Sebastian Stan is set to star in a new Frankenstein movie from Dracula director Radu Jude which is going to be set in Romania.
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 and Jacob Elordi as the monster and is set to be released at the end of August.
Elordi recently admitted he binge-watched all of the previous Frankenstein to help him get his version of the monster right.
He told Vanity Fair magazine: “I devoured all of his monsters. At first I thought, I’ll stay away from this. I want to do my own thing. And then I asked Guillermo: ‘Should I watch the other Frankensteins?’ And he goes: ‘What the f*** do you mean?’ I was like: ‘Well, I don’t want it to be influenced.’
“He says: ‘My friend, it’s a movie, it can’t f****** hurt you.’ I went home and I just binged them.”
Andrew Garfield had previously been hired to play the role but he was forced to exit the project because of delays from the 2023 Hollywood strikes – and Del Toro is thankful to Elordi for stepping in at such short notice.
He added to the publication: “Andrew Garfield stepping out and Jacob coming in. I mean, it was like Jacob is the most perfect actor for the creature.
“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. You can’t be under more pressure than that.”
Sebastian Stan to star in new Frankenstein movie
