Frankenstein producer J. Miles Dale shared that Oscar0-winner Guillermo del Toro is creating his own monster universe. Dale shared the news in an interview with The Academy’s A-frame, “At one time, he was going to do the Monster Universe with Universal — Frankenstein’s Bride, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Invisible Man, The Wolf Man — and he didn’t.” Dale continued, “We feel like Shape of Water was kind of a version of a creature. So now, here he is doing his own Monster Universe.”

Toro’s next project is a live adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for Netflix. Dale said, “This version of Frankenstein very much goes down that thematic road. So, I feel like this is the third film in Guillermo’s father trilogy. That’s exciting, and when you read the script, it’s very emotional and, of course, very iconic.” Anything about the movie has been kept under wraps and no release date has been announced on Netflix.

The only thing that is known to the public are the stars playing in the film, Oscar Isaac, Andrew Garfield, and Mia Goth. Dale addressed about the cast for Frankenstein, “It’s a pretty good cast.” He continues, “We’ve had pretty good casts the last couple of films. The last one was insane, frankly. I mean, that’s a pinch-me cast. And so was The Shape of Water cast. That’s another dream cast. I think there are a lot of actors that really want to work with Guillermo, and so that makes things a little bit easier. So, it should be fun. Nothing’s easy, and that one’s not going to be easy — it’s a big movie with a ship stuck in the ice and a ton of other things — but we’ve got a little bit of lead time on it, and we’re excited to get going.”