Guillermo Del Toro's 'Crimson Peak' (Cumberbatch Out, Hiddleston In)

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Guillermo del Toro to Next Direct Haunted House Story CRIMSON PEAK; Hopes to Make AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with Legendary

The release of Guillermo del Toro’s first directorial feature since 2008’s Hellboy II is still nearly 8 months away, but he’s already making a commitment for his post-Pacific Rim feature. During a recent phone interview, del Toro told Steve that he had discussed a Pacific Rim sequel with the folks at Legendary but he was adamant about not making that follow-up his next film, noting that he wants to do something “in a different genre that’s not so big.” That genre, it appears, is haunted house films, as del Toro is set to make the ghost story Crimson Peak his next movie. Hit the jump for much more.

Crimson Peak is one of the many projects that del Toro has been developing for a number of years, and he initially sold it as a spec script to Universal. When he got wrapped up with Hellboy II and The Hobbit, del Toro moved back to a producer role on the project and set out to attach a director, but he never found someone that he thought was right. It appears that his chummy relationship with Legendary Pictures on Pacific Rim actually led to Crimson Peak getting the go-ahead:

Del Toro describes Crimson Peak as a throwback to the haunted house films that he loved so much growing up:

He added that people “are getting used to horror subjects done as found footage or B-value budgets,” and so he’s hoping to make a haunted house film in the grand tradition of Robert Wise’s The Haunting and Jack Clayton’s The Innocents.

Del Toro recently told Steve that once he finishes Pacific Rim next July, he plans to go straight into voice recording for his stop-motion animated Pinocchio movie and will then direct the FX pilot for The Strain. Del Toro will be working through a rewrite of Crimson Peak with Lucinda Coxon, and they plan to start production on the film in early 2014.

The prospect of del Toro tackling the haunted house genre is absolutely fantastic news, but included in the report concerning Crimson Peak is also a promising update on At the Mountains of Madness. As you may remember, del Toro was set to direct an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft film with Tom Cruise starring and James Cameron producing before Universal abruptly pulled the plug over budget concerns. Del Toro says that he hopes to finally get the film made with Legendary:

So it’s promising news all round on the del Toro front. Hopefully we hear more about Crimson Peak soon.

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[Monkey]

I'm down, love his style

[katty45]

It is so horrible movie.

[Jasonic]

I sure wish he would do Disney's Haunted Mansion. Who knows if that will ever happen.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

I sure wish he would do Disney's Haunted Mansion. Who knows if that will ever happen.

I'm actually wondering if that has stalled out now. Seems weird he'd be doing two different house movies...I'm worried the regime change at Walt Disney Studios may have killed the project.

[Endtroducing...]

I hope Ron Perlman gets a heroic role, not some ghost or old crazed hermit. He was incredible in Last Winter, almost to the point of being a best actor nominee imo (that was just too good of a year).

Also I want a freaken Hellboy 3 as do a lot of people. Hell he even agreed to it this year after the thing Ron perlman did for the kid in make a wish.

And I hope it doesn't turn out like that movie with Guy Pearce last year.

[Walts Ghost]

Emma Stone in Talks to Star in Guillermo del Toro’s CRIMSON PEAK

We recently reported that Guillermo del Toro’s next directorial effort would be the haunted house picture, Crimson Peak. Now, it looks as if the crimson-haired beauty Emma Stone may take on the leading role in the Legendary production. Details on the project are slim, but del Toro did speak a bit about Crimson Peak in a recent video interview for his executive produced horror feature, Mama. Variety reports that the deal is not yet official, but Stone is expected to star. Stone, who appeared most recently in Gangster Squad, can next be heard in the animated DreamWorks picture, The Croods. Stone is also expected to start filming The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for Sony later this year.

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[Snicket]

Trivia: Did you know that 1 in 4 Hollywood press releases have Del Torro's name attached?*





















*May or may not be true.

[Taipan]

Someone should dig up a list that has had Del Toro's name attached to films as future film projects; either as director or producer. We can then swallow an over abundance of salt with each passing announcement.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

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Guillermo del Toro directing and Emma Stone starring (if talks work out)? Bring on the Blu-ray...

[Walts Ghost]

Charlie Hunnam in Talks to Re-Team with Guillermo del Toro for CRIMSON PEAK

Charlie Hunnam and director Guillermo del Toro must have had a great time working on Pacific Rim, because the two are already plotting another project together. Variety reports that Hunnam is in negotiations to star in del Toro’s next directorial project, a gothic romance haunted house movie called Crimson Peak. Just a few days ago we learned that Emma Stone had entered negotiations to star, so should his deal go through Hunnam would be starring opposite the Amazing Spider-Man actress.

Plot details on Crimson Peak are understandably being kept under wraps, but del Toro previously described the project as “very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story. It will allow me to play with the conventions of the genre I know and love, and at the same time subvert the old rules.” Count us whole-heartedly in. Production begins in February 2014 after del Toro wraps the pilot for the FX series The Strain.

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Benedict Cumberbatch Joins Guillermo del Toro’s CRIMSON PEAK

The cast for director Guillermo del Toro’s next film, the haunted house thriller Crimson Peak, just keeps getting better. Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) are already set to lead the pic, and now none other than Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to join the cast. Plot details are being kept firmly under wraps, but the immensely talented del Toro previously described the project as “very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story. It will allow me to play with the conventions of the genre I know and love, and at the same time subvert the old rules.”

News of Cumberbatch’s involvement with Crimson Peak comes courtesy of Variety. Production on the thriller will get underway in February, after del Toro has released this summer’s highly anticipated tentpole Pacific Rim and shot his pilot for the FX series The Strain. Del Toro recently told Steve that the plan is to shoot the entire first season for The Strain this fall, winter, and spring, but del Toro is only helming the first episode of the series.

Cumberbatch is currently filming the third season of BBC’s Sherlock and will next be seen as the villain in Star Trek Into Darkness next month. The versatile actor recently wrapped The Fifth Estate, in which he plays Julian Assange, and also appears later this year in the drama August Osage County and as the titular dragon in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

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[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by bainbridge's_stache

Benedict Cumberbatch Joins Guillermo del Toro’s CRIMSON PEAK

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Excellent news! Seeing him work with Del Toro is going to be mind blowing. :rock;

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[BluMonday]

Originally Posted by Taipan

Someone should dig up a list that has had Del Toro's name attached to films as future film projects; either as director or producer. We can then swallow an over abundance of salt with each passing announcement.

Here's what I gathered from Wikipedia and from memory (been following Del Toro's career since Mimic). Love the guy, but he needs to talk less about films and create more films. Unfortunately THE HOBBIT took him out of the game for a while, hopefully PACIFIC RIM will get him back into the swing of things.

The Strain (TV series)
Crimson Peak
Frankenstein
Slaughterhouse-Five
Drood
At The Mountains Of Madness
Saturn and the End of Days
Haunted Mansion
Van Helsing
Hater
Heavy Metal sequel
It
Pet Sematary
Beauty And The Beast
Tarzan
Hellboy 3
Justice League Dark
The Hulk (TV series)
Pinocchio

[dturner88]

Awesome! 2 of my favorite actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Charlie Hunnam in the same movie!

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by BluMonday

Here's what I gathered from Wikipedia and from memory (been following Del Toro's career since Mimic). Love the guy, but he needs to talk less about films and create more films. Unfortunately THE HOBBIT took him out of the game for a while, hopefully PACIFIC RIM will get him back into the swing of things.

The Strain (TV series)
Crimson Peak
Frankenstein
Slaughterhouse-Five
Drood
At The Mountains Of Madness
Saturn and the End of Days
Haunted Mansion
Van Helsing
Hater
Heavy Metal sequel
It
Pet Sematary
Beauty And The Beast
Tarzan
Hellboy 3
Justice League Dark
The Hulk (TV series)
Pinocchio

Thanks for looking that up. Damn long list.

[RandyK]

Cumberbatch starring means seeing this day one. Del Toro is just a bonus.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by BluMonday

Here's what I gathered from Wikipedia and from memory (been following Del Toro's career since Mimic). Love the guy, but he needs to talk less about films and create more films. Unfortunately THE HOBBIT took him out of the game for a while, hopefully PACIFIC RIM will get him back into the swing of things.

The Strain (TV series)
Crimson Peak
Frankenstein
Slaughterhouse-Five
Drood
At The Mountains Of Madness
Saturn and the End of Days
Haunted Mansion
Van Helsing
Hater
Heavy Metal sequel
It
Pet Sematary
Beauty And The Beast
Tarzan
Hellboy 3
Justice League Dark
The Hulk (TV series)
Pinocchio

Some of they has also fallen by the wayside, like 'Hulk' and 'At the Mountains of Madness'. They seem pretty much dead. Sadly, I think 'Haunted Mansion' may as well.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

I sure wish he would do Disney's Haunted Mansion. Who knows if that will ever happen.

that was already made into a film, a really bad Eddie Murphy movie though... that might explain why nobody remembers it being made.