How Frankenstein’s creature designer found a new look for an iconic monster

“I basically tailored the part for Rhea," Gilligan says. "I wanted her to be a star, I figured it was long past time for her to be number one on the call sheet, and I wanted to be the person to get her there.”

the world is a nightmare *but* pluribus and frankenstein streaming on the same day is pretty good

here are my early, spoiler free thoughts on pluribus. actually, one spoiler: it rules www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

here are my early, spoiler free thoughts on pluribus. actually, one spoiler: it rules www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

just look at this www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Rr...

Though I thouroughly enjoyed the game and have logged over 100+ hours in it, I've quietly harbored a blood feud against Tears of the Kingdom for it's treatment of Princess Zelda. Age of Imprisonment has given me the satisfaction I need www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

I finally transferred my island off my old Switch Lite for this article. Ready for January ❤️

Briefly thought my island got deleted, but Roscoe and I have been reunited

me: wishes for more blue jays stories on the verge *monkey paw curls*

wrote about coin madness www.theverge.com/games/814111...

New article in The Verge about the Unfair Flips speedrunning community!! www.theverge.com/games/814111...

had a chance to talk to frankenstein creature designer mike hill about coming up with a new version of the monster, and also got this fun story about how he met guillermo del toro www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

now at an age where it has strong feelings about how "manga" is pronounced and will only wear one hoodie no matter the situation

Toronto will never get over this: defector.com/toronto-will...

if your team loses the world series in a game 7 on the weekend you should get monday off

had a chance to talk to frankenstein creature designer mike hill about coming up with a new version of the monster, and also got this fun story about how he met guillermo del toro www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

go leafs go

based ball

pretty interesting ballgame they've got going on tonight

lol my blood pressure

baseball

my boba has clear instructions for how to help the jays succeed tonight

almost glad it went to game 7 so i could experience this moment

if you think my costume is lazy well my log will have something to say about that

eating all the good treats before kids get here

Chatted up KPop Demon Hunters' sound designer about turning tuning forks into magical weapons and using timpanis to make sexy force fields

shoutout to all the toronto-area parents balancing trick or treating and the world series tonight

doing research

the problem with giving a positive review to the first season of a show is that you are then contractually obligated to continue watching it www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

achieved my week-long goal of getting the blue jays on the front page of the verge www.theverge.com/tech/810066/...

So, yes. Bugonia is an absolute stunner of a film that perfectly captures what makes this new dark age of angry men, anti-intellectualism, and "doing your own research" feel so profoundly doomed. My review:

everyone seeing the animal crossing news

spoke to the folks at obsidian about the outer worlds 2 and what if anything we should glean from the game about their relationship with their corporate parent www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

sometimes i forget how old i am, but then spell vilgefortz correctly on the first try

Blue Jay (rotated), by Helen Frankenthaler, 1963, 📸 by @haffeyphoto

frustrating when the enemy is impossible to hate

the correct way to cast a television show

the correct way to cast a television show

A house is not a home, by Rein Kooyman, 2025, 📸 via @mlbonfox

keep looking up from my computer expecting to see shohei ohtani being intentionally walked

had a brief chat with vince gilligan about getting back into sci-fi, why rhea seehorn rules, and whether pluribus is part of the Breaking Bad Cinematic Universe www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

baseball is a liminal space

i think the jays' strategy is to make sure shohei is extra sleepy tmrw

my feed tonight

the quality of both my writing and editing tomorrow will depend entirely on how well max scherzer pitches tonight

finally saw weapons. did not realize it was a sequel to uncle buck

hiked through a halloween pumpkin trail and this is what every other jack o lantern looked like

what life is like here atm