Netflix's 'Frankenstein' Trailer Takes Full Advantage of Jacob Elordi

Netflix subscribers who didn't pay close attention to the entertainment landscape were probably startled to be bombarded over the final weekend of May 2025 with ads for TUDUM. The horrendously named PR marketing event* primarily serves as a way to circumvent professional critics who cover television, hoping that taking their message straight to the 8-17 year old crowd will hide how much dreck the streaming service produces during its "quantity over quality" phase. Don't feel bad if you did not watch; indeed, the event was utterly unwatchable. However, it did include the first look at the forthcoming remake of Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro.

(*It is also supposed to put Netflix on equal footing with Disney in showing how much the streaming service does not need third-party events like San Diego Comic Con. However, unlike Disney's D23, TUDUM only serves to remind all and sundry just how f*cking hard doing an event like this is and how good the House of Mouse is at making it look easy.)

The British classic horror story by Mary Shelley has been adapted into movies since the original 1931 version, starring Boris Karloff. There are more than 50 films that are either remakes, spinoffs, sequels, reboots, reimaginings, or revivals of the story, and that's not counting the parodies or the TV series. Unsurprisingly, del Toro is going fully old-school in his fantasy period-set film, and even better, other than his lead, everyone in it is from the U.K. or Austria.

That being said, his lead is Oscar Isaac (Dune), and the Monster is played by the 6'5" Jacob Elordi (Saltburn), and the first trailer takes full advantage of the latter's height.

Here is the film's logline:

Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of 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.

Alongside another opportunity to oogle Isaac in period costume and debate whether or not Elordi is a good actor or if he's just tall, the film also features PBS favorites Charles Dance (The Day of the Jackal), David Bradley (Doctor Who), Ralph Ineson (Ludwig), and Mia Goth (Emma). Supporting actors include Austrian actors Felix Kammerer (All Quiet on the Western Front) and Christoph Waltz (The Three Musketeers), plus Canadian Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth) as Young Victor Frankenstein.

Guillermo del Toro adapted the screenplay from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, and directed it. He's also an executive producer on the film alongside J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber.

Frankenstein does not yet have an official release date. However, it's a good bet that Netflix will debut this at one of the International Film Festivals between August and October (Venice, Toronto, or the BFI), creating awards season buzz, followed by a strategic short run in theaters to appease the Academy Award overlords. It will arrive on Netflix for viewers to stream sometime in November 2025.