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Known for his dark fairytales, like 2006’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” and the upcoming “The Shape of Water”, has been attached to an adult, stop motion Pinocchio film for some time. Exciting a prospect as that is, as anyone who follows del Toro’s career can tell you, the man has some bad luck getting projects off the ground. Sadly it looks like the strings on his adaptation of the famous puppet novel have been cut. “It’s not happening,” del Toro said in an interview with IGN, “But the idea was to do Pinocchio during the ascension of fascism in Italy, with Mussolini. It was a good time to discuss the idea of being a puppet or being a human, but you know, it’s not in progress.” Sounds like a fascinating idea to me, especially as a fan of del Toro’s unique style. Serious, adult oriented animation is lacking in the film industry, and Guillermo, possessor of perhaps Hollywood’s most uniquely gifted mind,
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‘The Haunted Mansion’, based on the ride at Disney parks, by the same name, has been talking about a reboot for a while, it seems that a new movie is now finally going into pre-production. It seems Disney has roped in Guillermo del Toro , the entertainment genius behind ‘The Strain’, ‘Pans’s Labyinth’, ‘Hellboy’ and ‘Crimson Peak’, for the project. D.V. DeVincentis is writing the new script for ‘The Haunted Mansion’, which has already signed ‘Gangster Squad’ and ‘The Notebook’ actor Ryan Gosling for a role in the new film. Del Toro has already made the statement that this won’t be a children’s movie like the previous version. Del Toro had this to say about the movie: ‘If you take the children, they’ll scream.” There is no word yet when the spooky movie might be released. For those of you who don’t know, ‘The Haunted Mansion’ was first released seven years ago starring Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly, Terence
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Known for his dark fairytales, like 2006’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” and the upcoming “The Shape of Water”, has been attached to an adult, stop motion Pinocchio film for some time. Exciting a prospect as that is, as anyone who follows del Toro’s career can tell you, the man has some bad luck getting projects off the ground. Sadly it looks like the strings on his adaptation of the famous puppet novel have been cut. “It’s not happening,” del Toro said in an interview with IGN, “But the idea was to do Pinocchio during the ascension of fascism in Italy, with Mussolini. It was a good time to discuss the idea of being a puppet or being a human, but you know, it’s not in progress.” Sounds like a fascinating idea to me, especially as a fan of del Toro’s unique style. Serious, adult oriented animation is lacking in the film industry, and Guillermo, possessor of perhaps Hollywood’s most uniquely gifted mind,
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‘The Haunted Mansion’, based on the ride at Disney parks, by the same name, has been talking about a reboot for a while, it seems that a new movie is now finally going into pre-production. It seems Disney has roped in Guillermo del Toro , the entertainment genius behind ‘The Strain’, ‘Pans’s Labyinth’, ‘Hellboy’ and ‘Crimson Peak’, for the project. D.V. DeVincentis is writing the new script for ‘The Haunted Mansion’, which has already signed ‘Gangster Squad’ and ‘The Notebook’ actor Ryan Gosling for a role in the new film. Del Toro has already made the statement that this won’t be a children’s movie like the previous version. Del Toro had this to say about the movie: ‘If you take the children, they’ll scream.” There is no word yet when the spooky movie might be released. For those of you who don’t know, ‘The Haunted Mansion’ was first released seven years ago starring Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly, Terence
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