Frankenstein author Mary Shelly will be the subject of a new feature film biopic being produced by Fulwell 73 and Rose Pictures (Kill Your Darlings). The film is titled Mary’s Monster, and it follows Shelley “as she struggles to complete her gothic masterpiece, which was published in 1818.”
Farren Blackburn (Daredevil, A Discovery of Witches) is set to direct the film from a screenplay written by Deborah Baxtrom (Living With Frankenstein).
The brief story description reads, “Terrified of giving voice to the darkness of her subconscious mind, Mary Shelley locks into a dangerous battle with her own ‘inner monster’ as she struggles to write her seminal science fiction novel, ‘Frankenstein.’”
Shelley has been the subject of several autobiographies as well as film and television productions. The most recent was the 2017 biopic Mary Shelley, in which Elle Fanning played the author. That movie focused on Shelley’s relationship with her husband.
This new film sounds much more interesting. Shelley is believed ”to have come up with the novel at the age of 19 during a stay by Lake Geneva with her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and the poet Lord Byron, where the trio kept themselves entertained with ghost stories.”
It’s pretty amazing. She wrote one of the greatest and most popular novels of all time. It’s a story that is constantly being adapted and reimagined because it’s that great.
Source: Variety