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Ryan LaBee

Guillermo Del Toro Originally Wanted Netflix's Frankenstein To Be Two Films, But I Think He Made The Right Choice To Keep It Solo

Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein facing a crowd and holding up a bottle in his left hand. .

Guillermo del Toro has never been one to think small. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has spent over 30 years chasing his vision for the 2025 movie schedule release Frankenstein, a film he calls his cinematic “Mount Everest.” From his earliest sketches in the late 1970s to the Gothic imagery woven into Crimson Peak, Cronos and Hellboy, del Toro has long seen Shelley’s story as the centerpiece of his artistic DNA. Now the auteur filmmaker is revealing that his original plan for the upcoming Netflix release was to split the film into two parts, and honestly, I think he made the right choice not to do that.

Del Toro’s Original Frankenstein Plans

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