Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro reveals he once developed a screenplay with The Godfather's Francis Ford Coppola for an adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo: "It's a Gothic Western!"

If all of the films Guillermo del Toro had worked on had actually been made, his filmography would have tripled in size. From the Justice League Dark movie that never was to the third Hellboy movie we’ll unfortunately never see, the Frankenstein director has had a treasure trove of projects that never saw the light of day, including one in which he collaborated with Francis Ford Coppola.

In an X conversation, del Toro replied to a post that said, “Thinking really, really hard about a GDT directed Count of Monte Cristo adaptation with Oscar [Isaac], Jacob [Elordi], and Mia [Goth] reuniting.” Getting the Franken-band back together to adapt such a story would certainly be worth a watch, and del Toro himself even replied, saying that the pages were still tucked away somewhere. “I have the screenplay! Which we developed w Francis Coppola in and around 1997-1998, and its a Gothic Western!”