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First look images from Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley

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With the first trailer set to drop this Thursday, Searchlight Pictures has released the first images from Guillermo del Toro’s noir thriller Nightmare Alley featuring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Willem Dafoe, and Toni Collette; check them out here… In NIGHTMARE ALLEY, an ambitious carny (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with […]

Guillermo del Toro teams with Netflix for Cabinet of Curiosities, an anthology featuring some of horror’s heavy-hitters

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The iconic Guillermo del Toro is heading to Netflix with a group of horror filmmakers in hopes of scaring every viewer! Deadline reports that Netflix will produce Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, a new anthology series from del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Gary Ungar, and Regina Corrado. Cabinet of Curiosities is created, and executive […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley receives R rating

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With Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming adaptation of Nightmare Alley set to arrive in theatres on December 3rd, 2021, the MPA has revealed that the film has received an R rating for “strong/bloody violence, some sexual content, nudity and language.” Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, the film features a cast that includes Bradley Cooper (A Star […]

Netflix’s Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans gets a trailer, poster and images

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Ahead of its premiere next month, Netflix has released a trailer, poster and images for Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, the upcoming animated action adventure from producer Guillermo del Toro which picks up after the events of the Tale of Arcadia trilogy; take a look here… Following the events of the Tales of Arcadia trilogy, […]

Movie Review – Crimson Peak (2015)

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Crimson Peak, 2015. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jim Beaver. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she […]

Whatever Happened To: Guillermo del Toro’s Justice League Dark

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In the latest episode of Whatever Happened To?, EJ Moreno takes a look at Guillermo del Toro’s Justice League Dark… Almost a decade ago, word began circulating that Blade II and Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro was looking to bring together the supernatural characters of the DC Universe for an adaptation of the Justice League […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley receives an official release date

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Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming adaptation of Nightmare Alley wrapped production in December 2020, and now, Searchlight has given the film an official release date. Nightmare Alley will be heading to theatres on December 3rd, 2021. Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, the film features a cast that includes Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Cate Blanchett […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley has wrapped filming and will release later next year

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Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming adaptation of Nightmare Alley has officially wrapped filming this week after starting production back in January 2020 before being halted as a result of the ongoing global health crisis. Taking to Twitter, del Toro announced the completion of principal photography as well as reveal that the movie is now set to release […]

Doug Jones blames the failed Dark Universe for cancelling Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

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Guillermo del Toro, known for tackling amazing monsters in films like Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, and the Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water, was going to helm a re-telling of cinema’s most famous monster.  A few years back, right around the time of 2017’s The Mummy, it was announced del Toro would tackle a Frankenstein film, […]

Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

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Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business, 2020. Directed by Justin McConnell. Featuring George A. Romero, Guillermo del Toro, Richard Stanley, Barbara Crampton, Paul Schrader, and Michael Biehn. SYNOPSIS: Following five years in the life and career of an independent filmmaker, supported by dozens of interviews, posing one question: how does an indie filmmaker survive […]