Overview
- Maggie Gyllenhaal’s reimagining opens March 6 in theaters and IMAX from Warner Bros. and is rated R for strong/bloody violent content, sexual content/nudity, and language.
- An Entertainment Weekly cover story and new photos highlight Bale’s six-hour daily prosthetics process, compared with about ninety minutes for Jessie Buckley, with crew members eventually joining his cathartic screams.
- Coverage reports that Buckley also portrays Ida and Mary Shelley in addition to the title role.
- Gyllenhaal’s daughters, Ramona and Gloria, filmed cameos, joining a cast that includes Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Annette Bening, and Penélope Cruz.
- The story centers on Frankenstein traveling to 1930s Chicago to ask Dr. Euphronious to create a companion, leading to the revival of a murdered young woman who becomes the Bride.