Frankenstein

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Guillermo del Toro, the director of "Frankenstein," which will compete for the best picture Oscar on Sunday, is notoriously anti-AI, insisting he would "rather die" than use it.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Guillermo Del Toro's take on the classic tale Frankenstein, starring Jacob Elordi, swept the design categories, first taking home best production design.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

While his "Frankenstein" is nominated for Best Picture, del Toro himself is off the hook for Best Director, which he said took the pressure off him and meant he could focus on promoting his team.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

His mandate to create the prosthetics and makeup that transformed Jacob Elordi into the Creature aimed to make him look like an artwork that Victor Frankenstein handcrafted.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Sometimes I endeavoured to gain from Frankenstein the particulars of his creature’s formation, but on this point he was impenetrable.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley