‘Victor Frankenstein’ Trailer: Daniel Radcliffe And James McAvoy Create A Monster
20th Century Fox has dropped the first trailer forVictor Frankenstein, starringJames McAvoyas the mad doctor andDaniel Radcliffeas his faithful (and so far non-hunchbacked) protege Igor.
If you’ve seen really any version of theMary Shelleyclassic, you know how it goes: Frankenstein engages in some crazy science and creates a literal monster, with predictably disastrous results. What’s different this time is a playful buddy comedy dynamic between Frankenstein and Igor, a la Guy Ritchie’sSherlock Holmesmovies. Watch theVictor Frankensteintrailer after the jump.
Fox debuted theVictor Frankensteintrailer onYouTube.Paul McGuigan(Lucky Number Slevin,Push) directed from a script byMax Landis(Chronicle,American Ultra), andAndrew Scott,Jessica Brown Findlay, andFreddie Foxalso star.
There’s also a U.K. version below.
This film was originally slated for fall 2014, then early 2015, and now it’s comingNovember 25(Thanksgiving weekend). It’s been months since we sawthe very first images. It’s nice to finally get a sense of what this thing looks like in motion. The whole thing feels kind of cheeseball, but not necessarily in a bad way.
The big selling point of this particularFrankensteinadaptation seems to be the bromance between Frankenstein and Igor, and McAvoy and Radcliffe were leaning on that particular angle at Comic-Con this year. If nothing else, it should be an interesting spin on the classic pairing (which doesn’t actually exist in Shelley’s original novel, because Igor doesn’t actually exist in Shelley’s original novel).
James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in a dynamic and thrilling twist on a legendary tale. Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his equally brilliant protégé Igor Strausman (Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality. But Victor’s experiments go too far, and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation.
