Frankenstein returns to international cinemas to mark the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s most famous novel.
Captured live in 2011 from the National Theatre stage in London, this thrilling, sold-out production became an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world.
Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil, are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic tale.
It seems October 22nd showings will feature Ben as the creature and Jonny Lee Miller as the doctor, and October 29th showings will feature Jonny Lee Miller as the creature and Ben as the doctor.
Tagging a few of you… (I know I’m missing tons, apologies) (also, it says this is international, so… hopefully at a theatre near you, and if not yet, keep checking back – we have almost 6 months for more theaters to be added!)
Benedict Cumberbatch’s latest film, Ironbark, is due to begin filming later this month in London and the south-east.
The Cold War spy thriller tells the true story of British businessman
Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch) who, together with his Russian source Oleg
Penkovsky, helped the CIA infiltrate the Soviet nuclear programme,
ultimately contributing to the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Dominic Cooke directs Ironbark from Tom O’Connor’s screenplay; the pair also executive producer alongside Cumberbatch and Leah Clarke.
The producers are Adam Ackland for Sunnymarch alongside Rory Aitken, Ben Pugh and Ben Browning.
Cumberbatch and Ackland founded Sunnymarch in 2013; the company has
since gone on to produce The Child in Time for BBC One and Patrick
Melrose for Sky Atlantic and Showtime, and has several projects in
development including The War Magician and How to Stop Time.
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