Guillermo Del Toro is fresh off the success of his Oscar-winning animated film Pinocchio, and he’s set his eye on several new projects. Shortly after it was announced he was working on the animated adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant, it turned out he was planning to bring another great novel to the screen.

Toro’s Frankenstein is in the early stages of development and he’s still working on the script at Netflix. Garfield, Isaac, and Goth are yet to get formal offers, but it’s been reported that Del Toro met with all three and they all expressed interest to star in this project.

Frankenstein is one of Del Toro’s passion projects and he wanted to direct it since he was a child. He’s been plotting this film for years, but was never in the hurry to get it done, telling Digital Spy, “You have one shot in your lifetime at these things and I don’t want to do it the wrong way.”

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The Buried Giant is set in a fictional post-Arthurian England, where no one is able to retain long-term memories. It centers on an elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, who decide to travel to a neighboring village to seek out their long-lost son after dimly recalling he was once a part of their lives.

Del Toro is hot on the heels of the success of Pinocchio and the adaptation of Ishiguro’s novel seemed like a perfect chance to join forces with Netflix again.

“The Buried Giant continues my animation partnership with Netflix and our pursuit of stop-motion as a medium to tell complex stories and build limitless worlds. It is a great honor and greater responsibility for me to direct this screenplay which Dennis Kelly and I are adapting from Kazuo Ishiguro’s profound and imaginative novel,” said Del Toro in a statement.

In addition to directing The Buried Giant, Del Toro is also coming on board as the producer, and he’ll write the script along with Matilda the Musical scribe Dennis Kelly.

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Based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, Nightmare Alley follows Stan Carlisle (Cooper), a carney who excels at manipulating people with a few words, who meets psychiatrist Dr. Lilith Ritter, who’s even more dangerous.

Also starring in the film are Willem Dafoe, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Holt McCallany, Tim Blake Nelson, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Clifton Collins Jr., Jim Beaver, Mark Povinelli, David Hewlett, Romina Power, and Paul Anderson.

Del Toro and Kim Morgan wrote the movie and J. Miles Dale produced with del Toro.

This marks del Toro’s first time behind the camera since 2018’s The Shape of Water, for which he won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. Nightmare Alley is a departure from his normal works as there are no supernatural elements.

“Now is the first chance I have to do a real underbelly of society type of movie,” del Toro told Collider in 2019. “[There are] no supernatural elements. Just a straight, really dark story.” 

The film is being released in theaters on December 17. Check out the trailer below.

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He joins Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, and Rooney Mara in the feature based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name. According to Variety, Dafoe will play the head barker at a traveling carnival who gives Cooper’s character a job, ushering him into a world of show biz and grifting.

Del Toro will direct from a script he co-wrote with Kim Morgan for Fox Searchlight.

You can see Dafoe next Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn, as well as The Last Thing He Wanted.

Production is slated to begin in early 2020. 

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That’s right — the Oscar-winning director will publish a short stories’ book. The imprint is set to release the book as a Kindle ebook and an Audible audiobook. 

The news was confirmed Tuesday.

“Throughout the years, I’ve been inspired by reading short stories, from ghost stories to fairy tales. Now I have the privilege to create and share my own,” said the director of Pan’s Labyrinth and The Shape of Water in a statement.

Also publishing original content via the imprint is Mindy Kaling who is set to release a collection of essays in summer 2020. Del Toro’s short story collection is slated for 2021. 

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Speaking with Slash Film, the director of IT: Chapter Two Andi Muschietti said that he wanted to pay tribute to del Toro who was an executive producer for his 2013 debut film Mama by offering him a cameo in the upcoming horror sequel.

According to him the plan almost came to fruition. “I wanted Guillermo in the movie,” said Muschietti. “We were this close. He was going to play the janitor that Ben runs into when he’s running away from Pennywise.”

In the same interview, writer Gary Dauberman, addressed the length of the movie, which at 2 hours 49 minutes is irregular for a horror film. “Yes, there were lots of concerns about the length. But we always had the motto of, if it feels long, then it is long. We watched it and – I’ve watched a lot of hour and a half movies that feel like four hours. So if we’re watching a movie that’s two hours and forty minutes and it doesn’t feel like that, that was our win.”

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The Oscar-winning filmmaker used his speech to detail his journey as a Mexican immigrant making movies in Hollywood and the world at large and reminded everyone who’s on the same path that their stories matter more than what other people may say about them.

“Believe in the stories you have inside and believe that we all can make a difference and we all have stories to tell and we all can contribute to the art and the craft and the world in any way we see fit,” said Del Toro in his emotional speech.

The legendary director, who gave us such film as The Shape of Water and Pan’s Labyrinth, was joined by filmmakers J.J. Abrams, André Øvredal and singer Lana Del Rey, who praised him for being unapologetically himself.

“In a culture of sameness, he’s completely himself. And that’s the greatest lesson I get from his tales… It’s a beautiful thing to be reminded that being different is a thing to be celebrated, and it’s a beautiful thing that we have you to always remind us of that each time we go back to your instantly classic films,” said Del Rey during the ceremony.

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Multiple outlets report that A-lister is in negotiations to join the Oscar-winning director’s adaptation of the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham. This isn’t the first time the story is being adapted for the big screen — it was previously made into a film in 1947 starring actor Tyrone Power.

Del Toro will direct the pic from a script he co-wrote with Kim Morgan. The film is also produced and financed by del Toro and J. Miles Dale with TSG Entertainment. 

Nightmare Alley follows a young con-man who joins a traveling carnival and finds himself teaming up with a female psychiatrist who is even more corrupt than he is. Things get complicated when she ends up out-manipulating the manipulator.

Nightmare Alley is Oscar winner del Toro’s follow-up to The Shape of Water, which won Best Picture. The film is Cooper’s first role since A Star is Born.

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The title belongs to Guillermo del Toro’s next project following his award-winning The Shape of Water.

The film will be a remake of the 1947 picture of the same name that was based on William Lindsay Gresham’s novel. It follows a con-man and a female psychiatrist who decide to team up and deceive the public. That is, until the doctor decides to turn the tables on her partner and “out-manipulate the manipulator”.

Leonardo DiCaprio was originally scheduled to take on the lead role, but plans fell through when an agreement could not be reached with the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star.

Cooper, who is currently working on a biopic about musician Leonard Bernstein in which he will star and direct, is now being eyed to fill the role, with discussions underway.

Nightmare Alley is scheduled to begin filming in the fall.

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The official trailer teases familiar monstrous creatures including Harold the murderous scarecrow, the Pale Lady and the Jangly Man. 

Based on the book series by Alvin Schwartz, the film centers on a literal book of scary stories that fall into the hands of a few teens. The teenד quickly realize that its stories are coming to life — and the malevolent creatures for them.

Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur and Natalie Ganzhorn star in the André Øvredal-helmed film. 

Øvredal directed from a screenplay penned by Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman based on a story by del Toro and Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan.

Watch the trailer below. 

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Guillermo Del Toro is fresh off the success of his Oscar-winning animated film Pinocchio, and he’s set his eye on several new projects. Shortly after it was announced he was working on the animated adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant, it turned out he was planning to bring another great novel to the screen.

Toro’s Frankenstein is in the early stages of development and he’s still working on the script at Netflix. Garfield, Isaac, and Goth are yet to get formal offers, but it’s been reported that Del Toro met with all three and they all expressed interest to star in this project.

Frankenstein is one of Del Toro’s passion projects and he wanted to direct it since he was a child. He’s been plotting this film for years, but was never in the hurry to get it done, telling Digital Spy, “You have one shot in your lifetime at these things and I don’t want to do it the wrong way.”

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The Buried Giant is set in a fictional post-Arthurian England, where no one is able to retain long-term memories. It centers on an elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, who decide to travel to a neighboring village to seek out their long-lost son after dimly recalling he was once a part of their lives.

Del Toro is hot on the heels of the success of Pinocchio and the adaptation of Ishiguro’s novel seemed like a perfect chance to join forces with Netflix again.

“The Buried Giant continues my animation partnership with Netflix and our pursuit of stop-motion as a medium to tell complex stories and build limitless worlds. It is a great honor and greater responsibility for me to direct this screenplay which Dennis Kelly and I are adapting from Kazuo Ishiguro’s profound and imaginative novel,” said Del Toro in a statement.

In addition to directing The Buried Giant, Del Toro is also coming on board as the producer, and he’ll write the script along with Matilda the Musical scribe Dennis Kelly.

The post Guillermo Del Toro Plotting New Netflix Animated Film “The Buried Giant” appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, Nightmare Alley follows Stan Carlisle (Cooper), a carney who excels at manipulating people with a few words, who meets psychiatrist Dr. Lilith Ritter, who’s even more dangerous.

Also starring in the film are Willem Dafoe, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Holt McCallany, Tim Blake Nelson, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Clifton Collins Jr., Jim Beaver, Mark Povinelli, David Hewlett, Romina Power, and Paul Anderson.

Del Toro and Kim Morgan wrote the movie and J. Miles Dale produced with del Toro.

This marks del Toro’s first time behind the camera since 2018’s The Shape of Water, for which he won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. Nightmare Alley is a departure from his normal works as there are no supernatural elements.

“Now is the first chance I have to do a real underbelly of society type of movie,” del Toro told Collider in 2019. “[There are] no supernatural elements. Just a straight, really dark story.” 

The film is being released in theaters on December 17. Check out the trailer below.

The post Guillermo del Toro Thriller “Nightmare Alley” Trailer’s Here appeared first on EverydayKoala.

He joins Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, and Rooney Mara in the feature based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name. According to Variety, Dafoe will play the head barker at a traveling carnival who gives Cooper’s character a job, ushering him into a world of show biz and grifting.

Del Toro will direct from a script he co-wrote with Kim Morgan for Fox Searchlight.

You can see Dafoe next Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn, as well as The Last Thing He Wanted.

Production is slated to begin in early 2020. 

The post Willem Dafoe Joins “Nightmare Alley” appeared first on EverydayKoala.

That’s right — the Oscar-winning director will publish a short stories’ book. The imprint is set to release the book as a Kindle ebook and an Audible audiobook. 

The news was confirmed Tuesday.

“Throughout the years, I’ve been inspired by reading short stories, from ghost stories to fairy tales. Now I have the privilege to create and share my own,” said the director of Pan’s Labyrinth and The Shape of Water in a statement.

Also publishing original content via the imprint is Mindy Kaling who is set to release a collection of essays in summer 2020. Del Toro’s short story collection is slated for 2021. 

The post Guillermo del Toro to Publish a Short Story Collection appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Speaking with Slash Film, the director of IT: Chapter Two Andi Muschietti said that he wanted to pay tribute to del Toro who was an executive producer for his 2013 debut film Mama by offering him a cameo in the upcoming horror sequel.

According to him the plan almost came to fruition. “I wanted Guillermo in the movie,” said Muschietti. “We were this close. He was going to play the janitor that Ben runs into when he’s running away from Pennywise.”

In the same interview, writer Gary Dauberman, addressed the length of the movie, which at 2 hours 49 minutes is irregular for a horror film. “Yes, there were lots of concerns about the length. But we always had the motto of, if it feels long, then it is long. We watched it and – I’ve watched a lot of hour and a half movies that feel like four hours. So if we’re watching a movie that’s two hours and forty minutes and it doesn’t feel like that, that was our win.”

The post Guillermo del Toro Almost Made a Cameo in “IT: Chapter Two” appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker used his speech to detail his journey as a Mexican immigrant making movies in Hollywood and the world at large and reminded everyone who’s on the same path that their stories matter more than what other people may say about them.

“Believe in the stories you have inside and believe that we all can make a difference and we all have stories to tell and we all can contribute to the art and the craft and the world in any way we see fit,” said Del Toro in his emotional speech.

The legendary director, who gave us such film as The Shape of Water and Pan’s Labyrinth, was joined by filmmakers J.J. Abrams, André Øvredal and singer Lana Del Rey, who praised him for being unapologetically himself.

“In a culture of sameness, he’s completely himself. And that’s the greatest lesson I get from his tales… It’s a beautiful thing to be reminded that being different is a thing to be celebrated, and it’s a beautiful thing that we have you to always remind us of that each time we go back to your instantly classic films,” said Del Rey during the ceremony.

The post Guillermo Del Toro Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Multiple outlets report that A-lister is in negotiations to join the Oscar-winning director’s adaptation of the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham. This isn’t the first time the story is being adapted for the big screen — it was previously made into a film in 1947 starring actor Tyrone Power.

Del Toro will direct the pic from a script he co-wrote with Kim Morgan. The film is also produced and financed by del Toro and J. Miles Dale with TSG Entertainment. 

Nightmare Alley follows a young con-man who joins a traveling carnival and finds himself teaming up with a female psychiatrist who is even more corrupt than he is. Things get complicated when she ends up out-manipulating the manipulator.

Nightmare Alley is Oscar winner del Toro’s follow-up to The Shape of Water, which won Best Picture. The film is Cooper’s first role since A Star is Born.

The post Cate Blanchett to Join Guillermo del Toro’s Next Film appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The title belongs to Guillermo del Toro’s next project following his award-winning The Shape of Water.

The film will be a remake of the 1947 picture of the same name that was based on William Lindsay Gresham’s novel. It follows a con-man and a female psychiatrist who decide to team up and deceive the public. That is, until the doctor decides to turn the tables on her partner and “out-manipulate the manipulator”.

Leonardo DiCaprio was originally scheduled to take on the lead role, but plans fell through when an agreement could not be reached with the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star.

Cooper, who is currently working on a biopic about musician Leonard Bernstein in which he will star and direct, is now being eyed to fill the role, with discussions underway.

Nightmare Alley is scheduled to begin filming in the fall.

The post Bradley Cooper is in Discussion for Guillermo del Toro’s Next Film appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The official trailer teases familiar monstrous creatures including Harold the murderous scarecrow, the Pale Lady and the Jangly Man. 

Based on the book series by Alvin Schwartz, the film centers on a literal book of scary stories that fall into the hands of a few teens. The teenד quickly realize that its stories are coming to life — and the malevolent creatures for them.

Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur and Natalie Ganzhorn star in the André Øvredal-helmed film. 

Øvredal directed from a screenplay penned by Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman based on a story by del Toro and Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan.

Watch the trailer below. 

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