WATCH: More Liza Soberano in official 'Lisa Frankenstein' trailer
MANILA, Philippines — Focus Features has released the official trailer for its upcoming movie "Lisa Frankenstein," showing more of Liza Soberano in her Hollywood debut.
The trailer begins with Liza's Taffy driving the titular character portrayed by Kathryn Newton, asking if she is seeing anybody at the moment.
"Are you hot for anyone? Does he have more of a basketball bod or a football bod?" Taffy asks, to which Lisa responds to looking after and talking to the grave of deceased man from Victorian era, resulting in the previously seen clip of Taffy saying, "That's really weird, Lisa."
A thunderstrike ensues and the corpse in the grave comes to life, played by "Riverdale" star Cole Sprouse, though Lisa's neighbors dismiss her screams as part of her odd antics.
Lisa tries to introduce the corpse to rock band The Cure, which he mistakens as a cure for his stump, "They can't make you better. I mean they can, but like, emotionally," followed by Lisa being disgusted by the corpse's rotten tears.
The two try on different outfits as When In Rome's 1988 hit "The Promise" kicks in and Lisa's classmates praise her new look.
"She could probably even do pageants if she had congeniality," Taffy said, now in a cheerleader's uniform. Not everyone is impressed with Lisa though, particularly Carla Gugino's character.
"I wanna help you but Taffy says it's a waste of time to try and fix a boy," Lisa tells the corpse. "It's better to just accept a guy's flaws."
The two then conspire to fully rebuild the corpse's figure, even going as far to taking others' lives and limbs.
"I could get the clink for life or the electric chair, but I don't wanna die a virgin," Lisa says, which has the corpse choking on his drink, right before the title card.
"Lisa Frankenstein" is currently set for a February 9 release in the United States, meaning the Philippines could possibly get the film exactly a week before Valentine's Day through international distributor Universal Pictures.
The Oscar-winning writer of "Juno," Diablo Cody, wrote the script under the helm of Zelda Williams in her feature directorial debut.
Zelda is the only daughter of the late comedian Robin Williams with his ex-wife Marsha Garces, a film producer of Filipino descent (Marsha's father was born in Bohol, her mother is Finnish). — Video from Focus Features' YouTube channel
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