Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro is known for putting his unique spin on classic movie monsters. Following his 2017 Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water, which was inspired by Creature from the Black Lagoon, del Toro has been working on a passion project for years. This reimagining of a monster with roots stretching back over a century has finally arrived in select theaters and will be available on November 7, 2025. He continues his trend of boldly reinterpreting iconic creatures, often those originally created by Universal Studios, but independently of the studio itself.
In an interview with Inverse, Guillermo del Toro said he’d love to reimagine a particular misunderstood villain, stating, “It’s a timeless story, but I’d approach it in a new way.”
The director of Frankenstein also mentioned having a few potential projects in mind, but is currently focusing on a crime film and stop-motion animation. This stop-motion work connects to a recent announcement about a new partnership between the director and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos to create a stop-motion studio at the Gobelins school in France, aiming to revitalize and support the art of stop-motion animation and develop new talent.
The Rich History & Legacy of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’
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As a huge film and stage fan, I’ve always been fascinated by The Phantom of the Opera. It originally started as a serial novel written by Pierre Lafitte way back in 1909-1910, and then it was published as a complete novel. While there have been many versions of the story, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical is definitely the most well-known. In fact, it was a Broadway phenomenon – the longest-running show in history, which sadly just finished its incredible run in April 2023, but good news, it’s coming back in November 2025! And if you’re familiar with the film version, that’s also based on Webber’s musical, starring Gerard Butler as the Phantom and directed by Joel Schumacher – it came out in 2004.
Lon Chaney’s 1925 silent film and the 1943 remake starring Claude Rains connected The Phantom of the Opera to Universal’s classic monster franchise. Though a new Phantom of the Opera film was once planned for Universal’s ‘Dark Universe’ series, the idea was dropped after The Mummy (2017) didn’t perform well. Fans will still be able to see a robotic version of Lon Chaney’s Phantom in the Dark Universe area of Universal Studios Epic Universe.
Given Guillermo del Toro’s success and his good working relationship with Netflix – they’ve already collaborated on projects like Pinocchio and Frankenstein – he could likely get The Phantom of the Opera made there if he wanted to. His next film is Fury, a crime thriller starring Oscar Isaac, who previously worked with him on Frankenstein. He’s also developing Buried Giant, another stop-motion animated movie. Del Toro has had several dream projects, such as Hellboy 3 and At the Mountains of Madness, that unfortunately never got made. Let’s hope The Phantom of the Opera doesn’t suffer the same fate and eventually becomes a reality.
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