Del Toro Busy Through Til 2017

[Geekyfanboy]

By Garth FranklinThursday, September 4th 2008 12:28am

You think your schedule is busy, try being director Guillermo del Toro. Variety reports that the "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Hellboy" helmer has such a full schedule that he's got films booked for the next ten years.

First up of course is "The Hobbit" which he is committed to for the next five years. He has begun co-writing the project and is making trips to New Zealand every three weeks to meet with Peter Jackson and co. on the project.

He and Universal are also committed to four projects for him to direct including an adaptation of Dan Simmons' "Drood", a gothic horror story which supposes that after surviving a catastrophic train crash, author Charles Dickens plunged into the depths of London depravity before penning his final novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood".

There's also remakes of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five" which in the latter two cases he wants to stick closer to the original work than previous adaptations have done.

Universal are also still intent of doing del Toro's pet project, an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" and a potential third "Hellboy" depending upon how the international grosses of the second one do. The studio may also work with del Toro on a TV series and online segments to broaden the fanbase.

Finally there have been discussions about his involvement in adaptations of David Moody's apocalyptic novel "Hater" and the gothic romance "Crimson Peak" which he co-wrote. Both projects he will only produce, not direct.

[Darth Gaos]

Good Lord he is going to be one busy man!  And truthfully, every single one of those movies seem like they will be fantastic!  Here's hoping he is that busy for the next 10 years.

[Meds]

Cant think of a better director to be kept busy.

[Trekkygeek]

I haven't seen that many of his his films but of those I have seen, "Pans Labyrinth" was truly a work of art.

[Darth Gaos]

I haven't seen that many of his his films but of those I have seen, "Pans Labyrinth" was truly a work of art.

Very much the reason I am looking forward to The Hobbit.

[Meds]

I was so worried about The Hobbit but as soon as i heard PJ and team were writing it and then Del Toro as director suddenly this turns out to be a dream collaboration.

[Geekyfanboy]

I was so worried about The Hobbit but as soon as i heard PJ and team were writing it and then Del Toro as director suddenly this turns out to be a dream collaboration.

I agree Meds.. when I heard PJ was not going to direct it I started to worry but then when he said he would produce and write it I felt much better and then Del Toro was added to the mix and I know it will be great like LOTR.

[Meds]

Oh man can you imagine seeing this collaboration on the big screen, i mean i'm even getting excited about what the extended DVD box set is going to be like. Just watched the HellBoy directors box set (3 discs) and it just blows my mind. Jackson has always been a dream of a director abut Del Toro takes things to another level, very much like Terry Gilliam (but without the knock backs..bless)