VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), James McAvoy (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Jessica Brown Findlay (A New York Winter’s Tale), Andrew Scott (SPECTRE), Charles Dance (The Imitation Game), Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse), Callum Turner (Queen and Country), Noah Emmerich (The Truman Show), Daniel Mays (Atonement)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Paul McGuigan (Push), director; Max Landis (Chronicle), writer; John Davis (I, Robot), producer; Craig Armstrong (Far From The Madding Crowd), composer; Fabian Wagner (The Legend of Barney Thomson), cinematographer; Andrew Hulme (Lucky Number Slevin) and Charlie Phillips (Sherlock), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy), a radical and arrogant scientist, forms a professional partnership with his young protégé Igor (Radcliffe) through their similar – but very different – visions of aiding humanity and research into the science of immortality. Through Igor’s eyes, we see how Frankenstein achieved the impossible experiment that made him the legend he is today, and how the young servant attempted to save his friend from the brink of madness as well as the terrifying creation he brought to life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A re-telling of the classic story by Mary Shelley, but told through the eyes of an important side character – that of the scientist’s wide-eyed assistant Igor – Victor Frankenstein is an entertaining new twist that should make for some real gothic fun.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2015

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