--- title: Movies: James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe in Victor Frankenstein description: "We shall create a man—after our own image." canonical: https://time.com/4001825/victor-frankenstein-trailer/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-18T16:42:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:15:36.749Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe Raise the Dead in 'Victor Frankenstein' Trailer og:description: "We shall create a man—after our own image." og:url: https://time.com/4001825/victor-frankenstein-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dd9662fab05e053/69885fd0cd1bba2abc6fcc69/james-mcavoy-daniel-radcliffe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: James McAvoy (L) and Daniel Radcliffe at Comic-Con International 2015 in San Diego on July 11, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe Raise the Dead in 'Victor Frankenstein' Trailer twitter:description: "We shall create a man—after our own image." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dd9662fab05e053/69885fd0cd1bba2abc6fcc69/james-mcavoy-daniel-radcliffe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe Raise the Dead in _Victor Frankenstein_ Trailer by [Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Aug 18, 2015 4:42 PM UTC  James McAvoy (L) and Daniel Radcliffe at Comic-Con International 2015 in San Diego on July 11, 2015. James McAvoy (L) and Daniel Radcliffe at Comic-Con International 2015 in San Diego on July 11, 2015.Maarten de Boer—Getty Images by [Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Aug 18, 2015 4:42 PM UTC Fresh from the laboratory, Twentieth Century Fox released the first trailer for _Victor Frankenstein_, complete with a charming, swear-filled introduction from stars Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy. Based loosely on Mary Shelley’s _Frankenstein_ from a script by Max Landis (_American Ultra_), the new film finds a young Dr. Frankenstein (McAvoy) bringing life back to the dead with help from his trusty assistant Igor (Radcliffe). “It’s about creation, and Victor is not only creating this monster but in a sense Igor, who in the beginning of the movie is living in abject conditions and considered less than human,” Radcliffe told EW. The new film, which costars Jessica Brown Findlay and Andrew Scott, is told from Igor’s vantage point, and features a pretty cute [reference to Mel Brooks’ _Young Frankenstein_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxxSIX3fmmo) about midway through the trailer. Check out the teaser above; _Victor Frankenstein_ is out Nov. 25. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/18/victor-frankestein-trailer) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4001825/victor-frankenstein-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4001825/victor-frankenstein-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe Raise the Dead in Victor Frankenstein Trailer","datePublished":"2015-08-18T16:42:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:15:36.749Z","description":"\"We shall create a man—after our own image.\"","url":"https://time.com/4001825/victor-frankenstein-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Trailer","daniel radcliffe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dd9662fab05e053/69885fd0cd1bba2abc6fcc69/james-mcavoy-daniel-radcliffe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Entertainment Weekly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dd9662fab05e053/69885fd0cd1bba2abc6fcc69/james-mcavoy-daniel-radcliffe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"James McAvoy (L) and Daniel Radcliffe at Comic-Con International 2015 in San Diego on July 11, 2015.","caption":"James McAvoy (L) and Daniel Radcliffe at Comic-Con International 2015 in San Diego on July 11, 2015.","creditText":"Maarten de Boer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4001825/victor-frankenstein-trailer/","name":"Watch James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe Raise the Dead in Victor Frankenstein Trailer"}}]}] ```