Guillermo del Toro To Direct Lovecraft’s ‘At The Mountains Of Madness’

[Xero]

Came across this article. Love the story, and I think del Toro can pull it off.

Guillermo del Toro To Direct Lovecraft’s ‘At The Mountains Of Madness’ With The Help Of James Cameron



Posted by The Movie God | July 29th, 2010 at 12:31 am

One of the countless movie projects that Guillermo del Toro has wanted to direct is an adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft horror title, but many obstacles have stood in its way.

At San Diego Comic-Con 2010 this past weekend, we found out that del Toro was writing and producing Disney’s The Haunted Mansion, and we got a little taste of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, which he’s also writing and producing. The thing we did not find out was what he would actually be directing next, which he promised would be a horror and we would know soon enough.

According to reports from Deadline, that movie will indeed be Lovecraft’s 1931 novel, At the Mountains of Madness…finally!

The main issues that financiers have had is that del Toro needed his movie to be a period film, and he needed it to be R-rated. Movies like that are really hard to market, and so studios, such as Universal in this case, haven’t wanted to pay for it. Thankfully, Guillermo cares more about his craft than money, and hasn’t budged on either front to get it made sooner.

So why would Universal decide that they were finally ready to take the risk? One name: James Cameron. According to the reports, the Avatar director has decided to back del Toro’s vision and come on as a producer. Not only that, but the movie will be in 3D, and there’s no one else on the planet right now that you want in your corner when it comes to 3D more than James Cameron. They even plan to start pre-production immediately with hopes of filming some time next summer.


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[FrighT MasteR]

Been in development for ages. Finally nice to see it moving forward

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/...ntains-madness

[Xero]

Been in development for ages. Finally nice to see it moving forward

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/...ntains-madness

With James Cameron backing it now I don't predict too many problems.

[walk]

3D? What the hell? I don't care about this shit...

Hope we'll get something really dark, insane and interesting.

[Rust In Peace]

I have total faith in this if GDT is doing it, I love his work.

[Splat]

great news

F(expletive)king studios seem to ONLY care about money, and not the stories out there that would make fantastic films.

[Sutter Kane]

That would be so fucking sweet.

[Darkgod]

Should let Stuart Gordan and Brian Yuzna handle it

[Sutter Kane]

Although I agree with you Darkgod, no studio would give that pair the budget Del Toro would get.

[Darkgod]

Yeah that is truer

[walk]

I loved "Dagon" but I think Del Toro is a better choice: less blood but less funny parts and thus more scary and dark stuff which is what I'm looking for.

[BigFatOgre]

Love del Toro's work. Hopefully this will be good.

[Aurone]

I can't imagine a better director to handle this.

[PrettyHateMachine]

Epiiic!

[BangBang]

3D? What the hell? I don't care about this shit...

Hope we'll get something really dark, insane and interesting.

I think the 3D could really add something to this movie. Lovecraft is all about the non-euclidean geometry and I can imagine them using the whole 3D process to mess with the architecture in scenes. Corners jutting out at the audience when they should be receding into the background, walls pulsing or visibly shifting out of the screen and back again. Lot of potential here.

[chrsnck]

3-D could be cool but honestly this whole 3-D crazy is out of hand. 3-D used to be cool because it was rare, now every movie and their mother is in 3-D. I hope they release this is 2-D as well so I at least have a choice in the matter like I did with Avatar.

[Sutter Kane]

If they go for 3D you can guarantee a PG-13 rating and dumbed down storyline so they can stuff the theater full of rubes. Its a gimmick move.

[BangBang]

Does the movie really need an R rating? I don't remember anything in the novella to be particularly gory or violent. It's all psychological horror. They could probably make At the Mountains of Madness PG and it would still be great if they get the tone down.

[Xero]

Does the movie really need an R rating? I don't remember anything in the novella to be particularly gory or violent. It's all psychological horror. They could probably make At the Mountains of Madness PG and it would still be great if they get the tone down.

I agree. I love blood and gore as much as the next guy, but a movie can be done very effectively without an R rating. I think "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)" is a good example.

[walk]

I think the 3D could really add something to this movie. Lovecraft is all about the non-euclidean geometry and I can imagine them using the whole 3D process to mess with the architecture in scenes. Corners jutting out at the audience when they should be receding into the background, walls pulsing or visibly shifting out of the screen and back again. Lot of potential here.

You got a point with your thoughts about non euclidean geometry but I'm afraid 3D will be meant for large audiences and then give birth to a nice mainstream movie which should not be!