The trailer for Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' shows Oscar Isaac making a monster of Jacob Elordi. What to know about the Netflix movie.

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Netflix's "Frankenstein" movie features Oscar Isaac as the titular mad scientist.
"Saltburn" and "Euphoria" star Jacob Elordi plays Frankenstein's monster.
Here's what we know so far about the film directed by the Oscar-winning director, Guillermo del Toro.
Guillermo del Toro's"Frankenstein" is coming to Netflix this fall, with Oscar Isaac playing Victor Frankenstein, the mad scientist who builds a monster (Jacob Elordi) using dead people's body parts.
Based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein," the synopsis for the film reads: "A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation."
Netflix released the first "Frankenstein" trailer at its annual "Tudum" event on May 31, giving subscribers a glimpse of del Toro's gothic vision for the story.
Here's what to know about the film.
The first 'Frankenstein' trailer shows off Guillermo del Toro's faithful adaptation of the book
The first trailer establishes how Frankenstein is obsessed with the idea of building a creature. In the ominous voiceover, he says: "I had a vision, an idea took shape in my mind. Inevitable, unavoidable, until it became truth."
It shows his sprawling laboratory and the device he hooks up to a lightning rod on the building's spire to give life to his monster.
Unlike previous adaptations of Shelley's book, del Toro's "Frankenstein" appears to be faithful to the source material.
Most other adaptations do not feature Frankenstein chasing the monster into the Arctic toward the end of the plot. But the trailer includes snowy scenes depicting a frost-bitten Frankenstein, a ship trapped in the ice, and the monster attacking some of the crew.
Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz star alongside Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi in 'Frankenstein'
Isaac and Elordi are not the only big names that del Toro has recruited for his gothic sci-fi movie.
Joining them are Christian Convery as young Frankenstein, "MaXXXine" star Mia Goth as Frankenstein's fiancée Elizabeth Lavenza, and " Inglourious Basterds" actor Christoph Waltz as Harlander.
"Ahsoka" star Lars Mikkelsen plays Captain Anderson, the man leading an expedition to the Arctic, while Ralph Ineson of the "Fantastic Four" will play Professor Kempe. "Harry Potter" alumnus David Bradley will play the Blind Man.
'Frankenstein' is scheduled to arrive on Netflix in November
Netflix has not confirmed a specific release date for del Toro's "Frankenstein," but has confirmed that the film will arrive in November 2025.
And although the movie arrives around Halloween time, horror fans likely shouldn't expect jump scares.
Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival in May, del Toro said: "Somebody asked me the other day, 'Does it have really scary scenes?' For the first time, I considered that. It's an emotional story for me," Variety reported.
"It's as personal as anything. I'm asking a question about being a father, being a son… I'm not doing a horror movie — ever. I'm not trying to do that."