Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo Del Toro Talks PACIFIC RIM, His Video Game INSANE, and Provides Updates on Other Projects

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 16th, 2011 at 10:03 am

Guillermo Del Toro is currently making the press rounds to promote his new book The Night Eternal, which is the final installment in his and Chuck Hogan‘s The Strain trilogy of vampire novels.  In a recent interview with Wired, Del Toro provided updates on his upcoming movie Pacific Rim, his horror video game inSane, his Hulk TV series, and The Haunted Mansion.  Hit the jump for more on all of these projects.

GAME OF THRONES Director Brian Kirk to Helm Guillermo del Toro-produced MIDNIGHT DELIVERY

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: November 2nd, 2011 at 4:11 pm

When last we reported on Midnight Delivery, it was to tell you that the Guillermo del Toro production for Universal would be written by Neil Cross (UK’s MI-5). Now it seems that the project has found a director in Brian Kirk, from HBO’s Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire. The script, based off an idea by del Toro, concerns a man who turns himself into a drug mule in order to save his son’s life.

Kirk recently turned down the opportunity to direct Marvel’s Thor 2, citing “creative and financial sticking points.” Gary Ungar will executive produce for Midnight Delivery with Universal’s VP of Production Scott Bernstein and Director of Development Anikah McLaren overseeing the project. As Variety reports, production plans to start next year as soon as Cross has turned in his latest draft.

Director Chris Miller Talks PUSS IN BOOTS and Collaborating With Guillermo del Toro

by Christina Radish    Posted: October 27th, 2011 at 4:26 pm

An animator, story artist, performer and filmmaker, Chris Miller has been an integral part of the hugely successful Shrek animated film series, since its inception. And, as someone who could tell that the charming and unforgettable Puss in Boots was a cat destined for great things, it’s no surprise that he was the right man to helm the adventure story.

At the press day for Puss in Boots, we spoke to director Chris Miller during a press conference and a 1-on-1 interview about when he realized that the devilish cat with the tremendous heart deserved a movie of his own, wanting to make his a tale of redemption, the changes made during the film’s development, the influence that executive producer Guillermo del Toro had on the film, how much extra material was generated that could end up on the DVD/Blu-ray, and that he hasn’t thought about making the transition to live-action that so many other animation directors are currently doing. Check out what he had to say after the jump.

Warner Bros. Moves Guillermo del Toro’s PACIFIC RIM Release Date to May 10, 2013

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: October 13th, 2011 at 4:17 pm

Warner Bros. is doing a little release date shifting, as they’ve moved the release date of Guillermo del Toro’s next directorial effort Pacific Rim up two months to May 10th, 2013 (per Deadline). The sci-fi pic had previously been dated for July, but it looks like it’ll open during a very crowded May. Iron Man 3 is slated to open a week earlier, on May 3rd, with Roland Emmerich’s own sci-fi flick Singularity set to open a week later on May 17th. Justin Lin’s Fast and Furious 6 and Gore Verbinski’s no longer on hold (after some budget and story shifts) The Lone Ranger also open later that month. In other words, our eyeballs may suffer some intense fatigue by the end of the first month of the Summer movie season.

Set in the future, Pacific Rim centers on an epic battle between humans (aided by human-manned robots) and attacking monsters. Production on the film is set to get underway next month. The cast includes Charlie Hunnam, Willem Dafoe, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Max Martini, Diego Klattenhoff, and Clifton Collins Jr.

TOP 5: UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING Set Visit, D23 Coverage, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, OUR IDIOT BROTHER, THE PHANTOM MENACE CGI

by Jason Barr    Posted: August 27th, 2011 at 7:44 am

If you’re just tuning in, a few months back we started the weekly “Top 5″ feature as a way of aggregating all of what we deem to be our best, most relevant coverage from the preceding week into one place. The hope is that you, the reader, will have already scoped all of this material out and shared it with your millions of friends (either real, virtual, or both). However, if for whatever reason some of it has fallen through the cracks, you can come here, check it out, and then share it with all of your friends (again, either real, virtual, or both). That in mind…

In this week’s installment, you’ll find all of our coverage from Steve’s Underworld: Awakening set visit and Disney’s D23 Expo, interviews for the Guillermo del Toro produced horror flick Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and the Paul Rudd comedy Our Idiot Brother, and a slightly improved, slightly less puppet-friendly version of Yoda in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Check out brief recaps and links to all of the above after the jump.

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 26th, 2011 at 5:59 am

I’m an easy scare.  I tend not to seek out horror movies because the idea of being hit by jump scares doesn’t appeal to me.  Troy Nixey’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark goes after gothic, psychological horror with a haunted house/monster movie vibe and that’s usually the way the genre works for me.  But despite the exquisite art direction and cinematography, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is a horror movie that rarely conjures of any sense of dread or terror.

Red Band Trailer for DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: August 25th, 2011 at 7:33 pm

FilmDistrict has released a new red band trailer for the horror remake Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark just before it hits theaters this weekend.  There’s no gore or nudity, so I can’t point to the specifics that make it red band.  (Maybe acute creepiness?)  You get a really good look at the creatures, which are always a treat when Guillermo del Toro’s involved.  He’s producing here, and co-wrote the screenplay with Matthew Robbins (Mimic); Troy Nixey directed.

The story centers on an architect (Guy Pearce), his new girlfriend (Katie Holmes), and his daughter (Bailee Madison) during the restoration of Blackwood Manor, a Gothic mansion infested by “an army of beady-eyed, sharp-clawed monsters emerge, small in size but endless in number: the homunculi.”  Watch the trailer after the jump.

Guillermo del Toro and Katie Holmes Interview DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK

by Sheila Roberts    Posted: August 22nd, 2011 at 11:15 pm

Guillermo del Toro is a fascinating and imaginative filmmaker with a macabre aesthetic who loves to populate his films with mysterious creatures that exist only in a fantastical realm. His latest project, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, which he co-wrote and produced, is inspired by a 1973 telefilm that he considers one of the scariest movies he ever saw as a kid. The remake follows Sally (Bailee Madison), a precocious young girl who moves to Rhode Island to live with her father (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Katie Holmes) in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. When Sally stumbles upon the mansion’s hidden basement, she unwittingly unleashes something so terrible that everyone’s life is put in grave danger.

At a recent roundtable interview, we talked with del Toro and Holmes about the movie and their love of the horror genre. Del Toro told us what inspired him to use a younger protagonist in the remake, how he collaborated with director Troy Nixey on the film’s visual style, and why he thinks the idea of a tooth fairy is a very creepy concept. Holmes discussed what she did to prepare for her role, how her experience as a mother influenced the emotional arc of her character, and why she liked del Toro’s treatment of the female characters. They also updated us on what they have coming up next. Del Toro  is looking forward to helming the upcoming alien invasion flick, Pacific Rim, this Fall, while Holmes described her roles in The Son of No One, Jack and Jill, and Responsible Adults. Check out the interview after the jump.

Jessica Chastain Talks Untitled Terrence Malick Drama and Guillermo del Toro-produced MAMA

by Christina Radish    Posted: August 13th, 2011 at 10:12 am

At the press day for The Debt, in which Jessica Chastain (The Help, Tree of Life) plays Mossad secret agent Rachel Singer – on a mission to track down a Nazi war criminal in East Berlin in 1966 – the actress talked about her next project, doing her first genre film, Mama. Describing it as similar to The Ring and The Orphanage, and it being done by Guillermo del Toro’s company, she admitted to being trepidatious about taking on the role, but also excited about it, for that same reason.

She also talked about working with Terrence Malick again on his still untitled next project, and said she’s not even sure whether she’ll actually end up in the film because she doesn’t even know what it’s about. Check out what she had to say after the jump:

Comic-Con 2011: Guillermo Del Toro Talks PACIFIC RIM; Says It’ll Be ‘The Finest Fucking Monsters Ever Committed to Screen’

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 22nd, 2011 at 6:26 pm

Legendary Films held their first ever Comic-Con panel today kicked off their inaugural run with aplomb, bringing out plenty of A-list talent and displaying concept art for four different projects.

The most anticipated of these films is likely Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim, a monsters versus robots yarn starring Charlie Day, Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba and written by Travis Beacham. Del Toro brought out his actors and his writer to discuss the project, which he promises will have:

“The finest fucking monsters ever committed to screen.”

Hit the jump for the details.

Comic-Con 2011: The Visionaries Panel Recap – Guillermo del Toro and Jon Favreau Talk MAGIC KINGDOM, HAUNTED MANSION, COWBOYS & ALIENS, AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, and Much More

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: July 21st, 2011 at 7:21 pm

At last year’s Comic-Con, Entertainment Weekly’s “The Visionaries” panel featured Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams waxing poetic on everything nerd. This year, Guillermo del Toro and Jon Favreau were present to have an earnest conversation between two directors about filmmaking. The topics of conversation ranged from Magic Kindom and Haunted Mansion, to Cowboys & Aliens and At the Mountains of Madness. Favreau even revealed that he has a cameo as a Thark in Andrew Stanton’s John Carter, a project which he previously developed. Hit the jump for my recap of The Visionaries panel.

Comic-Con 2011: DRIVE and DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Panel Recap

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 21st, 2011 at 4:09 pm

There are plenty of big genre properties that show off at Comic-Con but this I’m excited out of my mind for two smaller films: the Guillermo del Toro-produced horror flick Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive.  Last year the panel for Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark was one of the best panels I saw in part because of del Toro’s terrific stage presence and in part because the film just looks damn scary.  As for Drive, I’ve heard nothing but great things about the film and this will be Refn’s first trip to Comic-Con.  Unlike the standard panel format of show footage and audience Q&A, it will be a conversation between del Toro and Refn and the casts of their movies.  Cast members included Ron Perlman, Guy Pearace, Carey Mulligan, and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark director Troy Nixey.

Hit the jump for the Film District panel of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and Drive.

Five Panels I’m Looking Forward to in Hall H and Five Panels Outside of Hall H I Wish I Could Attend

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 20th, 2011 at 4:04 pm

There’s plenty of good stuff to see at this year’s Comic-Con.  There’s too much good stuff.  You could clone yourself seven times and you and your many selves still probably couldn’t see everything worth seeing.   I am without a cloning machine (damn you, lazy scientists) and I will be covering only Hall H this year.  After the jump, I’ve listed the five panels I’m most interested in seeing in Hall H as well as the five panels I wish I could attend outside of Comic-Con’s biggest room.

Director Andres Muschietti’s Short Film MAMA Is Going Full-Length; Guillermo del Toro to Produce with Jessica Chastain Attached to Star

by Bill Graham    Posted: July 19th, 2011 at 8:44 pm

Guillermo del Toro seems to be attached to three billion projects, and more keep revealing themselves every few weeks. This time around, he is helping a small two-shot short film by Andres Muschietti expand into a full-length feature. In addition to del Toro’s involvement, we’re also hearing that Jessica Chastain, who last appeared in Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, is attached to play the lead character in the pic. Check out the incredibly tense short film after the jump along with more news regarding the full-length adaptation.

Quick Updates on THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Guillermo del Toro’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, LOGAN’S RUN, THE JETSONS, CIVIL WARRIORS, and More

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 18th, 2011 at 8:55 pm

Earlier today, I was in New York to do the press junket for Crazy, Stupid, Love. I’ll have the full roundtable interviews on the site closer to the film’s release date, but I wanted to provide some quick updates on future projects I learned from stars Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and producer Denise Di Novi.  Hit the jump for an update from Carell on Civil Warriors, Ryan Gosling talking about Logan’s Run and Only God Forgives, Emma Stone commenting on the tone of The Amazing Spider-Man, and producer Denise Di Novi speaking about the current state of her adaptations for The Jetsons and The Illustrated Man as well as the Guillermo del Toro-produced adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.

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