Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has revealed on his message boards that his upcoming supernatural film "Crimson Peak" isn't akin to "The Haunting of Hell House" as previously reported. Rather it's a Bronte-esque "gothic romance with ghosts", think a spookier take on the Thornfield Hall scenes of "Jane Eyre." It's also his most direct horror movie … [Read more...]
“Prometheus” Kills del Toro’s “Madness”?
May 7, 2012 by
Quite a lot of people mourned when word came last year that Universal had scrapped plans for Guillermo del Toro's life-long dream project, his adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "At The Mountains Of Madness". del Toro's determination to stick with an R-rating and the hefty budget (around $ 150M) made it a tough sell, but he (and many of us) held out … [Read more...]
Ron Perlman Joins del Toro’s “Pacific Rim”
November 18, 2011 by
Ron Perlman has joined the cast of frequent fellow collaborator Guillermo del Toro's action tentpole "Pacific Rim" at Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures reports Wired. del Toro calls the film a "very, very beautiful poem to giant monsters. Giant monsters versus giant robots. Twenty-five-story-high robots beating the crap out of … [Read more...]
Klattenhoff Joins Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim”
October 2, 2011 by
Diego Klattenhoff (TV's "Homeland") has joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro's epic actioner "Pacific Rim" at Warner Bros. Pictures reports Variety. Set in 2025, the 12th year of a war against alien creatures who reside in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the story finds a group of humans banding together to create and pilot massive robots to … [Read more...]
Kazinsky, Dafoe Explore Del Toro’s “Rim”
July 31, 2011 by
Rob Kazinsky has joined while Willem Dafoe is in early talks for Guillermo del Toro's alien-invasion story "Pacific Rim" reports Variety. The story is set in 2025, twelve years into a war against alien creatures who reside in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Charlie Hunnan, Idris Elba, Charlie Day and Max Martini are already cast. Kazinsky would … [Read more...]
