Jacob Elordi was awarded the Maverick award at the Newport Beach Film Festival

That is one of those awards that is bought by the studio or his agency.

I'm only interested if he does frontal.

Frankenstein seems DOA. It’s getting a three-week theater run on a budget of 120M. Netflix will announce that it’s ‘doing great on streaming’ to save face.

I highly respect Guillermo del Toro, but enough with retreading tired property. Mary Shelley herself would ask for a break, and consideration of her other interesting work.

[quote] Frankenstein seems DOA. It’s getting a three-week theater run on a budget of 120M. Netflix will announce that it’s ‘doing great on streaming’ to save face.

This is the standard business model of Netflix regarding its high-profile films.

They limit a theatrical release to a few weeks in order to boost subscriptions once the film shifts exclusively to Netflix. It sucks, but filmmakers who make deals with Netflix know this is how their films will be treated.

The sequels to Knives Out are released the same way.

[quote]This is the standard business model of Netflix regarding its high-profile films.

And a handy excuse for underperforming in theaters. If they had something strong, they would gladly delay the streaming release.

As few to none of these streaming metrics are put up for public review, box office numbers remain the most accurate indicator of relevance and longevity we have.

R1 no. It wasn’t.

R3 your post is ridiculously stupid.

The movie was always going to be released on Netflix. The only reason it got a LIMITED theatrical run is so it’s eligible during awards season.

R5 again, your post is stupid. That doesn’t even make sense. Netflix does it with all their movies they decide to put in theaters. It has nothing to do with performance. The Netflix date was set since last year.

“Netflix announced the film would be opening in “select theaters” on Oct. 17 before arriving on the streaming service on Nov. 7.”

This is how they work. It’s a way to A. Get new subscribers and B. Be eligible for awards season.

“ Frankenstein seems DOA.”

It’s playing in very few cities in the USA. How big is it supposed to be? It’s in 3 theaters in NYC and 2 theaters in LA, the countries two biggest markets. It’s a limited release with reason. Not for box office. And no it’s not DOA.

Whenever Netflix decides to release a film to theaters it’s always for just a week or two. That’s it. It doesn’t stay there long. Look at that KPop Hunter movie. It made a lot of money and still was out in 2 weeks. That’s how they operate.

Now they’re working on a plan with AMC so they will probably start releasing their big releases to AMC exclusively when it’s all set.

I wouldn't think del Toro films have ever been big moneymakers, but they've earneda lot of prestige in a genre that's known for its trashiness. From memory he also has a decent track record for content produced for television, "The Strain" and "Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities." If anyone's earned his own "Frankenstein" it's him.

(Full disclosure: I don't like his films and don't intend to see this one.)

He was so good as Elvis in "Priscilla" I was stunned.

There's a website where you can find theaters and times where it's showing. We're getting it for three days next weekend.

Del Toro is a bad storyteller but a good creator of worlds.

Maybe this adaptation will work for him. I mean, the story is already there.

In what universe is Elordi a “maverick?” His career is only now gearing up, which is why these awards are so idiotic.

They all look so good. Both him and Isaac are so handsome.

lordi, he’s handsome.

his suit and tie are totally fug, tho.

This guy has never been in a successful movie, and yet they keep casting him in everything.

R18 I love the suit and tie. He looks amazing in that color.

He is handsome and growing more handsome as he gets older. He’s 28 now and his face has fully matured into manhood and he looks ridiculously handsome.

R19 because it’s 2025 and his films all do amazing on streaming, the main way young people watch movies.

Speaking of Frankenstein, the original 1931 fllm is on TCM tonight at 8:00 PM.

I loved this question.

The interviewer asks them what is one body part or attribute they would take from the other to create the perfect creature and Jacob just can’t stop gushing over Oscar lol. His first response was “I’d take his c-“ then he stopped himself and they looked at each other laughing. Isaac asking “What would you take?” 😂

New LA Times piece on him and his performance

“But it’s the second half—told from the Creature’s point of view—that truly elevates the film. Jacob Elordi delivers a haunting, transcendent performance. His Creature is tragic, yearning for love, terrified by his own existence, and unable to fully articulate his needs. Fleeing from destruction, he hides in a forest and later within the gears of an old farmhouse mill. There, he secretly helps a family who believes the benevolent acts are from a forest spirit. He also forms a deeply moving bond with a blind man (David Bradley), through which he finds connection and humanity. It’s in these quiet, tender moments that the Creature becomes something more than a cast-off experiment—he becomes painfully, beautifully human.”

“Oscar Isaac delivers a brash, violent, and narcissistic Doctor Frankenstein who is horrified by the thing he’s brought to life. Jacob Elordi plays the monster, and you cannot look away from him. The physicality, his voice, the design of his body with makeup and prosthetics could all be removed, and we’d still be left with an amazing portrayal of someone who only wishes to know why he was made, and to find someone to spend his life with.“

To quote a review from this thread, "The monster has a rockin bod."

The Times says he’s the best part of the movie

Critics unanimously praise Elordi but there is division of Del Toro’s directing choices and vision

His face looks nice in OP's pic but the hair styling is silly.

“Elordi is a marvel here (and his Creature exhibits Marvel-esque superhuman powers, which is fun), belying his turns as bad guys or unsympathetic characters in titles like Euphoria, Priscilla, and Saltburn. No, while the Creature in GDT’s Frankenstein will mess you up if need be – and does in fact mess up man and beast alike in spectacular fashion – del Toro writes him and Elordi plays him in the finest Karloffian vein, a sympathetic, sad-sack SOB who just wants a friend. That the actor also seems to be channeling the body work of GDT regular and creature-player extraordinaire Doug Jones only accentuates how different Elordi’s Creature is from past incarnations. He pivots his body, twists his waist, leans in and back, and cocks his head in such a way as to always remind us that, after all, the Creature’s body is actually a series of bodies that are still getting used to each other.”

Does Jacob go nude?

Pretty yet ever so bland.

Are Nineties fashions and colors making a comeback? That suit and tie combo screams "Dave Coulier circa 1993".

I saw del Toro's Frankenstein. I thought the film itself was meh, but I agree with the critics -- Elordi was the best thing about it. The second half where the creature's POV takes over is easily the better half. I felt the same about Saltburn - hated the film, but loved Elordi's performance. I'm as surprised as anybody, but he's a very good actor.

[quote] his suit and tie are totally fug, tho.

Why?

At the Academy Museum Gala tonight. I hate it.

What’s he holding? A glass butt plug?

I don't understand why Netflix doesn't release it on Halloween.

Is he still schtupping the rower?

He is so weird-looking.

[quote] I don't understand why Netflix doesn't release it on Halloween.

You want them to release it on a night that everyone’s out?

Sunglasses are NOT his friend. His handsomeness is mid face, the eyes. His chin is problematic.

Is he a homo?

Wow at r37

Elordi is physically spectacular. What a sight he must be in-person, in full primped, on-duty mode.

One quibble.

I hate both the skinny short pants hem that was the style and hate even more the now long puddle-hem cut of pants leg.

Just go with the classic, custom-hemmed single crease as the pant leg meets the shoe.

" He’s gaining Oscar buzz for his performance."

now if he could only gain an ass..

I saw the movie in NYC last week Elordi looks hot in his costume the entire movie is riveting I couldn’t stop watching it .

Elordi is 6'5" and probably naturally weighs 180lbs. How much of an ass do you expect?

Didn't he bare his cock for a split second in Oh Canada?

If I remember his cock is perfectly... meh.

R47 it didn’t show in nyc until Thursday the 16th.

Why lie?

R51 I saw it on Friday the17th at the Angelica.

*spoilers*

In the stage play that the 1931 film is derived from, Frankenstein regularly beats the shit out of his creature (an element not in the original novel.) I think it's interesting del Toro chose to reintroduce this in his version.

He’s a cutie but the kind of cute that doesn’t age well.

I think I remember some scuttlebutt about his being quite narcissistic and a bad boyfriend. There was some talk about Olivia Jade putting up with all kinds of shit from him. But I just googled it and didn’t find anything.

Wait, he showed cock before? Pics or it didn’t happen.

He didn't win the White Boy Ass award they gave away to La Chalamet?

[quote]He’s gaining Oscar buzz for his performance

Looks like Sara Haines of 'The View' has kicked off this conversation.