. Its when the bride came in that the thing got away from it.

Well, yeah. But things were amiss at the beginning too. Like Clerval's relationship with Victor (very belated!), and also Prof Waldman's role. There were minor differencs too, like Justine being killed by a mob in the film, and being tried and executed in the book. I thought the De Niro monster himself was closer to Shelley's creation than any other version.

 

[deathshead2]

Well, yeah. But things were amiss at the beginning too. Like Clerval's relationship with Victor (very belated!), and also Prof Waldman's role. There were minor differencs too, like Justine being killed by a mob in the film, and being tried and executed in the book. I thought the De Niro monster himself was closer to Shelley's creation than any other version.

Thats really the only reason to like the movie. That for once they monster was shown as intelligent. That was one reason I like Van Helsing.

 

[lzzy]

Thats really the only reason to like the movie. That for once they monster was shown as intelligent. That was one reason I like Van Helsing.

I loved, loved the conversation between the monster and Victor in the ice cave. That was a home run for De Niro and the film.

 

[DarkReflections]

I love Guillermo del Toro's Movies and i think he's a great choice for Frankenstein, because of his style and pacing and how it fits so well with it, but im iffy about the idea that he's going in the direction of it being an "adventure story". Frankenstein is not an adventure story.

 

[Sentinel X]

I agree with Izzy that the '94 version (all though the most accurate film adaptation of Frankenstein I've seen to date)...is not completely accurate. I however respect the director for somewhat sticking to the source material for once! One of the reason I don't like the 1931 Frankenstein (widely regarded as a classic) is because it is nothing like the book and now everyone associates Frankenstein like some dumb unintelligent monster that is green...wtf.

So if Del Toro is going to follow the book I will be EXTREMELY excited for this. Especially being that Del Toro knows how to handle dark fantasy really well and Shelly's novel is definitely in my top 10 favorite novels lists! So I hope this gets moving!

Edit: So he is not following the source material too faithfully. Eh....whatever, I am still interested

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

Why not just do a film version of the Doc Frankenstein comic...or even the Grant Morrison Frankenstein comic. Those would kick ass.

 

[Nivek]

Thats really the only reason to like the movie. That for once they monster was shown as intelligent. That was one reason I like Van Helsing.

I take it you never seen the Randy Quaid and Patrick Bergen Frankenstein film? Even closer to the book in some aspects, without Bragnaughs weird incest plot and shirtless shots.

 

[Gabe99]

From ILLUSION INDUSTRIES :
Is this Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein?

 

[nouan]

I doubt that's del Toro's Frankenstein, since he has stated in numerous occasions that the monster will look a lot like Bernie Wrightson's illustration. Like this:

As it should.

 

[Boom]

Make this movie after Pacific Rim, please ?

 

[Doctor Jones]

Mountains first, then this.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

isn't Del Toro doing Beauty & The Beast after Pacific Rim?

out of all the projects he has lined up, Beauty & the Beast is the one i least want to see. Haunted Mansion, Mountains of Madness, and Frankenstein are projects i look more forward to.

 

[Destructus86]

Dang it Del Toro!! Hellboy 3!!!!

 

[Boom]

Del Toro really needs to stop lining up so many films.

 

[CrimsonMist]

I doubt that's del Toro's Frankenstein, since he has stated in numerous occasions that the monster will look a lot like Bernie Wrightson's illustration. Like this:

As it should.

Yea, that link is not del Toro's frankenstein. I think there was an article not too long ago that went into del Toro's creature creations and there's a picture of him with a clay sculpt of his Frankenstein that looked exactly like Wrightson's. I believe it was created to go along with a proof of concept he was presenting the studio.

If it's not the article, it's on that bonus feature on the Criterion Collection edition of Cronos that gives a tour of del Toro's man-cave.

 

[Boom]

I need this in live action:

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/new...rmo-del-toro-talks-frankenstein-hulk-and-more

Shock: Can you say where your own Frankenstein film project is right now?

Del Toro: Yeah, actually [Universal Pictures Co-Chairman] Donna Langley just put us on track to write the screenplay. So, we’re going to start writing the script. It’s a very long endeavor for me; it’s going to require a couple of years just to write it. But it’s been put back on track by Donna.

Shock: How has the story remained relevant?

Del Toro: I think it will never go away. Because some figures you can reinterpret in so many ways. You can do Tarzan in space, Tarzan in the future, Tarzan in the past. You can do Frankenstein as a metaphor for consumerism. You can do Frankenstein as a metaphor for the loneliness of man. You can do Sherlock Holmes in London 2012. You can do Sherlock Holmes in World War II. They are timeless. So Frankenstein is one of these characters, in this gallery, that belong to humanity. Their stories will be repeated time and again, and we will be telling them for as long as we are human.

Shock: One could argue there’s never been an entirely successful version of Frankenstein that’s remained very faithful to Shelly’s novel. Do you see yours as that version, or will it be a looser interpretation?

Del Toro: I think the moment that the only quality you can claim is faithfulness… It’s a very difficult, tricky slope. Because then anytime that you deviate from that, you’re betraying the very goal you submitted. I’m being very faithful to trying to encompass the whole narrative of the novel. I’m being very faithful in that I’m trying to capture the spirit of the novel, when I read it as a kid, and how it impacted me. I recognize that it’s both biography and prophecy about my life. It’s a very personal film. In many ways it’s the most personal film I’ll ever make, because my connection with the creature is very profound and deep and I don’t think there’s any other monster that has affected me as much.

Shock: So, you want to take as much time as required to get it exactly right?

Del Toro: Yeah, that also means that I’ve been avoiding it in a cowardly way for many years. [Laughs.] It’s something that I’ve been… not quite so much reticent about as I’ve been mindful and cautious. But borderline avoiding. Because I really think it’s going to be the one movie that I feel is gonna signify [me] more than any other in my life.

 

[Octoberist]

This will be interesting, with Fox's other Frankenstein film. What urks me is that Hollywood has been stuck with the 'classic Universal Studios' version for such a long time that even the Fox project (which is suppose to be a new take) has an 'Igor' character. Igor was never in the book.

 

[Gianakin_]

After reading the At The Mountains of Madness script, I can't get excited for any movie he chooses to make until he gets back to doing that.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Hmm judging from that interview he could somewhat be hinting that his frankenstein will take place in the modern period and not be a period piece. As well for the purists hoping for a pretty accurate translation of the novel it doesn't seem like that is his prerogative.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Jeezus Del Toro has way too many projects going. Maybe I'm just too damn impatient, but waiting on these projects is a major pain in the ass. I know a Del Toro Frankenstein would be ****ing amazing, but so would the other hundred or so movies he has going.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

That avatar is terrifying.

 

[Gabe99]

Collider:
Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan to Create Crossover Universe for UNIVERSAL MONSTERS Starting with THE MUMMY

Deadline:
Universal Taps Alex Kurtzman, Chris Morgan To Relaunch Classic Movie Monster Franchises

Collider:
Guillermo del Toro Says Universal Wants Him to Do FRANKENSTEIN
Would Like to See the Universal Monster Universe Done as Period Movies

Both Pacific Rim and Crimson Peak were made with Legendary Pictures, and del Toro looks to have found a solid fit for his genre material with the production studio, which is now housed at Universal Pictures. Given that Universal holds all the rights to the classic monsters, del Toro was asked on set if he’s been thinking about diving into some of those properties:

“I would love to. I mean, look, I would love to do Frankenstein and Bride, or Frankenstein for sure, but it really, Frankenstein has been—I’ve been really, really, afraid. Donna [Langley] has approached me a few times to start it now and I’m always like, you know, it’s like the dream project so I’m a little, I’m a chicken ****, you know? When I do it, I need to do it. Like, if I do Frankenstein, I literally would stop everything, and I’m going to a sabbatical of three years, just to write that. It’s not something that’s gonna just flow, like second nature. It’s my favorite book in history. [Laughs]”

“I think that it’s a great universe to develop. I personally think that they should all be period movies. I would love to see Creature from the Black Lagoon in Victorian England with the Victorian exploration, with a balloon and steam riverboats. I would love to see The Hunchback, Phantom, you know?”

 

[Lord]

Del Toro should know by now know that if he doesn't do this film, somebody else will, The Mummy is already gearing for a 2016 release, he should just try to fulfill this dream of his once and for all.

 

[Drz]

Bah, Del Toro will dish Heaven's Sent for those Universal Monsters.

Oh well, it's a win-win situation for everyone either way.