Image: Francois G. Durand/Getty Images (Getty Images) There’ve been a lot of versions of Dracula running around in pop culture. Within the past decade, he’s been on a boat, ran a hotel, and been incredibly depressed after his wife was murdered, and we eat it up (almost) every time. Folks love themselves some Drac, and … Read more
Image: Headpress Ok, this isn’t a sci-fi or fantasy book, but it’s definitely in the realms of horror. In the hands of film scholar and director Kier-La Janisse—who made Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, the definitive documentary on folk horror—it’s guaranteed to be a fascinating adaptation. Severin Films announced the project earlier this week in … Read more
Mark Gustafson, co-director on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, died on Thursday, February 1 after a heart attack. Rainn Wilson’s First Fandoms: Star Trek And D&D News of the 64-year-old filmmaker’s death was revealed by del Toro, who eulogized him on Twitter as a “true artist. I admired [Mark], even before I met him. […] A … Read more
Last night saw the Creative Arts Emmy Awards show, during which The Last of Us came away the breadwinner with eight wins under its belt. Thanks, Last of Us. Thanks a Lot. | The Last of Us Episode 7 Review Acting-wise, the HBO series won for Best Guest Actor and Actress in a Drama series. … Read more
In mid-March during the Oscars, Netflix’s Pinocchio took home the award for Best Animated Feature. During his acceptance speech, co-director Guillermo del Toro said the animation medium was ready to be taken to “the next step,” a statement that was meant to be inspiring after animation was belittled at that very ceremony just minutes prior. … Read more
Image: Walt Disney Pictures The House of Mouse celebrated its centennial in 2023 through monumental film and television releases and Disney Parks experiences, while dealing with real-world repercussions during historic writers and actors’ strikes. And then, of course, there was the whole ongoing skirmish with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney100 was one for the books … Read more
A scene from Ridley Scott’s 2017 Alien: Covenant.Image: 20th Century Fox Ridley Scott is no stranger to seeing new talent step into franchises he created—he did it with Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, a movie he recently said he regretted not directing himself. The veteran filmmaker is still going strong at 85 with Napoleon and Gladiator 2 … Read more
Image: Focus Features Over the decades, there’ve been various interpretations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in film and TV. Some stories play things fairly straight, but others offer some kind of new (and often humorous) take on the titular monster: what if the monster were one of Dracula’s best friends, or what if he was tasked … Read more
Image: Lucasfilm That’s right, we almost got a standalone Jabba the Hutt Star Wars film from Guillermo del Toro. Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 Hands On In a conversation with Collider, del Toro confirmed the film that writer David Goyer recently teased in the news with some letter hints (but not many other details) was … Read more
When a director publically acknowledges what his next movie is going to be, when it’s shooting, and who is in the cast, that’s about as official as something can get. And so, even though Netflix hasn’t made any announcement yet, at a screening this week, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro dropped all of that information … Read more