Tom Hiddleston replaces Benedict Cumberbatch in Crimson Peak
Guillermo Del Toro recently lost Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch from his forthcoming haunted house thriller Crimson Peak. However he has now reportedly secured Avengers and Thor star Tom Hiddleston as his replacement. Handsome star Hiddleston will now join Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasiowska and Charlie Hunnam in the cast. Emma Stone was previously attached but as [...]
Pacific Rim Breaks Box Office Record in China
Despite a lackluster box office performance in the USA, Pacific Rim has predictably performed far better internationally, particularly in the Asian markets where giant monster movies are more of a popular delicacy. Guillermo Del Toro’s robot action epic officially hauled in a record breaking $9million in China, making it Warner Bros biggest Chinese debut ever. [...]
Kevin Costner making Midnight Delivery
Kevin Costner is in talks to take the lead in Midnight Delivery, a new film for Universal based on a script by Mama writer Neil Cross and produced by Guillermo Del Toro. Midnight Delivery will focus on the story of a desperate father who becomes a drug mule in order to save his son’s life. Landing the role would [...]
Del Toro and Kaufman for Slaughterhouse-Five
Guillermo Del Toro will reportedly have help from writer Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) in finally making an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five for Universal. Here’s what the acclaimed director had to say about one of his many long gestating projects in a recent interview: “Charlie and I talked for about an [...]
Visual Effects Pioneer Ray Harryhausen Dies at 92
Special Effects genuis and stop-motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen passed away today in London at the age of 92. The sad news was confirmed by his family through The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation Facebook page. In a moving obituary reprinted below in full his family outlined the extraordinary legacy Ray left behind. He forever changed the [...]
Benedict Cumberbatch Joins Del Toro Horror Film
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch continues his unofficial mission to conquer every genre of cinema, fresh from starring roles in Stark Trek Into Darkness and a biopic of controversial Wikileaks founder Julian Assange the rising British Star will reportedly join the cast of horror film Crimson Peak. Cumberbatch will join a cast which already includes Emma [...]
Guillermo Del Toro Talks Justice League Dark
Guillermo Del Toro has revealed some initial details of his ideas for a potential Justice League Dark movie. Providing a darker take on an Avengers-style team of superheroes, the film would unite many of DC Comics popular supernatural heroes like John Constantine and Swamp Thing. Speaking to Empire magazine about the project Del Toro explained: “I [...]
Universal Plans Mama Sequels
Guillermo Del Toro produced horror hit Mama has already terrified $90 million out of cinema audiences worldwide. Universal Pictures is inevitably delighted with the return on the modest $15 million budget and is already enthusiastic about the prospect of turning it into a lucrative recurring nightmare. Universal International president David Kosse has openly admitted that [...]
Del Toro Plans Pan’s Labyrinth Musical
Guillermo Del Toro’s Oscar winning fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth is set to become a stage musical. Del Toro has reportedly spent the past four years plotting the unlikely adaptation and now has Oscar winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla and lyricist Paul Williams on board to complete the new show. The original film tells the tale of [...]
Pacific Rim Sequel Already In Production
Legendary Pictures has already begun production on a sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim, hiring original screenwriter Travis Beacham to produce a new script. The first film doesn’t even arrive in cinemas till next summer, but the studio is already confident that Del Toro’s take on Giant Monsters fighting Giant Robots will prove to be [...]