Guillermo del Toro prepares a long, black and white version of Nightmare Alley

In addition to his Frankenstein with Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac.

Guillermo del Toro currently working on a new adaptation of Frankensteinthe cult science fiction novel by Mary Shelley (written in 1818), with Oscar Isaac as a doctor, Jacob Elordi as a monster and also Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Christian Convery and Ralph Ineson.

Expected in 2025 on Netflix, this film should be quickly followed by another new release from the Mexican director: a long, black and white version of his previous production, Nightmare Alley. The filmmaker, who recently left X for Bluesky, reveals on this social network that he is in the process of “remaster” its story of an ambitious showman (Bradley Cooper) teaming up with a psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) to better manipulate his audience. “Stay tuned!”concludes Del Toro, who was acclaimed for the very particular atmosphere of this film when it was released in theaters, at the turn of 2021/2022.

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Note that Guillermo had already reworked his work in black and white: some time after its cinema release in color, Searchlight Pictures offered it in this way in “limited release” in the United States, as well as on Hulu. The filmmaker then explained in Variety :

“Although we have turned Nightmare Alley in color, we lit it as if it were a black and white film. You can see the exact same level of design, and we wanted to give viewers that special perspective as a take on the classic noir genre that the film is a part of.”

Director of photography Dan Laustsen detailed:

“When we designed and shot the film, we always thought about color and black and white. The classic lighting I used is a tribute to all the incredible masters of cinematography who have inspired me.”

Nightmare Alley has since been available on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as on Disney+. While waiting for its long version, First recommends it to you: our enthusiastic review is worth reading here.

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