Kit Harington to star in film about ‘Frankenstein’ writer Mary Shelley

"Game Of Thrones" star Kit Harington will star in a new film about the life of "Frankenstein" author Mary Shelley.

He will play the Monster alongside rising Danish actress Clara Rugaard in the lead role of English Gothic novelist Shelley, who lived between 1797 and 1851.

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Irish actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo will play her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Sebastian De Souza will play poet Lord Byron.

The film, titled "Mary's Monster", is described as a high-concept rock 'n' roll take on Shelley's mental struggle to write her classic novel.

It will combine couture fashion with gothic horror and tell the 19th-century tale through a modern lens using contemporary music. 

Shooting is scheduled to begin in the UK in August. Bafta award-winner Farren Blackburn will direct with a script by Deborah Baxtrom and Stephen Hallett.

Marius de Vries, whose credits include "La La Land", "Coda" and "Moulin Rouge", will curate the soundtrack as the film's executive music producer.