Jacob Elordi To Play Frankenstein Monster In Guillermo Del Toro’s Adaptation For Netflix; ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Breakout Felix Kammerer & ‘Sweet Tooth’ Star Christian Convery Also In Ensemble

Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley and Christian Convery are set to be a part of the all-star ensemble cast in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein at Netflix. Elordi will play the iconic monster, replacing Andrew Garfield, who fell out due to strike postponements that led to scheduling conflicts.

Deadline broke the news last year that Oscar Isaac, who will play Victor Frankenstein, and Mia Goth are set to star in the pic.

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Del Toro is writing, directing and producing alongside J. Miles Dale, who served as a producer on del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities for Netflix. The classic Mary Shelley novel follows Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Del Toro has been developing the Frankenstein project for some time and long has wanted to make a movie centered on the iconic story. It is unknown whether his version would be a period pic or set in modern times.

Elordi has had a busy stretch with multiple awards-season films bowing including the Amazon MGM Studios pic Saltburn, in which he starred opposite Barry Keoghan. He also played Elvis Presley in A24’s Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola. He is repped by Gersh.

Kammerer had his big moment at last years Oscars as the star of Netflix Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front. Mikkelsen is familiar face with Netflix as he was most recently seen on the streamer’s series The Witcher. Bradley is a del Toro regular, most recently lending his voice in the director’s Oscar-winning animated pic Pinocchio. Convery is also a Netflix regular, as he stars in the streamer’s series Sweet Tooth.

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