{"id":199296,"date":"2025-05-12T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=199296"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:57:45","slug":"available-for-pre-order-frankenstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=199296","title":{"rendered":"Available for pre-order: Frankenstein!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that it’s “out there” for pre-order, I think it’s okay to mention what I have been working on for the past year and change: a book on Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming film adaptation of Frankenstein<\/i><\/a>. I had to sign an NDA with Netflix so I really couldn’t say anything about anything, even when I “randomly” went to Scotland last fall for a “vacation”. I actually went to join up with the film being shot in Dundee\/Arbroath\/Edinburgh, and had to carefully share only the photos which didn’t reveal the gigantic movie crew all around me. Once the whole thing is out, movie and book, I’ll write up a little travel diary of it, because it really was so fun. Watching a movie of this size being filmed – with Netflix money – was a new experience! There’s a reason I saw almost nothing of Scotland while I was there (except for the Elvis Shakespeare bookshop<\/a>, which I sought out on my one day off.)<\/p>\n

My book features interviews with all of the participants: Guillermo, the actors (ahem<\/a>), all of the department heads – production designer Tamra Deverell, costume designer Kate Hawley, makeup department head Jordan Samuel – cinematographer Dan Laustsen, plus special effects design team, sound design, concept artist Guy Davis, and the genius who designed the creature, Mike Hill. So many more people! Meeting these brilliant artists has enriched my life and I am so grateful they made time in their schedules to be interviewed, sometimes multiple times (including follow-up questions over email). Every single one of them is a master at their craft and I absolutely loved learning about their process. Huge thanks to producer Miles Dale, who facilitated everything for me in Scotland, sending out mass emails for everyone to come find me to talk (they all did), as well as moving me out of the out-of-the-way Airbnb into the hotel where they all were staying. “Oh, no, you need to be with us,” he said. He was so generous and his assistant Ashley was incredible, and so CHILL, considering how non-stop busy her job was. Everyone was, to a person, nice and kind and generous. And then of course there is Guillermo, who requested me for this project, an honor of which I am FULLY aware. He allowed me access to everything, he brought me into the mobile editing lab so I could watch him put together sequences, and we spent hours discussing the film and the book and Mary Shelley and everything else under the sun. <\/p>\n

The book will be published October 14, 2025. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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