Posts Tagged ‘Guillermo del Toro’
Who is the fairest fairy tale heroine of them all? Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson
The production line of fairytale adaptations gets longer. Emma Watson is in final negotiations to be the beautiful protagonist in Guillermo del Toro's Beauty and the Beast. Meanwhile Saoirse Ronan is set to star in another Snow White. The fairytale adaptation seems to be the sure-thing in Hollywood right now. Snow White has no less than three...
Blinded by the light: Julia’s Eyes review
Scary things tend to live in the dark, both in real life and in horror films. Julia's Eyes asks the question: what if you happen to be blind? There are a lot of very odd European films that involve elements of horror interspersed with a European filmmaker's personal understanding of romance. Julia's Eyes manages to combine the themes of love...
Guillermo Del Toro rumoured to be dropping Lovecraft project
If you're one of the many people hoping that the works of H.P. Lovecraft were about to get some serious silver-screen time, then you going to find yourself disappointed. The project's director, Guillermo Del Toro, can't get funding for the film. If you remember, we talked a little while ago about the fact that Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo...
Guillermo del Toro takes on A Midnight Delivery
Guillermo del Toro is putting yet another film on his to-do list, A Midnight Delivery, this time about a drug mule and the fight for his son's life, and not a magical world in sight. Del Toro's a man of many talents, especially when it comes to magical stories with gritty overtones, from Pan's Labyrinth to Hellboy and its sequel. Now he's taken...
At the Mountains of Madness helmed by Guillermo Del Toro and James Cameron
If you've ever read anything by the master of surreal horror H.P. Lovecraft, you'll know that stuff's ripe for the 3D CGI treatment. Lucky you, then, because none other than James "Avatar" Cameron and Guillermo "Hellboy/Pan" Del Toro are taking it on! It's a pretty exciting revelation, and comforting to know that after a lot of pre-production,...
Del Toro Quits The Hobbit
I know. It's just horrendous, isn't it? Not only will Peter Jackson (if you're a Ring-fan that's Our Lord and Saviour, to you) not be taking the helm, but now neither will the director of Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film adaptations. Crushing news for anyone looking forward to a Bilbo Baggins with a penchant for the melancholy, right? Now,...
