It’s official: Legendary Pictures will make a sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim. Universal Pictures will release the flick in 2017. Details were dropped by del Toro in a short video clip, who also added that an animated series would precede the sequel. Original screenwriter Travis Beachem will continue with franchise development, but actual […]
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The body electric – Pacific Rim review
July 9, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo July 9, 2013 Guillermo del Toro‘s dream of helming The Hobbit trilogy was crushed by circumstances out of his control (specifically, MGM’s money woes). His next proposed project, the pricey At the Mountains of Madness, was nixed by Universal, despite Tom Cruise being attached to star. You could forgive the Mexican filmmaker […]
Continue readingJessica Chastain signs on for Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak
April 8, 2013 0 Comments
Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim is yet to hit cinemas, but actors are signing on to his follow-up in droves. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jessica Chastain is the latest to put her hand up for a part in his horror flick Crimson Peak. She joins Emma Stone, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Charlie Hunnam. The picture concerns a woman […]
Continue readingThe 10 most exciting films of 2013
January 11, 2013 0 Comments
The 10 most exciting films of 2013. By Simon Miraudo. Though the holidays are over and many of us are back at work, it’s hard to feel anything but elation during January. With the whole year ahead of us, anything is possible. Yes, we can lose that Christmas weight! Yes, those new Arrested Development episodes […]
Continue readingGuillermo Del Toro is too busy for Star Wars Episode 7
January 8, 2013 0 Comments
Guillermo Del Toro has revealed he was approached to potentially direct Disney’s Star Wars: Episode 7, but declined on account of his full schedule. Del Toro told The Playlist, “they haven’t formally approached me, [but] we got one phone call to my agent saying, ‘Is Guillermo interested?’” Unfortunately, Del Toro passed on the opportunity. “It […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Pacific Rim
December 14, 2012 0 Comments
The feature trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s epic aliens vs. robots flick Pacific Rim has crash-landed. It tells of human kind’s apocalyptic battle with ocean monsters. Their primary line of defence: giant robots. It looks like a cross between Transformers and Akira and Godzilla and Cloverfield and Aliens and your teenage brother’s fantasies. Some of those things are good! The flick was recently post-converted to 3-D. Pacific Rim […]
Continue readingGuillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim being post-converted to 3-D
September 13, 2012 0 Comments
Guillermo del Toro‘s upcoming sci-fi epic Pacific Rim will be post-converted to 3-D, despite the director previously suggesting it would not be a good fit. Deadline suggests this is Warner Bros’ attempt to make the movie a ‘billion-dollar club’ contender, with the higher 3-D ticket prices certain to inflate grosses. “I didn’t want to make the movie 3D because […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Pacific Rim
July 9, 2012 0 Comments
The poster for Guillermo del Toro’s newie Pacific Rim has been unveiled at Comic Con (courtesy of Slashfilm). Though the plot had previously been kept under wraps, we now know one thing for sure: it has a giant robot! The picture stars Sons of Anarchy‘s Charlie Hunnam, Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi, the suddenly ubiquitous Idris Elba, and It’s Always Sunny […]
Continue readingGuillermo del Toro will direct Emma Watson in new Beauty and the Beast tale
February 14, 2012 0 Comments
Guillermo del Toro will direct Warner Bros’ upcoming Beast, based on the classic Beauty and the Beast tale. According to Variety, Emma Watson is in final negotiations to star in the pic (as the beauty, obviously). Del Toro has long been attached to produce a Beauty and the Beast flick for WB, but today’s news confirms he will direct the […]
Continue readingJamie Foxx cast as lead in Tarantino’s Django Unchained
June 23, 2011 0 Comments
Jamie Foxx will star as the title character in Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming tale of vengeance (aren’t they all?) Django Unchained, according to Variety. It was originally rumoured that Will Smith was in the running to star as the freed slave eager to take revenge on plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Idris Elba was also […]
Continue readingCharlie Hunnam to venture into Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim
May 11, 2011 0 Comments
Sons of Anarchy’s Charlie Hunnam is set to star in Guillermo del Toro’s latest film Pacific Rim, according to Deadline. Pacific Rim is a futuristic story about malicious creatures who are threatening the earth, destroying it city by city … hmm, sounds familiar. Using highly advanced weaponry, the humans must band together to protect their […]
Continue readingGuillermo Del Toro’s At The Mountains of Madness is dead
March 9, 2011 1 Comment
Sorry Guillermo Del Toro fans. Although earlier reports suggested his big budget horror film At The Mountains of Madness would begin filming in June, The Criterion Cast has revealed the film was given the red light, rather than green. Deadline report that his next project might now be Pacific Rim, scripted by Travis Beacham, which […]
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