THREE Frankenstein Movies (And One TV Show) Are In the Works

Here’s everything we know about the three new Frankenstein movies and the one TV series coming soon to our screens.

Three New Frankenstein Movies Are in the Works

 Guillermo del Toro Is Giving Us His Take on Frankenstein for Netflix

This is the Frankenstein project you’ve probably heard of already. Iconic horror/fantasy/surrealist director Guillermo del Toro is directing and writing a Frankenstein movie for Netflix . Guillermo del Toro’s movie will star Oscar Isaac as Doctor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi as the Monster/Creature, and will also see Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz as part of its cast. That is what you might call a monsterously good collection of collaborators. We’ve only seen brief teases of del Toro’s Frankenstein movie so far, but we know that this movie will blow us away when we see it fully come to life.

The logline shares, “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.“

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Release Date

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein movie will release in select theaters on October 17 and stream on Netflix on November 7.

Frankenstein in Romania Movie Will Star Sebastian Stan

The newest Frankenstein movie to enter the ring is Frankenstein in Romania. Although Dracula is widely known for being from Transylvania, which is now a part of Romania, Frankenstein has no prior association with Romania. However, Sebastian Stan is Romanian. So it will be interesting to see Frankenstein linked with Romania in Frankenstein in Romania. The new Frankenstein movie will be written by Radu Jude, who 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 reveals that he imagines Sebastian Stan will play “both roles” in this movie, that is both Victor Frankenstein and his monster.

We don’t yet have many details about Jude and Stan’s new Frankenstein movie, except that “The story is understood to combine the real-life existence of a secret CIA prison in Romania in the past with the legend of the Frankenstein monster.” Very interesting.

Frankenstein in Romania‘s Release Date

No release date has yet been set for Frankenstein in Romania, but we are eager to learn more about the movie sooner rather than later.

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bride of Frankenstein Movie, The Bride!, Is a Punk Rock Film with a Major Cast

Joining the monstrous fray to offer the Bride of Frankenstein her due is the Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed movie starring the Bride of Frankenstein, The Bride! This Universal Monsters movie is said to be a punk rock take on the tale, which features  Christian Bale as Frankenstein’s monster and Jessie Buckley as his bride. The movie’s tagline is “Here comes the mother f------ bride.” Yes, we feel the punk rock!

So far, no teaser trailer or any other kind of materials have been released for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bride of Frankenstein movie. Although Gyllenhaal did share first look images at The Bride and Frankenstein. But those who caught a sneak peek of The Bride! at Cinema Con describe it as incredibly gory. Gyllenhaal additionally shared, “In the original ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ the bride is in the movie for about three minutes, and she doesn’t speak, which could not be more different than our bride.”

She goes on to share the story of The Bride! revolves around the following conceit: “What happens if his bride that comes back is beyond his wildest imagination and doesn’t fit into the box that he imagined for her, or the box that the world’s imagined for her?”

The Bride! Synopsis and Release Date

It turns out The Bride! is also a period piece, taking us into the 1930s for a story of revolution. The official synopsis for this Bride of Frankenstein movie shares, “A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the attention of the police, and a wild and radical social movement.“

The Bride! will release in theaters on March 6, 2026. It additionally stars Annette Bening, Penélope Cruz, and Peter Sarsgaard.

Mel Brooks Is Working on Very Young Frankenstein TV Series

In 1974, Mel Brooks wrote and directed a hilarious Frankenstein movie with Gene Wilder titled Young Frankenstein. Now, approximately 50 years later, Brooks is turning that movie into a TV series for FX called Very Young Frankenstein—a truly brilliant title.

This Frankenstein horror-comedy series is still in its earliest stages, nearly at a pilot order. But we feel excited about it already. Brooks will team up with a team that knows a monstrous parody when they see it: What We Do in the Shadows ‘ Stefani Robinson, who will be writer and showrunner, Taika Waititi, who will direct the pilot, and Garrett Basch. It feels like a meeting of the minds born in monstrous heaven.

The plot synopsis for the Very Young Frankenstein series simply reveals, “Inspired by Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein.” So for now, we don’t really have a clue as to what will happen in the pilot. But Nerdist‘s Eric Diaz previously wrote:

With a name like Very Young Frankenstein, it could just be a prequel to Young Frankenstein. Although that doesn’t sound nearly as fun. You wouldn’t have the monster or other elements people love about the film… They could take a cue from What We Do in the Shadows when Colin Robinson de-aged into a baby. More likely though, this show will focus on the son or grandson of Gene Wilder’s version of Dr. Frankenstein. They probably won’t live in castle, but somewhere comparable to the Staten Island home of the vampires in What We Do in the Shadows.

We’re also rooting for the series to be shot in black and white as an homage to the original Universal Monsters films and to Young Frankenstein itself.

Will We See Even More Frankenstein Movies and Series in the Future?

Four Frankenstein projects just doesn’t seem like enough! (Kidding.) It’s hard to say if other Frankenstein movies or TV shows will spark to life at this time. It does feel like these three Frankenstein movies and one TV series might be enough for now. But hey, the Creature from the Black Lagoon is available for his close-up. Then again, if these Frankenstein movies do well at the box office we may very well yet see more on the horizon.

In the meantime, we’ll just be yelling, “It’s alive!!!!” at the top of our lungs at every midnight release.