Guillermo del Toro's new stop-motion musical version of Pinocchio has a voice cast, and it is an impressive one The Oscar-winning director has tapped newcomer Gregory Mann in the title role, Ewan McGregor, as Cricket, David Bradley as Geppetto, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, and Burn[...]
This episode we're talking to Daniel Kraus, author of The Living Dead: A New Novel (Tor), a book written in part by Night of the Living Dead's (and so much more) George Romero and then expanded and completed by Kraus—expanded, in fact, to a door-stopping, Micheneresque zombie magnum opus that melds ideas from Romero over the course […]
André Øvredal will return to direct the sequel, with writers Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman again writing the script form a story by Guillermo del Toro Paramount Pictures will c0-finance this one with eOne after the latter helped Lionsgate bring the first film to the screen last summer The 2019 film grossed over $170 million[...]
Right from the start, when director Guillermo del Toro and original star Ron Pearlman were not attached, quite a few fans were, to put it kindly, pissed Even after trailers and and the film's release, it was never embraced and failed at the box office The series is pretty dead now.Star David Harbour, on an[...]
Freeman says Guillermo del Toro, originally slated to direct the films, gave him a note saying the role was his to lose All seemed lost when his Sherlock schedule became an obstacle When Jackson replaced del Toro, he got a surprising call from his agent:"I remember going — along with half of Britain — on[...]
While the franchise has long regulated to direct-to-video, a visually-minded director like Guillermo Del Toro can do some creative things with the IP and make it his own.Hellraiser focuses on a puzzle box when opened is a gateway to hell While it became an S&M inspiration to many, the real appeal from the film comes[...]
With Guillermo del Toro, he wrote the bestselling The Shape of Water and Trollhunters (the inspiration for the Netflix series) His novels have been Library Guild selections, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults picks, Parent’s Choice Gold Award winners, Bram Stoker finalists, and more. Bent Heavens tells a story that Kraus has labeled “ET, if the[...]
Guillermo del Toro, one of the boldest story-tellers of his generation, will be appearing at San Diego Comic-Con this year to teach a Master Class on scary storytelling with the director of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, André Øvredal, according to Deadline.André Øvredal will be directing the del Toro produced Scary Stories to[...]
Deadline is reporting that Bradley Cooper is in early talks to sign on to Guillermo del Toro's remake of Nightmare Alley, the 1947 film noir classic that starred Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell.[caption id="attachment_1047018" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Editorial credit: Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com[/caption]Leonardo DiCaprio was originally rumored to be circling the project, but talks fell apart[...]
It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time—stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah’s terrifying home.
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demo, Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro's scrapped Silent Hills game was cancelled in 2014 The game also had a third major collaborator, horror manga writer and artist Junji Ito, who is best known for his short works like Uzumaki and The Enigma of Amigara Fault Ito was brought onto the team to design the[...]
In 2006, Guillermo del Toro brought a new vision of horror to audiences with Pan's Labyrinth, the tale of an 11 year old girl coming to terms with life in the home of her sadistic step-father.[caption id="attachment_1013402" align="aligncenter" width="600"] //Image Credit: Katherine Tegen Books[/caption]Part of what makes Ofelia's plight so gripping is that the real-world[...]
Zoolander Pops are still shipping, as is director Guillermo del Toro Rounding out this week is the new Little Mermaid Ariel exclusive hitting BoxLunch right now.[gallery columns="2" size="large" ids="1007504,1007505,1007506,1007507"]While at FYE I also found new horror Tiki mugs for Pennywise and Pinhead, NECA's Paleface figure from Pan's Labyrinth, and the new wave of horror icons[...]
Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has some encouraging words for 2019- "optimism is radical".[caption id="attachment_963026" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Filmmaker Guillermo del ToroPhoto by Andrea Raffin / Shutterstock.com[/caption]In Time Magazine's “The Art of Optimism” issue, an essay written by del Toro aims to paint optimism as the most needed thing in the current world[...]
NECA is continuing its awesome partnership with director Guillermo del Toro and creating figures from his film's with the third figure from Pan's Labyrinth Ofelia will come with three different fairies, a book, a key and a pillar with an eye that comes out She will stand around 5 inches tall and comes with the[...]
Every so often, a project that is just too perfect for words ends up not happening due to unforeseen circumstances and we get robbed of the resulting project- like Guillermo del Toro's Justice League Dark film for Warner Bros Pictures.It would have been the perfect fit for the Oscar-winning director to step back into superheroes- a cast[...]
But the other, which has more of our attention, will be a stop-motion feature film by Guillermo del Toro for Netflix.[caption id="attachment_934562" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Filmmaker Guillermo Del ToroPhoto by Andrea Raffin / Shutterstock.com[/caption]Perhaps you're wondering why a director of del Toro's style would turn his focus to the little wooden boy tale, but he explained a[...]
Lionsgate has been hard at work on a feature film adaptation, and as of today, we know when it'll be hitting theaters.Guillermo del Toro is producing, as well as co-writing the film, which André Øvredal (Trollhunter) is directing for Lionsgate and CBS.Reportedly, Scary Stories will center on a group of young teenagers as they try to solve a[...]
We shouldn't expect anything less from Guillermo del Toro who is made a career out of monsters but also has a soft spot for making materials for kids The first of the two spin-offs for Trollhunters, called 3Below, had a panel at New York Comic Con and Bleeding Cool got the chance to talk to[...]
Oscar winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is making a stop-motion feature film based on the classic tale of Pinocchio, the little wooden boy. This long gestating project just landed at Netflix, and we're pretty excited to see how it turns out.[caption id="attachment_934562" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Filmmaker Guillermo Del ToroPhoto by Andrea Raffin / Shutterstock.com[/caption]In a statement released to[...]