Bringing Guillermo del Toro’s Creature Into the Light With “Frankenstein” Cinematographer Dan Laustsen

Dan Laustsen likes to make even the most fantastical frame pop with an authentic, organic humanity. The cinematographer extraordinaire and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro wants tangibility, regardless of whether his stories are as slippery and bittersweet as The Shape of Water or as beguiling and deceptive as Nightmare Alley. In the case of Frankenstein, organic is a more-than-fitting approach for the story of men and the monsters within,

How “Frankenstein” Costume Designer Kate Hawley on Dressing Men, Monsters, & Their Mothers

In a film in which a character will never know death, color and life are everywhere. Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a visual feast, yes, but as the director often puts it, it’s all nutritional. A luminous, dreamy red dress from del Toro and costume designer Kate Hawley means more than a pretty image.

The story begins with the mother, Claire Frankenstein (Mia Goth, one of her two roles in the film),

42 Prosthetics, 10-Hour Nights: How Prosthetics Master Mike Hill Turned Jacob Elordi Into the Creature for Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein”

If ever a man were destined to design a new Frankenstein, it would surely be Mike Hill. The British-born prosthetics and makeup artist behind Guillermo del Toro’s new Frankenstein movie (in theaters now, streaming on Netflix starting November 7) remembers finding his calling at the age of five. “I’d walk to the river in the pouring rain with a little pail and a spade and I’d dig up the clay from deep in the riverbank,

Production Designer Tamara Deverell on Building the Gothic Grandeur of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”

Guillermo del Toro became obsessed with Frankenstein at the age of seven, after seeing the 1931 Boris Karloff movie, and walked out of the theater with a new calling. “Gothic horror became my church,” Del Toro said in a statement, “and [Boris Karloff] became my messiah.”

Ever since that childhood epiphany, del Toro has dreamed of reanimating Mary Shelley’s famous monster for modern audiences. Now comes his Frankenstein (in theaters now,

Jacob Elordi’s Creature Unmasked in “Frankenstein” Official Trailer, + New Images of Guillermo del Toro’s Adaptation

The official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein finally revealed the stunning transformation of Jacob Elordi into Frankenstein’s Monster. This is the longest look yet at Del Toro’s passion project, which is firmly told from the Monster’s perspective, as he openly wrestles with the torture of having the memories of multiple people in his head and the general confusion and horror at having been stitched together and electrocuted back into a fractured life.

Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” Preparing for an Electric Fall

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is one of the most highly anticipated fall releases. The visionary director reteamed with some of his most trusted collaborators to bring to life the movie he had been dreaming of making for over two decades, including production designer Tamara Deverell, cinematographer Dan Laustsen, and composer Alexandre Desplat. Frankenstein has already electrified audiences, first at the Venice Film Festival,

Guillermo del Toro’s Dream Project Comes to Life: New “Frankenstein” Images Showcase Jacob Elordi’s Monster

Frankenstein is ready for his close-up.

Netflix has released nearly a dozen new images from Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein, which is slated to have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, followed by a global release on Netflix in November.

The new images include a look, at long last, at Jacob Elordi as the iconic monster, along with Oscar Isaac’s mad scientist,

The Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” Electrifies Millions

The trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein has electrified viewers. The first glimpse of the visionary director’s remake of the iconic monster movie has garnered millions of views since its release on Sunday. There are few directors alive who are more perfectly suited to enliven a fresh adaptation of Mary Shelley’s deathless novel, one of the most adapted stories ever told; and after thinking and dreaming about tackling his own version for decades,

Guillermo del Toro Shares Icily Beautiful Image From his Upcoming “Frankenstein”

It’s hard to imagine a more perfect marriage of filmmaker and subject matter than Guillermo del Toro and Frankenstein. The illustrious, industrious filmmaker behind some of the very best creature features of the century, including his Oscar-winning masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth and his Oscar-winning The Shape of Water, was born to bring Frankenstein’s monster back to the big screen. Now, Del Toro has shared an image from a scouting mission for his upcoming film,

Guillermo del Toro Taps Jacob Elordi to Play Frankenstein’s Monster in Upcoming Film

Saltburn rising star Jacob Elordi has just joined the sensational cast for Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein, which the visionary director is putting together at Netflix, Deadline confirms. Elordi joins Oscar Isaac (playing Dr. Victor Frankenstein), Christoph Waltz, scream queen Mia Goth, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, Felix Kammerer, and more in Del Toro’s take on Mary Shelley’s iconic tale. Elordi takes over for Andrew Garfield,

I, Frankenstein Digitally Re-Mastered for IMAX Premiere

“I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.” So said Frankenstein’s monster, some 196 years ago in 1818 when Mary Shelley anonymously published her groundbreaking book “Frankenstein” in London. In nine days, her creation will loom larger than ever before when he enters IMAX theaters on January 24 in Stuart Beattie’s I, Frankenstein.

Writer/director Beattie’s film,