I find Guillermo del Toro an incredibly imaginative visualist and energetic storyteller but his movies tend to be overly stuffed with too many elements to crowd the story (Hellboy II) or too many visual and nowhere near enough story (Pacific Rim). I found the latter film incredibly showy, loud, and disappointingly predictable and dull. The…
For months now it has been the hottest trailer on the internet and now PACIFIC RIM is ready to hit theaters next Friday. Director Guillermo Del Toro along with actors Charlie Hunnam and Ron Perlman talk about putting the epic together, plus SyFy‘s WAREHOUSE 13 winds up it’s season on Monday. It returns for a…
In case you were sleeping off the three-day weekend and missed it, director Guillermo Del Toro withdrew from The Hobbit, announcing in a press release leaded to The One Ring that MGM’s inability to green light the production forced his move. Del Toro has an extensive deal with Universal Studios carrying him through 2017 and…
Put the pieces together: Guillermo Del Toro was talking with Neil Gaiman about doing a Dr. Strange film as far back as February 2008. Now Del Toro is cutting a deal with Disney… and Disney now owns Marvel, which of course is the home of the good Doctor. Sounds like the stars are aligning… but…
Tom Cruise and screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie are becoming a formidable duo with three different projects in the works. The two met during the production of Valkyrie, opening this month, which McQuarrie wrote for his other pal, director Bryan Singer. McQuarrie had already been developing The Champions, based on the old BBC series with producer Guillermo…
Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) has given up his plans to direct an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches and has decided to produce it instead. Stepping in to direct the stop-motion film will be Hollywood’s busiest man, Guillermo del Toro. Cuaron told England’s Empire magazine, “Well I am involved with Guillermo del Toro, but…
Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) remains one very busy screenwriter with his work on Valkyrie about to be finally seen on December 31. Up next will be two new films which he will both write and produce according to IESB, The Monster of Florence and The Champions. The latter is a feature film based on…
Last week, we told you that director Guillermo del Toro wanted to produce a new version of Pinocchio. Today, Variety adds details and says the Jim Henson Co. will be on board for the darker interpretation of the classic Italian children’s tale. The film will be produced by JHC presidents Brian Henson and Lisa Henson…
Director Guillermo del Toro told Bloody Disgusting that he is producing Gris Grimly’s directorial debut, a new version of Pinocchio. "We are trying to get a full stop-motion version of Gris Grimly’s Pinocchio off the ground, with the Jim Henson Company," del Toro told the site while promoting the DVD release of Hellboy II: The…
Director Guillermo del Toro spoke with reporters in Los Angeles to promote this week’s release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army on DVD. Of course, the question about the third film in the series came up and del Toro replied, “You know, I think that they will not green-light it or not or they will…
With tongue in cheek, Kevin Smith pokes fun at when we can expect the next two issues of this week’s Batman mini series, plus: Guillermo DelToro fills us in on the Hellboy DVD extras Get your checkbook – BSG props for sale A Beatles Rock Band? All that and more – but only when you…
Peter Jackson is returning to Middle Earth, but he’s not doing it alone. As previously announced, Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy II: The Golden Army filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro will direct The Hobbit and an untitled sequel that leads into the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Jackson will serve as executive producer. As part of The…
