Guillermo del Toro may have recently made a film about a god of the seas, but the Mexican-American director is the king of unfinished projects. The Shape of Water director has announced that he will be helming a new project, a remake of the 1947 noir Nightmare Alley. But to add more to his ever-growing slate, del […]
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‘The Shape of Water’: How Guillermo del Toro Designed His Latest Monster
The filmmaker collaborated with sculptors for three years to perfect the main character of his new movie. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a00bacb7c494442a771ae0d/master/pass/1217-WI-APDELT-01_sq.jpg Feed: All Latest
‘The Shape of Water’ Q&A: Guillermo del Toro, Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones and More Reveal Highlights of Making the Movie
Earlier this week, I visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to see a screening of The Shape of Water, the newest fantasy film from director Guillermo del Toro. The screening was part of Film Independent at LACMA’s ongoing film series and featured a Q&A afterward with del Toro, actors Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael […]
Daily Podcast: How Many Streaming Services Are Too Many? Guillermo del Toro, Kevin Spacey, Disney, Netflix & Apple
On the November 9, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest news, including a Metal Gear Solid movie, Future Man early reviews, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is cancelled, Shawn Levy to direct a movie described as Stand By Me […]
Guillermo del Toro is Taking a Year Off From Directing – What Does That Mean For ‘Fantastic Voyage’?
20th Century Fox has been trying to remake Richard Fleischer’s 1966 sci-fi classic Fantastic Voyage since around 2005, and after a few stops and starts, they finally found a director in Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim). The last we heard, del Toro and Fox agreed to delay the production so del Toro could handle his press duties […]
Daily Podcast: Guillermo del Toro, Lethal Weapon 5, Disaster Artist, What We Do In The Shadows, Ace Ventura, Rudy Coby, Thor
On the October 27, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news, including a Star Wars live-action tv series, What We Do In The Shadows tv series, Guillermo del Toro, Lethal Weapon 5, The Disaster Artist and reboots of Ace Ventura, Young […]
Guillermo del Toro is Doing Some Kind of Project About Michael Mann
One of the reasons film fans love Guillermo del Toro – aside from being a brilliant filmmaker, obviously – is that he’s a film fan himself. If you’ve seen the excellent Netflix documentary adaptation of Mark Harris’s Five Came Back, you’ve seen him talk insightfully about the life and work of Frank Capra (his beautiful […]
Guillermo del Toro is Making a Michael Mann Documentary
Today in news that will make the denizens of Film Twitter lose their collective minds, acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is apparently making a documentary about acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann. That’s a whole lot of acclaim to go around. Details are slim at the moment, but just the knowledge that a director like del Toro […]
‘The Shape of Water’ Review: A Beautiful Romance From Guillermo del Toro [TIFF]
Thank the movie gods for Guillermo del Toro. One of our best living filmmakers, del Toro crafts gorgeous, poetic films that combine genres to great effect. No one working today is making movies like the Crimson Peak filmmaker, and with The Shape of Water, del Toro may have made his masterpiece. The Shape of Water […]
Guillermo del Toro Teases Antifascist ‘Pinocchio,’ First ‘The Shape of Water’ Clip Revealed
Guillermo del Toro has a tendency to juggle several passion projects before some of them make it to the theater after an excruciating wait, and others fall by the wayside. (RIP Hellboy 3.) But with his newest film The Shape of Water receiving rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival this week and coming to theaters later this year, […]