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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 […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio adds Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Finn Wolfhard and more

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Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, Tim Blake Nelson and Cate Blanchett are set to star alongside the previously revealed Ewan McGregor in Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated musical feature Pinocchio for Netflix. As for Pinocchio, film newcomer Gregory Mann will voice the titular puppet looking to be a real boy, while the cast will also include John […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia saga to culminate with Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans feature film

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Coinciding with the release of the third chapter Wizards, Netflix has announced that DreamWorks and Guillermo del Toro’s animated Tales of Arcadia saga is set to culminate next year with the feature-length movie Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans. “Team Trollhunters committed, about a decade ago, to try and push the boundaries of 3D CGI animation […]

Guillermo del Toro and Scott Cooper discuss Antlers at Comic-Con@Home, new featurette released

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Yesterday at Comic-Con@Home, director Scott Cooper (Black Mass) and producer Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) held a virtual discussion for their upcoming monster horror film Antlers, which was just pushed back into 2021 this past week. Moderated by Collider’s editor-in-chief Steven Weintraub, the panel sees Cooper and del Toro discussing how they went […]

Tales of Arcadia: Wizards gets a new trailer ahead of August premiere

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With just two weeks to go until Tales of Arcadia: Wizards arrives on Netflix, DreamWorks has released a trailer for the third and final chapter in Guillermo del Toro’s Emmy-winning animated adventure series which you can watch here… Following Trollhunters and the second series 3Below, Wizards marks the final chapter in the trilogy that brings […]

Ewan McGregor will play Jiminy Cricket in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

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Ewan McGregor, one of the stars of Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated Pinocchio film, has revealed the role he will play in the upcoming adaptation. During a video interview with ACE Universe, McGregor revealed that he will voice that adaptation’s version of Jiminy Cricket and teases he may even have a song. “I’m playing Jiminy Cricket in […]

Charlie Hunnam hopes Pacific Rim 2 has more emphasis on character and storytelling rather than visual effects

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With Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim 2 gearing up to go into production this November, star Charlie Hunnam has been speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the film, revealing that he hopes it places more emphasis on character and storytelling, as opposed to visual effects and spectacle. SEE ALSO: First look at Charlie Hunnam as Guy […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio voice cast may have been revealed

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Although he’s currently tied up with principal photography on his next feature Nightmare Alley, Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro remains attached to his long-gestating Pinocchio adaptation at Netflix, and it seems we may now know the voice cast that he’s assembled for the stop-motion animated film. During an appearance at a comic convention in Vienna […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley officially begins production

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Searchlight Pictures has officially announced the start of principal photography on Nightmare Alley, the new film from Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water). Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, the film features a cast that includes Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Cate Blanchett (Thor: Ragnarok), Toni Collette (Knives Out), Willem Dafoe […]