Two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson will produce and star in Bride – a film about the Bride of Frankenstein – despite Oscar winner Angelina Jolie‘s dueling film, which has been in the works since 2017.
The doomed Elizabeth Lavenza, Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s adopted sister-turned-fiancée, was originally created by author Mary Shelley in her 1818 novel, Frankenstein.
THR reported Thursday that Scarlett’s version would be helmed by Oscar winner Sebastián Lelio – the Chilean filmmaker behind Gloria Bell (2019), Disobedience (2018), and A Fantastic Woman (2017).
Which bride will make it down the aisle? Two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson (L) will produce and star in Bride – a film about the Bride of Frankenstein – despite Oscar winner Angelina Jolie’s (R) dueling film, which has been in the works since 2017
She’s alive! The doomed Elizabeth Lavenza, Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s adopted sister-turned-fiancée, was originally created by author Mary Shelley in her 1818 novel, Frankenstein (pictured in 1935)
‘It is long overdue for Bride to step out of the shadow of her male counterpart and stand alone,’ the 35-year-old JoJo Rabbit actress said in a statement.
‘Working alongside [screenwriters] Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum, Sebastian and I are extremely excited to emancipate this classic anti-heroine and reanimate her story to reflect the change we see today.’
Johnansson’s Bride would be a woman created by an entrepreneur to be the ideal wife, but instead rejects her creator and discovers her true identity. 
Maestro: THR reported Thursday that Scarlett’s version would be helmed by Oscar winner Sebastián Lelio (L) – the Chilean filmmaker behind Gloria Bell (2019), Disobedience (2018), and A Fantastic Woman (2017)
The 35-year-old JoJo Rabbit actress (pictured Tuesday) said: ‘It is long overdue for Bride to step out of the shadow of her male counterpart and stand alone…Sebastian and I are extremely excited to emancipate this classic anti-heroine and reanimate her story to reflect the change we see today’
Same plot! There’s been no update on Angelina’s (pictured in 2016) Bride of Frankenstein since Variety reported in February that producer Amy Pascal was circling the project with screenwriter David Koepp
Too busy: Pascal was attempting to lure her Spider-Man director Sam Raimi (pictured in 2009), but it’s unlikely considering he’ll begin production on Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness starting May 2021
Meanwhile, there’s been no update on Angelina’s similarly plotted Bride of Frankenstein since Variety reported in February that Oscar-nominated producer Amy Pascal was circling the project with screenwriter David Koepp (The Mummy).
Pascal was attempting to lure her Spider-Man director Sam Raimi, but it’s unlikely considering he’ll begin production on Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness starting May 2021.
Elizabeth was famously portrayed by Elsa Lanchester opposite Boris Karloff in James Whales’ 1935 sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein.
Classic: Elizabeth was famously portrayed by Elsa Lanchester (L) opposite Boris Karloff (R) in James Whales’ 1935 sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein
Dismally reviewed: Two-time Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter looked far more grotesque after her resurrection in Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 version Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Back in 1974, the Bride’s transformation was spoofed by Madeline Kahn opposite Peter Boyle in Mel Brooks’ critically-acclaimed hit comedy, Young Frankenstein.
Two-time Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter looked far more grotesque after her resurrection in Kenneth Branagh’s dismally-reviewed 1994 version Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Other notable actresses to take on the skunk-haired undead character have included Mae Clarke, Valerie Hobson, Hazel Court, Lacey Turner, Patty Mullen, Katie Weston, and Naomie Harris.