Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams Team Up for “Lisa Frankenstein,” Kathryn Newton Stars

Frankenstein is heading to highschool. Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams are teaming up for “Lisa Frankenstein,” a pic impressed by Mary Shelley’s gothic novel. A press launch introduced that Kathryn Newton (“Large Little Lies”) and Cole Sprouse (“Riverdale”) are signed on to topline the Focus Options title.

Penned by Cody and helmed by Williams, “Lisa Frankenstein” is about in 1989 and tells the story of an unpopular excessive schooler who “unintentionally re-animates a good-looking Victorian corpse throughout a lightning storm and begins to rebuild him into the person of her goals utilizing the damaged tanning mattress in her storage.”

Cody gained an Oscar for writing 2007 Elliot Web page-starrer “Juno.” Her different credit embrace “Jennifer’s Physique,” “Younger Grownup,” and “Tully.”

Williams is making her function directorial debut with “Lisa Frankenstein.” She most just lately helmed the 2020 brief “Kappa Kappa Die,” the story of a younger lady who joins her late sister’s sorority to analyze her demise.

Newton led the 2020 horror comedy “Freaky.” The “Supernatural” alumna performs Reese Witherspoon’s daughter on “Large Little Lies.” There’s been no phrase about whether or not the star-studded HBO homicide thriller will return for a 3rd season.