The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into ... Read more

The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself but fails in his attempt to reverse it. An enthusiast of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in horror fiction. The novel was first adapted for screen in the 1933 American pre-Code science fiction horror film of the same name directed by James Whale and produced by Universal Pictures. It starred Claude Rains, in his first American screen appearance, and Gloria Stuart. The film was written by R.C. Sherriff, along with Philip Wylie and Preston Sturges, though the latter duo's work was considered unsatisfactory and they were taken off the project. As an adaptation of a book, the film has been described as a "nearly perfect translation of the spirit of the tale" upon which it is based. It spawned a number of sequels and remakes which used ideas of an "invisible man" that were largely unrelated to Wells' original story. One such remake is the upcoming 2020 science fiction psychological horror film of the same name written and directed by Leigh Whannell. The 2020 remake is a very loose modern adaptation of the novel and stars Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, and Harriet Dyer. It is an international co-production of the United States and Australia and is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 28, 2020, by Universal Pictures. Less