Another Franken-focused drama
More used to being scared than generating terror on Game Of Thrones (she did nearly marry Joffrey, don’t forget), Sophie Turner has signed on alongside Jeremy Irvine and Taissa Farmiga for Mary Shelley’s Monster.
Coky Giedroyc, who has had a thorough grounding in gothic horror thanks to working on episodes of Penny Dreadful, will direct the tale of Shelley writing the seminal horror tale Frankenstein while struggling with her own alter ego and tempestuous relationship with Percy Bysshe Shelley (Irvine). Farmiga is aboard as her stepsister, Claire Clairmont.
According to producer Rose Fanguzza, this will be a different take on the Shelley story. “Our film is not a period drama,” she tells Deadline. “It is a story of youth that transcends time, a gothic romance, a love triangle that involves a dark passenger and we are tremendously excited to have such an exciting cast on board this wonderful project.”
It’ll need to be different as there’s already at least one Mary Shelley film in development – Elle Fanning signed up last month to play her in A Storm In The Stars .
from Empire News
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