'This film concludes a journey for me that started at age seven, when I saw James Whale's Frankenstein films for the first time. Gothic horror became my church, and Boris Karloff my Messiah,' says del Toro. 'It is an honour to be able to invite people to take a closer look at how my incredible crafts team and I have brought Mary Shelley's world to life on screen.'
This year's BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced in full - and the fest will be a happy homecoming for one of the city's greatest actors. Daniel Day-Lewis's new film, , is one of the films on the LFF's newly announced 2025 programme. Directed by his son Ronan, it's the Londoner's first screen appearance since Phantom Thread in 2017. He'll also be appearing for a sure-to-be roadblocked screen talk at the festival.
Julia Jackman's 100 Nights of Hero , a fresh twist on Middle Eastern folktales One Thousand and One Nights , will be bringing down the curtain on the London film fest (LFF) at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, October 19. Starring Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E Grant and Felicity Jones, and written and directed by one-time BFI new talent winner Jackman, the film is an adaptation of Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel - itself a queer-coded spin on The Arabian Nights .