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A battle between two Marvel Cinematic Universe stars to be the best Frankenstein is now coming. Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel, which follows the titular scientist Victor Frankenstein who assembles a sentient being by piecing together various human body parts, has been adapted to the screen countless times over the years, starting with James Whale's 1931 pre-code film starring Boris Karloff.

Guillermo del Toro's upcoming Frankenstein film features a cast that includes MCU star Oscar Isaac (Moon Knight) as Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi as the monster, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Lauren Collins, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Charles Dance, Ralph Ineson, Burn Gormna, and two-time Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz. Now, another MCU star is set to play Frankenstein.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Sebastian Stan is set to star in Frankenstein in Romania, a film written and directed by Romanian auteur Radu Jude. Talking to the publication, Jude says that he imagines Stan playing "both roles,...

Sebastian Stan is set to star in a new Frankenstein movie from Dracula director Radu Jude.The moviemaker premiered his new take on Bram Stoker's Dracula at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Sunday (10.08.25) and he's now revealed he's working on a revamped version of Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein which will be set in Romania.He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I’m writing a film now. It’s a Frankenstein film in Romania. Frankenstein in Romania, it’s going to be called."Jude told the publication he pitched the idea to Stan - who was born in Romania - and he liked the idea and his plan is to have the actor play both roles of scientist Victor Frankenstein and his monster.It will follow another new version of the story - Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein - which stars Oscar Isaac as the creator...

A brand new Frankenstein movie is in the works, and Sebastian Stan is set to lead!

Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, known for Kontinental ’25 and the upcoming Dracula, revealed that his next project will be titled Frankenstein in Romania.

“I’m writing a film now,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s a Frankenstein film in Romania. Frankenstein in Romania, it’s going to be called.”

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He shared that he envisions Sebastian, who was born in Romania before moving to the U.S., playing both Victor Frankenstein and his monster. The story is said to combine the legend of Frankenstein with the real-life history of a secret CIA prison once located in Romania.

Sebastian and the director had previously talked about working together, but the director didn’t have the right idea until now. When he pitched the concept, Sebastian was on board.

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Few figures in genre cinema are as cloaked in speculation as Juan F. Moctezuma II, a name that has long drifted through the shadows of Mexican horror history. His films from the 1970s are rumoured to have influenced Guillermo del Toro, Robert Rodriguez and Sam Raimi, yet the man himself has remained an enigma. This month, Where Is Juan Moctezuma? will premiere at FrightFest London 2025, screening on Sunday 24 August at 8:40 p.m. in Discovery Screen Two at the Odeon Luxe West End, and is set to reopen the debate about whether the elusive filmmaker ever truly existed.

According to decades-old accounts, Moctezuma’s career reached its peak with 1000 Paths of Death, his first Hollywood production under Roger Corman. The project was reportedly filmed in complete secrecy before vanishing along with its director. One theory claims the work was sabotaged by his nemesis, the legendary luchador El Escorpión, a feud that,...

Romanian auteur Radu Jude (Kontinental ’25, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World) is world premiering his much-anticipated new feature, Dracula, at the Locarno Film Festival on Sunday, but he is already writing a movie about a popular character from another iconic horror novel – Frankenstein. And none other than Marvel Cinematic Universe star Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice, A Different Man, Pam & Tommy, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) is set to star in it.

“I’m writing a film now,” Jude tells THR. “It’s a Frankenstein film in Romania. Frankenstein in Romania, it’s going to be called.”

Stan and the iconoclast previously discussed their interest in a collaboration, but Jude didn’t immediately have an idea. Then he pitched the star, who was born in Romania before moving to the U.S. with his mother, his idea for the Frankenstein film,...

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Spoilers for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" to follow.

The main characters of "Star Trek" are explorers above all else, and sometimes, exploration is about investigating the past. That's exactly what happens in "Strange New Worlds" season 3, episode 5, "Through the Lens of Time."

In an earlier season 3 episode, "Wedding Bell Blues," we met Christine Chapel's (Jess Bush) new boyfriend Dr. Roger Korby (Cillian O'Sullivan). We know from "Star Trek: The Original Series" — specifically the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" — that Chapel and Korby will get engaged, but it'll fall through when he goes missing on an archaeological dig.

"Through the Lens of Time" shows Korby in action as an archaeologist. He and a small away team, including Spock (Ethan Peck), LA'an (Christina Chong), Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), and Beto Ortegas (Mynor Luken), discover what appears to be...

Even though Netflix has a strong policy about distributing its movies for streaming only, the streamer is making a shocking exception for good reason. Before becoming the streaming giant that it is today, Netflix was once the go-to place to rent DVDs for movies. However, they soon led the way in transitioning to a streaming platform, making it accessible for movie lovers to access films right from home.

Since then, the brand has catapulted into a major distributor and producer, with their original content, including Red Notice, Carry On, and more. While Netflix has made a few attempts to distribute its movies to theaters, like Glass Onion, the studio has a strong stance of making movies exclusive to streaming. Even their CEO, Ted Sarandos, called the theater approach "outdated," creating quite a discord about the state of the movie industry today.

However, it seems that Netflix has been making a...

Pedro Pascal is staying within the “Star Wars” family, but this time, for an indie film. IndieWire can confirm that the “Mandalorian” actor is in talks to lead “Andor” creator Tony Gilroy’s feature “Behemoth!” for Searchlight Pictures. Deadline reported that the deal is not yet closed.

The plot remains still under wraps but the feature is believed to be centered on a cellist. Oscar Isaac was originally attached in the lead role, which Pascal is now eyeing. Gilroy will produce the yet-untitled film along with Sanne Wohlenberg. Principal photography will begin this fall in Los Angeles, with release plans to be announced at a later date.

Pascal has been playing musical chairs to juggle his full slate of projects: The actor appeared in “The Last of Us: Season 2, “Materialists,” “Eddington,” and “Fantastic Four: First Steps” all in 2025. He will reprise his “Fantastic Four” role of Reed Richards for “Avengers: Doomsday...

Jim Carrey almost starred in a live-action anime movie based on one of Hayao Miyazaki's most prolific films. The legendary comedic actor was initially cast as the live-action American version of Lupin III in a film written by the co-writer of Hellboy (2004).

Peter Briggs, an English screenwriter who worked with Guillermo del Toro on the live-action version of Hellboy, nearly brought another iconic character to life in the early aughts. In a social media post shared on Bluesky (@/thepeterbriggs.bsky.social), Briggs revealed he wrote a script for a live-action movie adaptation of Lupin III, which would have starred Carrey in the titular role. The scrapped film would have drawn inspiration from the most influential stories in Lupin III's history, such as The Castle of Cagliostro, which is not only considered one of the best animated Lupin III movies,but also one of Miyazaki's finest works.

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The literary science fiction classic, Frankenstein, is getting another adaptation courtesy of one of the most exciting filmmakers working right now. Not only that, this latest take on Mary Shelley's iconic novel has scored an Academy Award-nominee and MCU star, and, incidentally, one of the most exciting working actors, to lead the project, which will put a wild twist on the tale of “The Modern Prometheus.”

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World director Radu Jude (who has been described as “something else” by filmmaking icon Martin Scorsese) will helm a new take on Frankenstein, giving it a modern twist, with Avengers: Endgame and Thunderbolts* star Sebastian Stan, who has experience with monsters after earning an Oscar nod for starring as Donald Trump in The Apprentice, now on board to star.

Speaking to Cultura la dubă, Jude teased his plans for Frankenstein, revealing that it would,...

Rudy Jude is currently penning his own Frankenstein movie, which could star Sebastian Stan in the lead. Although the actor is yet to break his silence on the subject, the filmmaker, who has garnered laudation from Martin Scorsese for his works, told Cultura la dubă that Stan has said yes to his offer.

I pitched it to Sebastian, and he said yes. So I’ve started writing the script, but it’ll take some time.

While a release window is yet to be unveiled for the movie, if this does pull through, it’ll be the third live-action Frankenstein movie to get greenlit in the current climate, with the other two from Maggie Gyllenhaal and Guillermo del Toro.

Sebastian Stan Might Headline Rudy Jude’s Frankenstein Movie

Having risen to prominence for his Romanian new wave standout, Aferim, a movie that Scorsese couldn’t help but applaud, the director recently...

Quentin Tarantino has diminished the value of Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune movies, citing the repetitive nature of remakes and reboots. However, Villeneuve couldn’t care less about the veteran filmmaker’s opinion. During an interview on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Qt revealed:

I saw [David Lynch’s] ‘Dune’ a couple of times. I don’t need to see that story again. I don’t need to see spice worms. I don’t need to see a movie that says the word ‘spice’ so dramatically. It’s one after another of this remake and that remake.

But Villeneuve was left unimpressed by such minimization of his work. While speaking at a Q&a panel at the Concordia University film school, the director responded to Tarantino’s comments about his films with a nonchalant “I don’t care.” [The Montreal Gazette]

With his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s literary universe, the French-Canadian filmmaker erected...

AMC+ has been thriving lately, between the premiere of Shazad Latif's acclaimed swashbuckling 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea prequel series Nautilus and the return of The Walking Dead: Dead City for Season 2 back in May. While both have been streaming favorites since their release, they were recently challenged by an unexpected horror anthology. In the past week, 2019's The Mortuary Collection had overtaken the Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan-led spin-off series on the platform's streaming charts, ranking as high as fifth overall. Notably, it features one of Hollywood's brightest young stars, Jacob Elordi, in a starring role, making it a fitting watch ahead of his latest horror role in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.

The Mortuary Collection made its debut at Fantastic Fest in 2019 to rave reviews before coming to Shudder for the spooky season in 2020. As the name suggests, it features a collection of creepy stories...

Could this be the next Anora for Neon?

Brazilian political thriller The Secret Agent won four prizes at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival: writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho won the Fipresci Prize, the Afcae Art House Cinema Award, and Best Director, while star Wagner Moura won Best Actor.

Neon picked it up for North American distribution at the festival, along with Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident and second-place Grand Prix winner Sentimental Value, the latter of which is likely Neon’s strongest awards contender this year (it’s currently sitting at #2 in Gold Derby’s combined odds for a Best Picture nomination). The independent distributor hopes to replicate the success it had with Anora, which went from taking Cannes’ top prize to winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Secret Agent appears to be Neon’s third-strongest contender coming out of the festival.

Now, the company has...

The Ryan Gosling-led Star Wars: Starfighterhas found its villain. The film, from Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy, isn’t set to be released until December 2027, but a former Doctor Who star has reportedly been cast in a key role.

Per Deadline, sources have revealed that Matt Smith, who memorably played the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who from 2010 to 2013, has been cast as one of the villains in Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Starfighter. Smith is also known for playing Prince Philip in Netflix’s The Crown, a role for which he was nominated for an Emmy in 2018. Most recently, Smith was seen as Prince Daemon Targaryen in HBO’s Game of Thrones spinoff, House of the Dragon. Representatives for Lucasfilm and Smith could not be reached for comment on the casting.

Sources told Deadline that casting on Star Wars: Starfighter has shifted into a higher gear over the past weeks,...

Guillermo del Toro explains why Jacob Elordi ended up playing the monster in ‘Frankenstein’ instead of Andrew Garfield.

Guillermo del Toro has confirmed a major change in his upcoming Netflix production ‘Frankenstein’, which was originally set to feature Andrew Garfield as the monster. However, Garfield stepped down from the project due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Jacob Elordi. The shift came as a surprise, particularly since del Toro and his team had spent nine months designing the character based on Garfield.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, del Toro revealed that Garfield’s departure forced the team to recast the role under intense time pressure. The revelation is all the more surprising given that the design process had been built around Garfield over the course of nine months.

“Jacob is the most perfect actor for the creature. We have a supernaturally good connection. Very few words. I barely have to say anything,...

Guillermo del Toro is opening up about Andrew Garfield dropping out of his upcoming movie Frankenstein and replacing him with Jacob Elordi.

Andrew was originally set to playing Frankenstein’s monster in the new Netflix movie, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.

After del Toro and his makeup artist Mike Hill spent nine months working on the look for the monster, using Andrew as the model, they had to scrap the plans and only had nine weeks to change them for Jacob.

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“Andrew Garfield stepping out and Jacob coming in. I mean, it was like Jacob is the most perfect actor for the creature,” del Toro told Vanity Fair. “And we have a supernaturally good connection. It’s like, very few words. Very few things I have to say, and he does it… We recast, and we had nine weeks [to get the look down]. You...

From Frankenstein to the Island of Doctor Moreau, genre writers have thoroughly explored the horrors that can result from scientists playing God. However, as real life science continues to evolve, it makes sense that our bogeymen have also changed in order to adapt to modern fears.

I was reminded of this while watching Jurassic World: Rebirth; regardless of the film’s overall quality, the misshapen D-Rex marks a return to the genetically-engineered terror of Michael Crichton’s original novel – a sci-fi/horror trope that I think is in dire need of a comeback. And in honor of the test tube scares of yesteryear, we’ve decided to come up with a list celebrating six of the scariest genetically engineered monstrosities in film!

For the purposes of this list, we’ll be defining “genetic engineering” as the intentional manipulation of DNA with the goal of creating a new lifeform. This means...

Before Ewan McGregor fought against Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, he was a robot with big dreams in this 2005 animated classic. Robots was released back in March 2005, and 20 years later, it became a streaming hit on Hulu. This not only features the Star Wars star, alongside him are some big-name actors like Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Mel Brooks, and Amanda Bynes.

According to FlixPatrol, Robots ranked #7 on Hulu's Top 10 Movies worldwide, just between Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre and Ice Age. Robots is a children's film that takes place in a world filled with anthropomorphic robots, where it follows Rodney Copperbottom (McGregor), a robot with dreams of becoming an inventor. During Robots' theatrical run, it generated over $262 million worldwide and received a mediocre reception from fans and critics alike, earning a 64% critics' score and a 54% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. But despite that,...

Willem Dafoe is set to receive an Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award at the upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival for his contribution to film.

The Poor Things actor, who has been involved in more than 150 films in his career across studio and independent systems, is also set to hold a masterclass at Sarajevo, where he will share his experience and reflections on art today with a festival audience.

In 1979, Dafoe was given a role in Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, from which he was fired. Since then, he has collaborated with a long list of some of the most renowned directors in modern cinema including Wes Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow, Tim Burton, David Cronenberg, Spike Lee, Abel Ferrara, Werner Herzog, David Lynch, Hayao Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, Lars von Trier and Yorgos Lanthimos among many others.

He’s been nominated for four Oscars for his roles in films such as At Eternity’s Gate,...

Willem Dafoe will become the latest recipient of Sarajevo Film Festival’s honorary Heart of Sarajevo award, at the festival’s 31st edition (August 15-22).

Dafoe will give a masterclass at the festival, discussing his career and reflections on contemporary filmmaking with the local audience.

“[Dafoe’s] body of work is something to which every actor aspires,” said festival director Jovan Marjanovic. “Every time he steps in front of the camera, he demonstrates that he is a true master of his craft.”

Dafoe has worked with a roll call of top US and international filmmakers across his career, including Wes Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow,...

El largometraje de Irene Iborra está basado en la premiada novela infantil ‘La Película de la Vida’. © Filmax

Ya se ha desvelado el primer tráiler y póster de la película en stop-motion Olivia y el terremoto invisible, de la cineasta española Irene Iborra.

Adaptación de la novela La película de la vida, de la escritora Maite Carranza, con más de 24.000 ejemplares vendidos en España y traducida a ocho idiomas, Olivia y el terremoto invisible sigue a Olivia, su hermano pequeño Tim y su madre Ingrid cuando son expulsados de casa y tienen que empezar de cero en otro barrio. Mientras Ingrid hace malabarismos para resolver la situación, Olivia inventa una fantasía protectora para su hermano y para ella: todo lo que viven no es real y están rodando una película. Pero este invento tendrá consecuencias inesperadas. Afortunadamente, a su alrededor se formará una nueva y pintoresca familia con la que vivirán extrañas aventuras.

El director de ‘El Laberinto del Fauno’ competirá por el León de Oro en el Festival de Venecia. © Netflix

Netflix ha revelado la primera imagen oficial de Jacob Elordi como el monstruo de Frankenstein (arriba podéis verla) en la esperada nueva versión del clásico de Mary Shelley que firma el aclamado cineasta mexicano Guillermo del Toro, que competirá por el León de Oro en el Festival de Venecia.

La historia no necesita presentación: un científico brillante, pero cegado por su propio ego, desafía a la naturaleza y crea vida, sin medir las consecuencias. El resultado es un experimento monstruoso que acabará devorándolo todo, incluido a él mismo.

El reparto que ha reunido Del Toro para para dar vida (nunca mejor dicho) a su versión del clásico relato de Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo, la conocidísima obra de Mary Shelley, es de primer nivel (y monstruosamente increíble): Oscar Isaac será Frankenstein,...

Willem Dafoe will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, awarded in recognition of his contribution to the art of film.

During the event, the actor will hold a Masterclass where he will share his experience and reflections on the art.

Jovan Marjanović, the festival director, said: “Every time he steps in front of the camera, he demonstrates that he is a true master of his craft. Whether starring in a Hollywood blockbuster or a low-budget independent film, his characters are always complex, emotional and unforgettable.”

In 1979, Dafoe was given a role in Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate,” from which he was fired. Since then, he has collaborated with directors who represent an encyclopedia of world cinema, including Wes Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow, Tim Burton, David Cronenberg, Mary Harron, Walter Hill, Spike Lee, David Lynch, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Zack Snyder, Guillermo del Toro, Yorgos Lanthimos and Zhang Yimou.

Willem Dafoe will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival “in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of film.”

He joins Stellan Skarsgard and Ray Winstone, who will also receive the honor at the fest this year.

“Having made over 150 films in his career, Willem Dafoe is internationally respected for bringing versatility, boldness and dare to some of the most iconic films of our time,” Sarajevo organizers said. “His artistic curiosity in exploring the human condition leads him to projects all over the world, large and small, Hollywood films as well as independent cinema.”

At the Sarajevo festival, the star will also hold a master class where he will share “his experience and reflections on art today” with young talents, film professionals and the festival audience.

“Willem Dafoe returns to the Sarajevo Film Festival after 25 years, and it is a great honor and...

"I'm done hiding, now I'm shining like I'm born to be." That's the chorus of Huntr/X's hit single "Golden," which shot to the top of the Billboard Global 200 not just once but twice as the film "KPop Demon Hunters" has become a bonafide blockbuster for Netflix.

Produced by the team at Sony Pictures Animation, who also brought us the "Spider-Verse" films, "KPop Demon Hunters" follows the exploits of a K-pop girl group that, as the title quickly explains, hunts demons. But they find their toughest match when the demons use their own weapon against them, forming a demon boy band that threatens to destroy everything the girls in Huntr/X hold dear.

Using the power of song and dance to protect the human world from demon interlopers, the film uses the infectious beats of Korean pop music to bring the classic genre of animated musicals into the 21st century.

“Folktales,” in theaters right now, is one of the most moving and beautiful movies of the year.

It follows a few kids as they attend Pasvik Folk High School in Norway. This is where kids come from all over to learn fundamentals while also taking part in camping, hunting and working with sled dogs.

In TheWrap’s exclusive clip below, the group of Gen Zers are shown in the classroom absorbing the teachings of one of the sled leaders; it wonderfully encapsulates the movie’s singular power. (There’s a reason this movie was one of the breakouts from this year’s Sundance Film Festival.)

We also sent some questions to Ewing and Grady, who graciously answered below.

How did you know about the school? And when did it first come to you to make a film about the school?

During Covid, Heidi had heard Blair Braverman, an American dog sledder on a podcast,...

Netflix's approach to theatrical distribution has been called out by the CEO of one of the United States' biggest theater chains. The popular streaming service generally releases their original movies directly onto their platform, without theatrical or physical media releases.

While some Netflix movies, particularly those that the company wishes to be eligible for Academy Awards, do run in theaters, their runs tend to be cursory and, almost without exception, take place in limited theaters.

This remained the case even after 2022's Glass Onion debuted at No. 3 during its one-week run, despite playing in significantly fewer theaters (696) than many prominent movies below it on the domestic chart, including Devotion, The Menu, Black Adam, and Bones and All.

Per Deadline, Cinemark CEO Shawn Gamble criticized Netflix's approach of avoiding sending their streaming movies to theaters during a recent earnings call with analysts.

After reflecting on the success of F1 The Movie for Apple Studios,...

Producer Lynette Howell Taylor has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organisation’s board of governors.

Howell Taylor takes over the top elected role at the US Academy from Janet Yang, who served three one-year terms as president.

UK-born, Los Angeles-based Howell Taylor will be starting her first term as president during her second term as an Academy governor, representing the body’s producers branch. She previously served as vice president and chair of the Academy’s awards committee for three years.

An Academy member since 2014, Howell Taylor has produced more than 25 films,...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains major spoilers from “The Sandman” second and final season bonus episode, “Death: The High Cost of Living,” now streaming on Netflix.

The final chapter of Netflix’s “The Sandman” has no dreams, only death.

Titled, “Death: The High Cost of Living,” the bonus episode — which launched Friday, one week after the final season of “The Sandman” concluded — is based on a one-shot comic series from author Neil Gaiman that focuses on Dream’s (Tom Sturridge) sister Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) and the time she spends as a human once every 100 years. During this particular visit, she meets a disillusioned young man named Sexton Furnival (Colin Morgan) and tries to help him reconcile his recent suicidal feelings.

So why was this story — one that doesn’t even include the titular character — chosen as the last piece fans will get of this version of “The Sandman,” following the 11-episode second and final season?...

Guillermo del Toro, Jodie Foster, Hikari and Lee Byung-hun are among the names who will be honored at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Tribute Awards on Sept. 7. TIFF announced that these four artists will each be recognized for their contributions to film at the 50th anniversary of the festival.

Alongside these honorees, TIFF also announced that it would host the North American premiere of “No Other Choice,” the latest film from Park Chan-wook. Lee stars in the film, which will have its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival.

Brendan Fraser will serve as the 2025 Honorary Chair at the Tribute Awards. The Oscar-winning actor received a Tribute Performer Award in 2022 when he brought “The Whale” to TIFF. Fraser follows Sandra Oh, who became the ceremony’s first Honorary Chair in 2024.

“I’m honoured to return to Toronto once again and to the TIFF Tribute Awards, this time not as a recipient,...

Guillermo del Toro, Jodie Foster, Hikari and Lee Byung Hun have been revealed as the first group of honourees for the seventh annual Tribute Awards at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Oscar-winning Mexican-born filmmaker del Toro, whose Frankenstein is getting a gala presentation at the festival, will receive TIFF’s Ebert Director Award.

Two-time Oscar winner Foster, star of the festival’s North American premiere A Private Life, will receive the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award.

Japanese writer, director and producer Hikari, whose Rental Family is having its world premiere at the festival, gets the TIFF Emerging Talent Award.

The Toronto International Film Festival (September 4-14) is fast-approaching, and today, TIFF has announced the first wave of its 2025 Tribute Award winners.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (whose new film “Frankenstein” plays TIFF after a Venice world premiere) will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award.

Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster (whose French-language directorial effort “A Private Life” plays TIFF after world-premiering out of competition in Cannes) will receive the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award.

Award-winning Japanese writer, director, and producer Hikari (whose “Rental Family” plays the festival) will receive the TIFF Emerging Talent Award.

Award-winning South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun (who stars in “Squid Game”) is the recipient of the TIFF Special Tribute Award, attending TIFF this year with the North American gala premiere of Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice.”

Academy Award–winning actor and 2022 Tribute Performer Award recipient Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) will return to...

Horror meister Guillermo del Toro and two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster are set to receive TIFF Tribute Awards at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.

Oscar winner del Toro will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award, while fellow Oscar winner Foster will receive the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award on Sept. 7 during the annual festival fundraiser.

Del Toro is bringing his latest movie, Frankenstein, to Toronto for a North American premiere after a bow in Venice and ahead of a November global release on Netflix. Foster will return to Toronto with a star turn in Rebecca Zlotowski’s Private Life, a French psychological mystery that had a world premiere in Cannes.

Fest organizers also announced Thursday that Japanese writer, director and producer Hikari will pick up the TIFF Emerging Talent Award, while veteran South Korean actor and Squid Game star Lee Byung-hun will receive a TIFF Special Tribute Award.

Hikari is bringing Rental Family,...

Oscar winners Jodie Foster and Guillermo del Toro will be celebrated at the seventh annual TIFF Tribute Awards during the Toronto International Film Festival’s annual gala on Sept. 7. Brendan Fraser, who won the Best Actor Oscar for The Whale, will serve as honorary chair of the event.

“I’m honored to return to Toronto once again and to the TIFF Tribute Awards, this time not as a recipient, but as this year’s Honorary Chair,” said Fraser. “TIFF has been meaningful to me and to be in this role during the Festival’s landmark 50th edition is a privilege. TIFF continues to champion the kind of bold storytelling that brings people together, and I’m thrilled to celebrate this year’s Tribute recipients.”

Three-time Academy Award winner del Toro, known for The Shape of Water and Pan’s Labyrinth, will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award, named in honor...

Producer Esther García will receive the Donostia Award of the 73rd San Sebastian International Film Festival (September 19-27), with the festival also payingtribute to late Spanish actress Marisa Paredes, dedicating this year’s official poster to her memory.

García is the long-time producer and production manager for Pedro Almodóvar, beginning with Matador (1986) and The Law Of Desire (1987), his Oscar-winning titles All About My Mother (1999) and Talk to Her (2002), and up to his most recent film The Room Next Door which won the Golden Lion at Venice last year.

García has also worked with other auteurs, including Lucrecia Martel and Oliver Laxe.

Disney has unveiled an exciting new trailer for Zootopia 2, offering fans their best look yet at its long-awaited animated sequel. Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman reprise their voice roles as Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde in the latest footage that sees the beloved detective duo return nearly a decade after their first big-screen outing, which became a billion-dollar hit at the worldwide box office. They are finally back in action and doing what they do best in the mammal metropolis, with only a small detour to "dysfunction junction" en route to the big city.

The trailer for Zootopia 2 sees Hopps and Wilde attending group counseling for seemingly mismatched police partners, overseen by Dr. Fuzzby, an adorable quokka who is small in stature but wise with words. The voice might be familiar to viewers as it hails from Abbott Elementary star and creator Quinta Brunson. "Welcome to 'Partners in Crisis.

Julian Schnabel will receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, which runs from Aug. 27–Sept. 6. The festival made the announcement on Wednesday.

The Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award is “dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry,” according to a release from the festival. Schnabel, director of “Basquiat,” “Before Night Falls” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” will be honored on Sept. 3, before the screening of his new film, “In the Hand of Dante,” starring Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler, Al Pacino, John Malkovich, Martin Scorsese, Jason Momoa, Louis Cancelmi and Franco Nero. It is screening out of competition.

Oscar Isaac in “In the Hand of Dante” (courtesy of the Venice Film Festival)

Adapted from Nick Tosches’ novel of the same name by Louise Kugelberg and Schnabel, “In the Hand of Dante...

Praise Eywa! The new issue of Empire is nearly here, bringing a major dispatch from Pandora. Or, more accurately, James Cameron’s headquarters, where Avatar: Fire And Ash is entering its final stages. You can read all about the next chapter in the saga in the September 2025 issue – pre-order yours here – which hits shelves on Thursday 31 July.

For now, here’s a sneak peek inside.

Avatar: Fire And Ash

Ready for another all-out Na’vi epic? Empire joins James Cameron at Avatar HQ for two full days, watching him as he brings his next sci-fi behemoth into being. Plus, we speak to Jake Sully himself, Sam Worthington, and incoming villain Varang, Oona Chaplin, as the Avatar story gets ready to explore.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Turn it up to 11: Spinal Tap are back in a long-awaited sequel mockumentary. Empire interviews the full band – David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls,...

Two figures very close to Pedro Almodovar, his longtime producer Esther García and repeat star Marisa Paredes, will be honored by Spain’s most prestigious film festival, San Sebastián.

García will receive a Donostia Award for career achievement.

Paredes, who died in December, will feature on this year’s San Sebastian poster.

Working with Agustín Almódovar, García has produced all Almodovar’s films since 1986’s “Matador,” released a year after Pedro and brother Agustín founded El Deseo in Madrid to hone a production model which, often working on contained budgets, realized the potential of Almodovar’s talent, allowing him creative oversight over the whole of a film while relieving him of rushed production schedules and the need to abandon his more out-there innovation and humor in order to recoup on bigger budgeted productions.

At El Deseo, García has also produced third-party titles from Guillermo del Toro, Lucrecia Martel, Damián Szifron,...

Jacob Elordi is unrecognisable as Frankenstein’s monster in Guillermo del Toro’s new film, set to debut on Netflix in November 2025.

Netflix has unveiled the first official images from Frankenstein, the upcoming Guillermo del Toro film set to premiere in November 2025. The photos offer a chilling look at Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein’s monster — a far cry from his past roles and perhaps the most intense transformation of his career to date.

The gothic horror tale also stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, Mia Goth as Elizabeth Lavenza, and Christoph Waltz as Harlander, completing a powerful ensemble. Known for his visual artistry and dark storytelling, del Toro is set to deliver a version of Frankenstein infused with emotional depth and eerie elegance.

Speaking to Vanity Fair, makeup designer Mike Hill revealed what made Elordi the ideal choice: “It was his lankiness, the way his wrists moved, and the solemn intensity in his gaze.

Netflix has debuted the first photos from the upcoming Guillermo del Toro movie Frankenstein, including your first look at Jacob Elordi as the monster.

Also starring in the upcoming movie, which will be released on the streamer in November 2025, are Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, Mia Goth as Elizabeth Lavenza, and Christoph Waltz as Harlander.

The film’s makeup artist Mike Hill opened up about working with Jacob on the design of Frankenstein’s monster.

“What attracted me to him was his gangliness and his wrists. It was this looseness,” Hill told Vanity Fair. “Then he has these real somber moments where he watches you really deftly, and his eyelids are low, with the long lashes like Karloff. I was like, ‘I don’t know who else you could get with a physicality like this.’ His demeanor is innocent, but it’s encompassed in a six-foot-five frame. He could really...

George Lucas confirms that special Star Wars and Marvel pieces will be on display at his new museum. Over the weekend, George Lucas attended San Diego Comic Con 2025, marking his first appearance at the fan-favorite event. The panel was hosted by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, teasing a “sneak peek” of the museum alongside Guillermo del Toro and Doug Chiang.

In the panel at Sdcc’s Hall H, which Screen Rant attended, Lucas began by talking about his idea for the museum, stating, “This is a temple to the people’s art.” In a special video, Lucas then revealed a preview of what guests can expect when visiting the museum, and it included some pretty special pieces from Star Wars and Marvel.

On the Star Wars side of things, guests can expect various concept art from across Star Wars movies as well as film posters. However, props, including pod racers and ships,...

Netflix has unveiled the first haunting images from ‘Frankenstein,’ Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating passion project and a bold new take on Mary Shelley’s iconic novel.

Set to launch globally on the streaming platform in November 2025, the gothic reimagining promises a chilling, character-driven vision of the timeless tale of ambition, creation, and consequence.

(L to R) Felix Kammerer as William Frankenstein and Mia Goth as Elizabeth Woroner/Netflix © 2025. Jacob Elordi as The Creature. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025. (L to R) Charles Dance as Leopold Frankenstein and Christian Convery as Young Victor. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025.

Del Toro—whose darkly fantastical touch won him Oscars for ‘The Shape of Water’—directs from his own adaptation of Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, breathing new life into the tragic story of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but arrogant scientist who dares to defy nature by creating a living being from the dead.

Guillermo del Toro’s long‑nurtured vision of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein will premiere in competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival in late August and stream worldwide on Netflix in November 2025, according to studio representatives who released the first production stills.

The images show Jacob Elordi towering in ragged bandages as a creature whose cracked‑marble skin evokes antique sculpture, a deliberate shift from the stitched brute of earlier films. Del Toro has framed the monster as “deeply human,” an approach already stirring debate among horror purists while drawing praise from admirers of his empathetic genre style.

Elordi accepted the part only weeks before cameras rolled after Andrew Garfield exited amid post‑strike scheduling conflicts, and the director now calls the six‑foot‑five actor “the most perfect choice for the creature.” Oscar Isaac embodies Victor Frankenstein inside a 360‑degree water‑tower laboratory constructed on a Toronto soundstage,...

Netflix has shared more images from Guillermo del Toro’s hotly anticipated Frankenstein.

The film is based on Mary Shelley’s classic tale of 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.

New photos released Tuesday show Jacob Elordi in character as the famed monster, as well as stars Mia Goth (Elizabeth Lavenza) and Oscar Isaac (Victor Frankenstein) on set.

The movie is produced by del Toro, J. Miles Dale, and Scott Stuber. It also stars Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, with Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz, and is set to premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival, followed by a global release on Netflix in November.

Del Toro is best known for his three-time Oscar-winning Pan’s Labyrinth (2006); his flair for horror also winning over...

With Frankenstein, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro (Pinocchio, Cabinet of Curiosities, The Shape of Water) 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.

The project is a lifelong dream finally fulfilled for the Hellboy filmmaker, and Vanity Fair (via FearHQ.com) has finally revealed a first look at Jacob Elordi as the titular scientist's horrifying monster.

Talking to the site, del Toro said, "These are the parallels between Pinocchio and Frankenstein. It’s the idea of a person going from a baby to a human being in a short span of time and being exposed to everything—cold, warmth, violence, love, loss. And then going to his creator to say, 'Why? Why did you put me here? Why didn’t you give me the answers?...

Star Wars mastermind George Lucas made history this weekend when he followed up on his promise that 2025 would be the year that he appeared at San Diego Comic-Con. To the cheers of fans that were present at the event, Lucas entered the room and received a standing ovation. Nevertheless, he didn't attend the event to announce anything regarding Star Wars. Instead, he did so to announce the presentation of the new Lucasfilm project, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Per the report by Joblo, Lucas appeared on a panel that also included director Guillermo del Toro, VFX artist Doug Chiang and moderator Queen Latifah. Together they presented the museum project and even showed a few sketches of the massive structure. "I've been doing this for 50 years, and it occurred to me: 'What am I going to do with it all?' Because I refuse to sell it," Lucas said about the museum,...

The creature has emerged from the shadows.

After a brief glimpse in the teaser trailer, Jacob Elordi's take on Frankenstein's monster has finally been revealed as part of a cache of first-look photos from Guillermo del Toro's upcoming adaptation of Mary Shelly's gothic horror classic.

The images, initially posted by Vanity Fair and then released by Netflix later Monday, show the cloaked creature (bearing scant resemblance to the iconic Boris Karloff version in the 1931 Universal horror film) staring intently, along with other scenes featuring the cast, including Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, and Christoph Waltz, as well as del Toro directing. See the images below, along with everything we know about the film, which should prominently figure into the Oscar conversation.

Guillermo del Toro and Oscar IsaacKen Woroner/Netflix Backstory

Del Toro has been talking about making this movie for nearly two decades, publicly declaring the Shelley novel,...

Guillermo del Toro’s highly-anticipated “Frankenstein” is being further hinted at with new images from the production, and this time, Jacob Elordi’s titular monster gets an extra peek. The buzzy “Frankenstein” adaptation already has dropped a teaser, but Elordi’s role was mostly kept hidden in the shadows. Now, a fuller look at the actor’s transformation into the character has been revealed.

Elordi’s monster is reanimated by scientist Victor Frankenstein, played by Oscar Isaac. Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, and Charles Dance co-star. The feature is written and directed by del Toro, and based on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.” Del Toro, J. Miles Dale, and Scott Stuber produce.

The official logline reads: “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...