Guillermo del Toro says that he and another writer, whom he won't reveal just yet, are about to pitch to Warner Brothers their take on the DC Comics "Dark Universe" ensemble project. As previously suggested, the project will see the various magical beings from the DC Comics universe coming together "The Avengers" style. Del Toro says: "I am … [Read more...]
del Toro On GlaDOS Use In “Pacific Rim”
January 7, 2013 by
Fans of the acclaimed "Portal" video game series likely recognized the voice of psychotic operating system GlaDOS in last month's trailer for Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim." Out doing promotion for "Mama", del Toro revealed that he got Valve's permission to use voice actress Ellen McLain for the trailer for his monsters vs. giant robots … [Read more...]
Are Guillermo Del Toro & DC “Heaven Sent”?
November 3, 2012 by
It has been a wild week of movie news and rumors, but the outright strangest has now emerged. Warners is reportedly happy enough with Guillermo del Toro's upcoming sci-fi epic "Pacific Rim" that they and the filmmaker could be coming together again for a film involving a team-up of DC Comics characters. "Justice League"? Nothing that simple. … [Read more...]
Reeves, Del Toro Up For “Apes” Sequel
September 26, 2012 by
With Rupert Wyatt out as the director of the upcoming "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes", 20th Century Fox has come up with a short list of potential replacements. Deadline reports that Matt Reeves ("Cloverfield") is at the top of the list with the likes of J. Blakeson ("The Disappearance Of Alice Creed"), Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ("28 Weeks … [Read more...]
Del Toro Develops “Strain” TV Series
September 22, 2012 by
"Pan's Labyrinth" director Guillermo del Toro and "Lost" producer Carlton Cuse are teaming for a TV series adaptation of the novel trilogy "The Strain" which del Toro co-wrote with Chuck Hogan says The Live Feed. FX is close to a deal for a pilot based on the books about a vampire virus that infects New York and a CDC doctor who investigates the … [Read more...]
Del Toro To Take Up “Nutshell Studies”
September 20, 2012 by
HBO has optioned the rights to Corinne May Botz's 2004 thriller novel "Nutshell Studies" with Guillermo del Toro onboard as executive producer says The Hollywood Reporter. The Hitchcockian-style true story tale follows a small-town housewife who becomes obsessed with solving brutal crimes and founded the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in … [Read more...]
del Toro Talks “Pacific Rim” Action
June 21, 2012 by
Filming is well underway on Guillermo del Toro's robots vs. monsters epic "Pacific Rim" and he's talked with Total Film about the action sequences and how he intends to differentiate them from each other. "We had a Tokyo scene that we shot here in Toronto. We had several Hong Kong scenes and a few scenes in Australia, through the television. We … [Read more...]
Casting News: Greer, Hamrick, del Toro
June 16, 2012 by
Carrie Portia Doubleday and Judy Greer have joined the cast of Kim Peirce's upcoming new adaptation of Stephen King's "Carrie". Doubleday will play central antagonist Chris Hargensen, Greer will play gym teacher Miss Desjardin. [Source: Deadline] Devil's Knot Newcomer James Hamrick is set to play Damien Echols, the most verbose and considerate of … [Read more...]
Del Toro To Co-Direct A New “Pinocchio”
May 10, 2012 by
Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro and "Fantastic Mr. Fox" animation director Mark Gustafson are teaming to co-direct the "Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio", a 3D stop-motion animated production for the Jim Henson Company reports Variety. Matthew Robbins penned the screenplay which has Carlo Collodi's legendary puppet embarking on a series of … [Read more...]
Benicio Del Toro Was Khan, But No Longer
December 6, 2011 by
This story just got a tad more irritating. It began this past Friday with Latino Review posting a report saying that Benicio del Toro would definitely be playing Khan, the villain from the classic 1982 film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", in the upcoming sequel to the J.J. Abrams-directed reboot of the franchise. There has been a lot of … [Read more...]
