Jason Reitman (left) and Guillermo del Toro attend Netflix's 'Frankenstein' event. Courtesy of Netflix Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Netflix is firing up Frankenstein fans ahead of the forthcoming streaming release for Guillermo del Toro's new feature adaptation. Over the Halloween weekend, the streaming service coordinated a series of events in the Hollywood area that involved drones and a simulated lightning strike. This led up to a sold-out IMAX screening of the new Frankenstein at the TCL Chinese Theater, where Jason Reitman took the stage after the film to chat with del Toro. Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz star in the feature that is now playing in select theaters before hitting Netflix on Nov. 7. Related Stories TV 'Nobody Wants This' Renewed for Season 3 Business Big-Budget F1 Netflix Miniseries 'Senna' Sparks Copyright Lawsuit The celebration began Thursday with a 1,500-drone lightning storm above the Hollywood Forever Cemetery that spelled out the title to the Oscar-winning director's adaptation of the classic Mary Shelley novel. The next day, six coordinated drone shows blended with state-of-the-art technology to simulate a lightning storm above the Hotel Roosevelt and Capitol Records building in Hollywood. Footage of the spectacle is below. That night, Frankenstein fans celebrated Halloween by dressing in their favorite del Toro-inspired costumes to attend the screening at the Chinese Theater. Guests nabbed a custom Frankenstein popcorn bucket and limited edition poster. View this post on Instagram The Frankenstein celebration also spread to New York City, where similar lightning strikes at the Tiffany & Co. flagship store on Fifth Ave. drew attention to the window displays that reimagine scenes from the movie. "A storm is brewing," the film's Instagram account captioned a post showing footage from the drone show. Del Toro discussed the project at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, where he emphasized that the finished feature marked the culmination of more than 15 years of planning. "This sort of closes a huge episode in my life," he noted at the time. In his review of Frankenstein for The Hollywood Reporter, chief film critic David Rooney wrote, "One of del Toro's finest, this is epic-scale storytelling of uncommon beauty, feeling and artistry." THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Heat Vision 'Predator: Badlands' Director Dan Trachtenberg Reveals James Cameron Didn't Think Movie "Was Going to Work" Until He Saw a Nearly Finished Cut Heat Vision 'Highlander' Remake Adds Siobhán Cullen, Jun Jong-seo, Nassim Lyes, and Kevin McKidd (Exclusive) Heat Vision 'Predator: Badlands' Star Elle Fanning Explains How Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi Wore Her Like a Backpack Heat Vision Simu Liu on 'In Your Dreams,' That "Dumb" AI Extra Take and the Remaining Secrets of 'Avengers: Doomsday' Stuart Ford Renée Zellweger to Star in David Yates' 'Phantom Son' Thriller international Brit List 2025 Unveiled: Welsh Hiking Horror Comedy Tops List of Unproduced Film, TV Scripts Heat Vision 'Predator: Badlands' Director Dan Trachtenberg Reveals James Cameron Didn't Think Movie "Was Going to Work" Until He Saw a Nearly Finished Cut Heat Vision 'Highlander' Remake Adds Siobhán Cullen, Jun Jong-seo, Nassim Lyes, and Kevin McKidd (Exclusive) Heat Vision 'Predator: Badlands' Star Elle Fanning Explains How Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi Wore Her Like a Backpack Heat Vision Simu Liu on 'In Your Dreams,' That "Dumb" AI Extra Take and the Remaining Secrets of 'Avengers: Doomsday' Stuart Ford Renée Zellweger to Star in David Yates' 'Phantom Son' Thriller international Brit List 2025 Unveiled: Welsh Hiking Horror Comedy Tops List of Unproduced Film, TV Scripts