Guillermo Del Toro Talks Future Projects

Exclusive: The Mexican maestro talks up his slate

By Rosie FletcherMay 10th 2011
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The Haunted Mansion

“It’s been a thrill for me because I’ve been able to walk on foot through the entire Haunted Mansion attraction, and take my notes and have access to all the original artwork. I’m very enthusiastic about that movie.

"Matthew Robbins and I finished the screenplay and we are going to deliver it to Disney, we already showed them the conceptual work for the characters and the mansion about a month and a half ago.

"At the spirit of it, I want to reflect the E-Ticket rides at Disneyland: incredibly exciting, incredibly thrilling, fun but not in that comedic way. Definitely 100% not a comedy – it’s a haunted house movie. It should be really spooky like the mansion!”
 

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    • apo1978

      May 10th 2011, 13:52

      Awww, I was hoping Hellboy 3 was gonna be in that list. Not happy! :(

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    • WillShelmerdine

      May 10th 2011, 15:56

      Sure, it'd be good to hear about Hellboy 3, but how can you not be happy about that list? Trollhunters sounds like a great conceit, sort of Del Toro's own Goonies, which could be just awesome.

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    • ChrisWootton

      May 10th 2011, 16:46

      There's already a trollhunters film coming out. Frankenstein has been done to death and I actually thought the Witches was a pretty good film.. very dark and quite funny.. just like the book

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    • narmour1

      May 11th 2011, 8:27

      Jesus how can anyone be disappointed that the lowpoint in GDT's career isn't being revisited? I for one am glad that the god awful Hellboy franchise isn't being revisited. Worst films ever.

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    • apo1978

      May 11th 2011, 13:39

      @WillShelmerdine - The list is great, I agree. I just was saddened not to see HB3 on there. @narmour1 - I know the first HB wasn't amazing, but it was fun. I thought the 2nd one was far superior and quite excellent. I was looking forward to his story being completed thats all...

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    • earlhebner

      May 11th 2011, 14:23

      its a shame we wont be seeing guillermos version of the hobbit, but this list is really exiting, cnt wait to see all these films, it will be interesting to see his take on the witches and haunted mansion. saturn and the end of days sounds amazing. and im sure we'll get a hellboy 3.. eventualy.

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    • DanielMcA

      May 11th 2011, 23:41

      Yes, yes, yes. This is all well and good, but he said he was going to lay some laminate flooring down in my brother's house in Western first. It does seem convenient that he doesn't mention this in his upcoming projects.

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