Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is to star opposite Jonny Lee Miller as Doctor Frankenstein in a new London stage play directed by Danny Boyle.
The actors will alternate roles as the mad scientist and his monstrous creation in the National Theatre production, starting in February.
Miller is best known for playing Sick Boy in Oscar winner Boyle's 1996 film Trainspotting.
Cumberbatch is currently shooting the film adaptation of War Horse.
The movie is being directed by Steven Spielberg and is due out in 2011.
The new play has been adapted by Nick Dear from Mary Shelley's Gothic horror story, which was first published in 1818.
Boyle's latest film 127 Hours closed the London Film Festival on Thursday evening.
The maker of Slumdog Millionaire was presented with a BFI fellowship at the gala.
Miller was recently seen in the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, while Cumberbatch is due to return in the modern day re-telling of famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
The first three stories proved to be a ratings hit for BBC One.
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