7. Sophie Turner To Star In Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley Biopic
According to Deadline, Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner will play Frankenstein author Mary Shelley in a biopic titled Mary Shelley's Monster. The film is described as "a new take" on the life and lore of the famous author, and will track "the young writer as she writes her seminal novel and is drawn into a Faustian bargain with her own "monster" of an alter ego, who offers literary fame at a desperate personal cost." In other words, it will be a bit of a loose biopic, with a few twists and turns thrown into the real events. Penny Dreadful and The Killing director Coky Giedryoc is helming the film, which doesn't have an official release date yet. Turner is joined by Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) who plays Shelley's husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story, The Bling Ring) who plays Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont. Producer Rose Ganguzza had this to say about the film and its cast: " the story of the most extraordinary 19th Century teenage heroine told in a visceral, sexy, contemporary way. Our film is not a period drama. 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 onboard this wonderful project."
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