Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Focus Features’ upcoming horror-comedy Lisa Frankenstein, written by Academy Award® winning scribe Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body), will be released in theaters on February 9, 2024.
Lisa Frankenstein was directed by Zelda Williams in her feature directorial debut.
The highly anticipated film is a coming of RAGE love story from acclaimed writer Cody about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse. After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.
The film was produced by Mason Novick and Cody, who have previously collaborated on films including Tully, Young Adult, Jennifer’s Body and, Juno, which Cody earned an Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay.
Jeffrey Lampert served as executive producer.
Lisa Frankenstein stars Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry, Joe Chrest, and Carla Gugino.
Focus is distributing Lisa Frankenstein in the U.S. with Universal Pictures International handling international distribution.
Focus Features upcoming slate includes Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers starring Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Drive-Away Dolls from Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Beanie Feldstein, Back to Black about the life and music of Amy Winehouse from director Sam Taylor-Johnson, Robert Eggers reimagining of Nosferatu, which stars Bill Skarsgard, Lily Rose-Depp, Nicholas Hoult and Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Baltasar Kormakur’s Touch, and Goran Stolevski’s new feature, Housekeeping for Beginners.