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Last night, a hungry beast chased after a child who had woken it, by eating its tempting, delicious treats! No it's not the infamous Pale Man from Guillermo del Toro's fairy tale movie Pan's Labyrinth — it was Once Upon A Time, cribbing from the best. Spoilers ahead! More »
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In December, Dark Horse Comics will release the comic book adaptation of Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro's vampire outbreak novel series The Strain. io9 recently spoke with del Toro about this hemoglobin-obsessed miniseries, and the prolific director also tantalized us with details of his upcoming screen projects, like his mech pilot flick Pacific Rim and The Incredible Hulk TV show. More »
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Courtesy of Dark Horse Comics, here's an exclusive sneak peek at the trailer for the upcoming comic book version of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's grotesque vampire apocalypse trilogy The Strain! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5861653&view=rss&microfeed=true If you've been needing more weirdness in your life, then you owe it to yourself to check out new story collections by Geoff Ryman, Caitlín R. Kiernan and Tim Powers. The New York Times has published a terrific review roundup of new collections by these three present-day masters of the "creeps that keep on creeping." (See also the Washington Post article from a couple years ago, celebrating the small presses that keep fiction weird and scary.) More »
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Just in time for Halloween, this month's new book releases bring vampires! High sorcery! And wine magic! Plus: new books from Terry Pratchett, N.K. Jemisin, Vernor Vinge, and Richard K. Morgan! More »
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The startling conclusion to Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's vampire trilogy is coming out in a few weeks, and we've got your exclusive first look. Find out why Stephen King is calling The Night Eternal "a sublimely satisfying conclusion" to the tale of modern-day vampires. More »
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How does monster maker Guillermo del Toro create such wonderfully terrifying creatures? We've got an exclusive behind-the-scenes video of del Toro and director Troy Nixey, showing you how Don't Be Afraid of the Dark brought their little gremlins alive! More »
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro, comes out today, promising tiny, Gremlins-style creature terror. As a look at a family trying to find common ground during a stressful time, it's okay. But as a monster movie, it fails in the most frustrating way possible. More »
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There's one thing you can always count on in a horror movie nowadays: a father who's kind of a jerk. Everybody else in the family knows there's something supernatural going on, but the dad refuses to believe it. And acts like a total schmuck about it, too. More »
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One thing Guillermo del Toro does very well is creating amazing monsters. And the little nasties in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark rival almost every monster from Hellboy's Troll market. Watch two new clips from the horror movie now. More »
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Guillermo del Toro isn't just one of the great directors of horror and fantasy — he's also an uncompromising visionary, who calls it likes he sees it. We've been blown away by del Toro's words of wisdom before. More »
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San Diego Comic Con is a mosh pit of tastemakers. A good showing at Comic Con can generate unstoppable buzz for a project, that can last for months. A weak showing can deal a devastating setback to a creator's dreams. More »
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If there's one thing we learned this past week at Comic-Con, it's that Hollywood is obsessed with fairy tales. They're magical, they've got instant recognition... and they're public domain. But Hollywood keeps hitting on the same five stories. More »
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Have you ever heard the strange story of Disney's legendary haunting, the Hatbox Ghost? The creature made his first appearance in the Haunted Mansion ride, and then disappeared — forever! Until now... someone has recorded his existence, many moons ago! More »
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We're freaking out over Troy Nixey's creature feature Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, which features a pack of child-eating monsters. Here are the first few clips from the Guillermo del Toro-produced feature! More »
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Now this this is the kind of rumor we can get behind. Could Guillermo del Toro's Disney movie be the infamous film from the POV of the villainess from Sleeping Beauty? More »
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We knew Guillermo Del Toro and The Jim Henson Company's Pinocchio movie was going to be something special. But we had no idea those two would create nightmare fuel like the puppet above! Behold Pinocchio, the wooden demon beast! More »
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Lucha libre superstar-crimefighter-detective-Renaissance man Santo defeated scads of fearsome monsters over the course of his 54-film career. Despite these harrowing battles, Santo always kept his movies family-friendly. He knew that mummy-fighting luchadores weren't just entertainers — they were role models. More »
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Could this be the biggest movie summer of all time? It's sure looking like it. Almost every weekend features at least one, and maybe two or three, movies with a science fiction, fantasy or comics pedigree. More »
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Since Sucker Punch failed to conquer the box office, there's been lots of speculation about why it was a box office failure. Was it too stylized? Was it the reviews? Did it fail to appeal to women or older adults? More »
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It shouldn't surprise you that Guillermo del Toro's Cronos isn't your ordinary vampire movie. Like his best known film, Pan's Labyrinth, Cronos is a melancholy and brutal movie punctuated by moments of black humor. More »
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Less than a day after we heard that Guillermo del Toro was set to start shooting At The Mountains of Madness as soon as June, it turns out the studio has balked at the $150 million price tag and R-rating. More »
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Guillermo del Toro's journey into the heart of H.P. Lovecraft's eldritch horror is really happening, a producer tells io9. At the Mountains of Madness begins filming in June? Could this be the Lovecraftian film that actually destroys your mind? More »
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The New Yorker has published a long and amazingly in-depth article about the modern-day godfather of monsters, Guillermo del Toro. Here are the 10 coolest bits, including a look at the new Frankenstein, and what GDT's Smaug could have been! More »
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One doesn't direct Pan's Labyrinth right out the gate. In this piece of video ephemera helmed by Guillermo Del Toro, the director's gastric problems turn him into a werewolf. Mexican antacid commercials need more lycanthropic body horror. [Via Worst Previews] More »
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The box office has spoken — no longer will the public fork over their wages for derivative movies like The Wolfman or Gulliver's Travels. But does that mean better movies in 2011? Perhaps. More »
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College Humor has a ridiculously well done run down of the Social Network remade by other directors such as Guillermo del Toro, Michael Bay and Wes Anderson. Clearly, GDT's Facebook Monster is the coolest version. More »
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Guillermo del Toro and Battlestar Galactica executive producer David Eick are teaming up to create a new Hulk for ABC. Furthermore, del Toro will redesign the Hulk using prosthetics, puppetry, and CGI. Bring on the green body paint! More »
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Check out our exclusive look at the Scott Pilgrim DVD's behind-the-scenes footage, take a sneak peek at the making-of documentary, and watch Guillermo del Toro quiz director Edgar Wright, Michael Cera and Bryan Lee O'Malley about the movie. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5680190&view=rss&microfeed=true One of the most agonizingly delayed geek movie projects is back on the fast track, if reports are to be believed. New Line Cinema worked out a deal to put the movie out, despite financial turmoil at co-owner MGM. And yes, Peter Jackson will be directing. Production is set to start in February. Update: Warner Bros. actually put out an announcement that Jackson will start directing The Hobbit in February, so it's official now. [The Wrap] More »
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"I'm going to sit, because I'm fat. I hope you're drinking stuff," Guillermo del Toro said as he took the stage at Portland's Baghdad Theater & Pub. Ostensibly he was there to read from his new book... but he digressed. More »
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The only thing we ever wanted from the Guillermo del Toro-produced demon-kidnapping film Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark was for it to be straight-up terrifying. But the movie's first review claims it's not just super-scary, it's actually really good. More »
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Pushing Daises' Bryan Fuller has been hired by NBC to polish off his Munsters TV pilot. But that's not all: apparently, Guillermo Del Toro wants to get involved in some manner. In the words of Herman Munster, "Oh, goody!" [EW] More »
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Thanks to the popular How To Train Your Dragon, genre legend Guillermo del Toro has signed a deal with Dreamworks as an executive producer hired to help improve all of their animated features. His first project: Trollhunters! [THR] More »
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Guillermo Del Toro, director of Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy, has finished the second novel in the Strain Trilogy, his action-packed urban vampire series. Co-authored with Chuck Hogan, The Fall hits stores Sept. 21 - and we've got an exclusive excerpt. More »
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James Cameron is pumped to produce Guillermo del Toro's Lovecraft adaptation At The Mountain of Madness "It's going to be an epically scaled horror film, and we haven't seen anything like that in a really long time... since Aliens." [Wired] More »
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Guillermo del Toro brings us the story of a woman whose sight is failing as she investigates the death of her blind sister. Check out the first trailer for the horrifying Julia's Eyes, shot from the protagonist's viewpoint. More »
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