Monday, May 7, 2012 11:39AM - By Travis Woods
After 2008’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army, director Guillermo Del Toro’s next project was set to be the ambitious cinematic adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, a 1936 novella about human scientists discovering evidence of ancient alien civilizations visiting Earth. Unfortunately, Universal cancelled the project, citing budgetary problems, and Del Toro moved on to the monster movie Pacific Rim, in which giant robots battle giant monsters in the future (yes, really). Recently, though, Del Toro made comments indicating that Prometheus’ nearly identical plot put the kibosh on Mountains.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 6:00PM - By Damon Houx
Much has been rumored about Quentin Tarantino‘s latest film Django Unchained, with Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz considered shoo-in’s for certain parts, and Leonardo DiCaprio supposedly circling the film’s bad guy role. Idris Elba tweeted something that suggested he was meeting with Quentin for the role, and – as The Hollywood Reporter announced – he’s instead going in for Guillermo Del Toro‘s Pacific Rim. Which supposedly puts Jamie Foxx front and center as the most like Django…
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011 10:39AM - By Krystal Clark
Yesterday we received confirmation from director Guillermo del Toro that he will NOT direct the Universal Pictures horror film At the Mountains of Madness. The studio didn’t feel comfortable bankrolling a project with an R rating and a $150 million budget. Their loss is Legendary Pictures’ gain because the studio had been courting del Toro to helm their feature Pacific Rim and today they’ve announced that that he’s officially on board!
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Monday, March 7, 2011 3:16PM - By Krystal Clark
Earlier today we wrote about Tom Cruise being confirmed to star in Guillermo del Toro’s next film, At the Mountains of Madness. Producer Don Murphy claims that the movie is set to begin shooting this June, but we’ve come across a conflicting report that negates his logic. According to Deadline, Madness hasn’t been given the greenlight by Universal and Legendary Pictures is competing with the studio to snag the director for their project Pacific Rim.
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