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    Del Toro Does Monster Mash

    Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde on his slate.
    by Chris Tilly, IGN UK


    UK, September 4, 2008 - Guillermo del Toro has announced a filmmaking slate that will keep him busy for the best part of a decade -- and monsters play a big part in those plans.

    The Mexican helmer has made a long-term commitment to Universal that will see him direct screen versions of horror classics Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when he has finished work on his two Hobbit pics.

    He has also agreed to shoot a film version of Kurt Vonnegut's WWII novel Slaughterhouse-Five and an adaptation of Dan Simmons' Drood, a gothic horror about the possibility that author Charles Dickens led a dark double life.

    According to Variety, his take on Frankenstein will pose the question: "Why did my creator throw me here, unprotected, unguided, unaided and lost?" His Jekyll and Hyde, on the other hand, will explore the addictive highs the repressed Jekyll experiences as his murderous alter ego.

    And del Toro hopes that his version of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five will be more faithful to the book than George Roy Hills's 1972 screen version, explaining, "There are ways that Vonnegut plays with and juxtaposes time that was perhaps too edgy to be tackled on film at that time."

    To re-enforce their faith in his creative abilities, Universal are lending support to the director's long-gestating adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, while they will also oversee Crimson Peak (a gothic romance) and Hater (an apocalyptic story of social breakdown) both of which del Toro will produce.

    Where that leaves Hellboy III remains to be seen, with del Toro claiming it could turn in to something of a geriatric shoot. "I think they'll decide when the last Euro hits the piggbank," he explained. "We laid the groundwork to have a magnificent third act. I'd like to return to an action franchise with 60-year-old actor Ron Perlman because he'll be scratching at that age when I get to it."

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    This is fantastic news. I would LOVE to see a new adaptation of Frankenstein even more so Jekyll & Hyde that's long over due of a fresh take.

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    Sounds good.

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    When I read the title, I thought it was about Benico Del Toro wanting to do movies like Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, where the big monsters fought each other.

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