After going through a period where he struggled to get projects off the ground, Guillermo del Toro has seen a resurgence in recent years, especially since his big Academy Award wins for his 2017 film The Shape of Water. Following a phenomenal run that includes Nightmare Alley (which recently was announced to be getting a Criterion Collection entry), and the stop-motion animated project Pinocchio, the director’s next big feature is an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The film has already begun to make the festival rounds, first premiering at the Venice International Film Festival as well as the Toronto International Film Festival.
Guillermo del Toro spoke to attendees at a panel following a screening of Frankenstein, where the director reflected on his career up to this point. Del Toro said the release of the film “sort of closes a huge episode in my life,” which is unsurprising considering he’s long proclaimed the movie to be a passion project. With it complete, del Toro is looking forward to the future, with one project in particular, titled Fury, discussed at the panel.
PerThe Hollywood Reporter, Fury is set to reunite del Toro with Oscar Isaac, who stars in Frankenstein as the titular character, alongside Jacob Elordi, who plays the monster. The director briefly spoke about the themes and tone of the project, saying that “It’s going back to the thriller aspects of Nightmare Alley. It’s very cruel, very violent.” The article also mentions that del Toro has an ambitious stop-motion movie in development, which is unsurprising considering the success of Pinocchio, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
‘Fury’ Will be Guillermo Del Toro’s Next Project
Nightmare Alley is del Toro’s take on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, which was previously made into a film in 1947, directed by Edmund Goulding. Del Toro’s iteration of the story is a neo-noir psychological thriller with an ensemble cast, led by Bradley Cooper as Stanton Carlisle. The movie feels like an interesting departure from the larger-than-life works that the filmmaker worked on previously, telling a darker and more intimate tale driven by the worst and most basic instincts of its characters. The fact that del Toro harkens back to Nightmare Alley when describing Fury means he may be scaling back after what was undoubtedly a large-scale undertaking in adapting Frankenstein.
With Frankenstein set to be released by Netflix under their first-look deal with del Toro, it seems likely that Fury will also be released on the streaming service. A limited theatrical run for Frankenstein may also suggest the same for future projects helmed by the director. Thankfully, del Toro’s past Netflix films (as well as several other titles from the streaming service) have found homes on physical media through boutique Blu-ray brands like the Criterion Collection.
This story originally appeared on Movieweb
