Guillermo Del Toro & The Cast Of The New 'Frankenstein' Film Stopped By A Toronto Restaurant

"What a star studded line up of guests."

Charles Dance, Oscar Isaac, Christoph Waltz, Guillermo del Toro, and Mia Goth with staff at Pai restaurant in Toronto.

Charles Dance, Oscar Isaac, Christoph Waltz, Guillermo del Toro, and Mia Goth with staff at Pai restaurant in Toronto.

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A Toronto restaurant got a surprise visit from some big-name celebrities on Tuesday.

In an online post, the Thai restaurant shared a photo of several cast members who are in Toronto to work on a new film, including director Guillermo del Toro.

Pai shared the photo on Instagram, showing Oscar Isaac, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, Mia Goth and del Toro standing with several smiling restaurant staff members.

"Guillermo Del Toro back at PAI but this time brought more friends!" the caption reads.

Many people commenting on the post shared their excitement over the visit.

"Wow, what a star studded line up of guests," one person wrote, while another commented, "That’s epic."

"Also what are these guys cookin hell of a cast if it’s one project," another person wrote.

Del Toro and the actors are in Toronto to film the new Frankenstein movie.

Oscar Isaac will play Victor Frankenstein in the film. The cast also includes Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley and Christian Convery, according to IMDb.

The website says the film will follow Dr. Pretorious who needs to "track down Frankenstein's monster who is believed to have died in a fire 40 years before in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein."

In past interviews, del Toro has shared how much he's wanted to make a Frankenstein film.

"My favourite novel in the world is Frankenstein," the writer-director said in a 2010 interview with Collider.

Production on the film is slated to start around February 12 in Toronto and continue until early July.

Netflix has not shared a release date for the film at this point.

Narcity reached out to Pai for a comment and we are waiting to hear back.

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    Asymina Kantorowicz (she/her) was a Senior Writer for Narcity Media. She has worked at Yahoo Canada, CTV News Vancouver Island, CTV News Channel, and CHCH News. Over the past eight years, she took on various newsroom roles and helped produce award-winning newscasts. Loving the fast-paced environment of any newsroom, she helped cover stories like the 2016 royal visit to Victoria, the 2019 B.C. manhunt, and provincial elections. She had an MA in journalism and a BA in media from Western University. She moved from Toronto to Victoria a few years ago and loved being close to the ocean.

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