Cool Stuff: The Ones That Got Away Volume 2, Posters For Movie That Never Came To Be
For The Ones That Got Away Volume 2, artist Fernando Reza imagines more posters for movies that were never made, including At the Mountains of Madness.
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Guillermo Del Toro Sketches Show Development Process, Tease 'Mountains Of Madness'
Guillermo del Toro's early development process involves lots of notes and sketches; this is a well-established bit of knowledge. We've seen hints of his sketchbooks thanks to various DVD releases of his films, and other behind the scenes peeks at his process over the years. Now one great collection of his sketches has been assembled,…
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Emma Stone In Talks For Guillermo Del Toro's 'Crimson Peak'
Guillermo del Toro is finally back to directing, with his film Pacific Rim deep in post-prodution and moving quickly towards a summer release. He's already lined up his next directorial project, too: a big haunted house movie called Crimson Peak. And now he's got rapid rising star Emma Stone (Easy A, The Amazing Spider-Man, Gangster Squad)…
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Guillermo Del Toro Will Follow 'Pacific Rim' With Haunted House Movie 'Crimson Peak,' Hopes For 'At The Mountains Of Madness' Revival
While Guillermo del Toro's biggest movies (prior to next year's Pacific Rim) have been derived from comic book characters (Hellboy and Blade), his best work to date has been sourced from a certain supernatural influence. The Devil's Backbone, Cronos, and Pan's Labyrinth are either literally ghost stories, or very much kin to them. And now…
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Guillermo Del Toro Says 'Prometheus' May Have Fully Done In 'At The Mountains Of Madness'
Until the start of production on his "giant robots versus giant monsters" movie Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro had a difficult couple years. His tenure as director of The Hobbit ended before that movie was given the green light to move forward, and his follow-up project, At the Mountains of Madness, was scrapped at Universal…
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Guillermo Del Toro: Not Giving Up On 'At The Mountains Of Madness,' Calls Pacific Rim "Biggest Monster Movie Ever", July 2013 Release Announced
Update: A few hours after this story was published, Warner Bros announced a a July 12th, 2013 release date for Pacific Rim. Guillermo del Toro has been in a bunker for the past few months prepping Pacific Rim, the giant mechs and monsters action film that he will direct for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.…
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Guillermo Del Toro Speaks Out On 'At The Mountains Of Madness' Controversy; 'Pacific Rim' To Be Released Summer 2013
On Monday, already way-too-busy director Guillermo Del Toro went from making a film he'd been prepping for months to a whole other movie in what seemed like mere minutes. The James Cameron-produced adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft story At the Mountains of Madness had been Del Toro's focus for a while and just as Universal…
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Guillermo Del Toro To Direct 'Pacific Rim' [UPDATED]
UPDATED: Much happened rather quickly this evening. AICN reports that Pacific Rim will be Guillermo del Toro's next film, and the director responds to an email from the Criterion Cast asking about a green light for At the Mountains of Madness with "The opposite- Dead." So At the Mountains of Madness seems to be gone.…
Read MoreGuillermo Del Toro's 'At The Mountains Of Madness' To Shoot In June?
UPDATED: Well, this is not the outcome I'd hoped for. Shortly after word came out that Guillermo del Toro might go to Legendary and Warner Bros. to do Pacific Rim, word started to filter out that At the Mountains of Madness is really not happening. And the Criterion Cast has run an email where the…
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Guillermo Del Toro To Produce 3D Stop-Motion 'Pinocchio'
Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaking force of nature. Seemingly every few weeks, the writer/producer/director announces a new project and the latest will team him up with the Henson Company and Pathe to produce a 3D stop-motion animation version of Pinocchio. Based on a 2002 book of the classic fairy tale, the film will be…
Read MoreTom Cruise Still The Top Choice For 'At The Mountains Of Madness;' Green Light Remains Elusive
It's been a good week for fans of Guillermo del Toro. The New Yorker dropped a massive profile piece that is second only to one of the director's expletive-laden commentaries when it comes to giving some insight into how the man thinks. But all is not yet great. While he and James Cameron have partnered…
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James Cameron Gives Update On 'At The Mountains Of Madness'
After you write and direct a movie that makes over $2 billion worldwide, your mind itself becomes a commodity. So while James Cameron slowly preps his next directorial effort, Avatar 2, he's lending his filmmaking genius to a few other projects. One is Sanctum, the Alister Grierson directed 3D cave movie that hits theaters February…
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Ron Perlman Talks About 'Conan The Barbarian,' 'At The Mountains Of Madness' And 'Hellboy 3'
As Season of the Witch limps towards theaters, the cast and crew are out doing the press rounds. Among them is Ron Perlman, the actor who has been a frequent presence in movies by Guillermo del Toro and who has already shot a part in Conan the Barbarian. While doing interviews for his current film,…
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Guillermo Del Toro's 'At The Mountains Of Madness' To Shoot This Summer
Almost every week, Guillermo del Toro's name comes up in regards to something. He's producing this, he's developing that, appearing here, overseeing this. But when is he finally going to get back to directing? After he left The Hobbit, we all assumed del Toro's next film would be At the Mountains of Madness, produced by…
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Casting Notes: James Gandolfini In 'Great Hope Springs'; Vladimir Mashkov In 'Mission: Impossible 4'; Role Set For Ron Perlman In 'At The Mountains Of Madness'
James Gandolfini is about to start work on Violet & Daisy but is lining up work to take on after that film wraps. One possibility is Great Hope Springs, the matrimonial drama that will re-team director Mike Nichols and Meryl Streep. Jeff Bridges was one possible candidate for the same role over the summer, but…
Read More'At The Mountains Of Madness' Not Yet Greenlit; Guillermo Del Toro Talks About His Approach To Lovecraft
We'll probably be talking a lot about At the Mountains of Madness over the next year, as Guillermo del Toro prepares the project and, if things go well, the cameras roll. We've already heard a bit about the film from producer James Cameron's perspective, but now Guillermo del Toro has explained some of his approach…
Read MoreWho Will Star In 'At The Mountains Of Madness'? Studio Wants James McAvoy, Guillermo Del Toro Wants...Tom Cruise?
This report is kind of thin right now, but Collider says that it has sources saying there are conflicting desires for the leading man of Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft novel At the Mountains of Madness. The site's report has it that Universal wants James McAvoy (who headed up the studio's film…
Read MoreJames Cameron Says 'At The Mountains Of Madness' Is "Epically Scaled Horror" Along The Lines Of Aliens
There's a script review floating around of one draft of Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbin's script for At the Mountains of Madness. Because, based on my understanding, it isn't reviewing a more recent draft, I'm not going to make too much of it. But the review was useful for pointing out a few statements…
Read MoreGuillermo Del Toro To Direct 'At The Mountains Of Madness' With James Cameron Producing
To the many, many people who bring up H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness (the book that combines exploratory adventure, science fiction and Lovecraft's tales of great, horrible old gods) every time Guillermo del Toro has a window of availability: this one's for you. The director has talked about wanting to adapt Lovecraft's story…
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Guillermo Del Toro Offers Updates On His Many Budding Projects, Still Doesn't Announce Next Film
Ever since Guillermo del Toro walked away from The Hobbit (which is now going to be directed by Peter Jackson) the question has been: what will he direct next? The man has no shortage of projects to choose from, having announced or been attached to a load of options over the past couple years. He…
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Tolkien Estate Sues New Line, Fate Of Hobbit Films In Jeopardy
Residents of Middle-Earth should pop some Advil, as already-troubled New Line Cinema has been sued by the Tolkien estate, which seeks $150 million plus in damages in the mega-lawsuit. Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy did over $6 billion in world-wide receipts, but the estate claims that not a drop of gross profit…
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Guillermo Del Toro's Next: At The Mountains Of Madness
The live action Tarzan film has put on hold so that Pan's Labyrinth mastermind Guillermo del Toro can tackle one of his passion projects. LatinoReview has learned that Guillermo will be directing an adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness next after he finishes Hellboy 2 (due Summer 2008). Based on the 1931 H.P. Lovecraft…
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