At the Mountains of Madness - Guillermo Del Toro's Next Project!

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm sad to see the project failing to launch but I understand why it isn't. Universal, from a business standpoint, would have been fools if they would have funded an 150mil R Rated mindbending horror film. It wouldn't have sold enough tickets. Period.

Also Pilgrim would have never been a hit. They marketed it and the audience just didn't want to see it. Plus I think that it was a bad movie.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Man, this news is depressing... I didn't think this would happen. Del Toro can't do his dream project and we'll have to wait even longer to see it? Jeez...

I can understand from Universal's standpoint, and was always kind of asking why Universal would fund such a daring prject after many flops with large budgets. You'd think with Cameron on this it wouldn't have stopped.

Can't both pool their money together and do it independently? Cameron has to have a gazillion dollars after Titanic and Avatar.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

'I know! Let's reboot Doom! Maybe we can squeeze it in between our ****** board game movies!"

This is what happens when the inmates take over. Hope you like going broke, chumps.

 

[Boom]

The reason video-game adaptations don't "work" is because studios hire garbage directors to adapt garbage scripts with garbage actors on a garbage budget.

They suck because the studios just don't give a ****. This new Doom movie will be no different. A PG-13 rating? See, FAIL right off the bat.

Fox, please show interest in ATMOM. Please. I don't want to wait 5-10 years for it .

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't think that Doom reboot is happening. I'll believe it when I see photos from the set.

 

[Man in the Suit]

Also Pilgrim would have never been a hit. They marketed it and the audience just didn't want to see it. Plus I think that it was a bad movie.

Nope.

 

[MadVillainy]

Its an opinion. I agree with it actually
And yeah Scott Pilgrim was marketed fine. It just didnt seem that good to the GA

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

^I'm just going to take "nope" as "I disagree with you," because anyother response to my opinion is just silly.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

^I'm just going to take "nope" as "I disagree with you," because anyother response to my opinion is just silly.

Are you sure? Maybe you really didn't think it was a bad movie after all!

I didn't like it either.

 

[CrimsonMist]

Can't both pool their money together and do it independently? Cameron has to have a gazillion dollars after Titanic and Avatar.

I was thinking the same thing. Cameron practically owns half the world. Isn't it possible that he, and everyone else at least pool half the budget together?

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Now that I've calmed down, I must say that Universal did the right thing not going ahead with the project. It would've been too big a risk. Yes, Del Toro is a great director, but it hasn't been proven that Audiences will flock to his movies. I mean look at both James Cameron and Christopher Nolan. It took both of them highly successful box office hits (Terminator 2 and The Dark Knight) before they could make what they want (Titanic/Avatar and Inception).

In Nolan's case with Inception, like Del Toro, WB liked the idea of Inception, but didn't actually purchase Nolan's script until after The Dark Knight. If Pacific Rim's a success (Barring another studio investing in At the Mountains of Madness), Universal could reconsider.

This is how these things work in Hollywood. You scratch my back, I scratch your back If you get a studio a huge Hollywood hit film, they'll give you anything you want.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Are you sure? Maybe you really didn't think it was a bad movie after all!

I didn't like it either.

I'm gonna defend Scott Pilgrim (since no else is) and say I liked it. I thought it was pretty good, but I'm big video game guy so I wasn't annoyed by that aspect. Still, I could definitely see why it wasn't successful.

Plus, wasn't it's main audience flocking to see the Expendables too?

 

[Octoberist]

While Scott Pilgrim does polarizes the audience a bit, it is well liked for those who ARE fans, so don't worry. It plays in LA all the friggin' time so it has a following. If someone doesn't like it, then that's fine. I won't taint it. It's just not for everybody.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Now that I've calmed down, I must say that Universal did the right thing not going ahead with the project. It would've been too big a risk. Yes, Del Toro is a great director, but it hasn't been proven that Audiences will flock to his movies. I mean look at both James Cameron and Christopher Nolan. It took both of them highly successful box office hits (Terminator 2 and The Dark Knight) before they could make what they want (Titanic/Avatar and Inception).

In Nolan's case with Inception, like Del Toro, WB liked the idea of Inception, but didn't actually purchase Nolan's script until after The Dark Knight. If Pacific Rim's a success (Barring another studio investing in At the Mountains of Madness), Universal could reconsider.

This is how these things work in Hollywood. You scratch my back, I scratch your back If you get a studio a huge Hollywood hit film, they'll give you anything you want.

Exactly. Del Toro is a fine director but he has yet to have that one big hit that allows a director to do his big dream project. Jackson made LOTR's before making King Kong and Nolan made TDK before Inception. He needs to pay his blockbuster dues.

 

[HighFivingMF]

^I'm just going to take "nope" as "I disagree with you," because anyother response to my opinion is just silly.

Not even "I agree with you"

But I liked Scott Pilgrim.

And I'm sorry to see this fall through for those that want to see it. But I'm more excited for Pacific Rim because it (so far) doesn't involve James Cameron or Tom Cruise, whom I don't care for. It wasn't a dealbreaker, just made me less excited than I truly could be.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Not even "I agree with you"

But I liked Scott Pilgrim.

And I'm sorry to see this fall through for those that want to see it. But I'm more excited for Pacific Rim because it (so far) doesn't involve James Cameron or Tom Cruise, whom I don't care for. It wasn't a dealbreaker, just made me less excited than I truly could be.

Ha, you found a flaw in my post!

 

[CrimsonMist]

Now that I've calmed down, I must say that Universal did the right thing not going ahead with the project. It would've been too big a risk. Yes, Del Toro is a great director, but it hasn't been proven that Audiences will flock to his movies. I mean look at both James Cameron and Christopher Nolan. It took both of them highly successful box office hits (Terminator 2 and The Dark Knight) before they could make what they want (Titanic/Avatar and Inception).

I still gotta wonder though. Maybe I missed something in the interview with del Toro, but the budget he was given was given to him by Universal. That $150 million wasn't a figure he came up with. Universal said they'd give him that much, they worked on scaling it down to size and made it all work out to the very possible best it could be. And also, del Toro said that the film could have very well been rated PG-13 by the MPAA. He just didn't want to go out of his way to make a PG-13 film. The MPAA is weird, to say the least. It's just strange that Universal essentially gave him the go-ahead, let him spend all that time and let him get that close, just to pull the plug. Something must have happened, and the fact that no one wants to talk to him face to face suggests something a tad bit shady, but that's my angry conspiracy theory.

I'll settle with Pacific Rim. However, every time i hear that name, I think of a generic pg-13 cgi-fest. I know we won't get that from del Toro, though. Which is reassuring. And also...also...Cthulhu lies dreaming in the underwater city of R'lyeh. R'lyeh just so happens to be located deep under the PACIFIC ocean...

 

[redhawk23]

It just makes me sad to realize that we live in a world where a first time director can be hand huge amounts to make a sequel to friggen tron, but GDTs projects keep falling apart.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

While Scott Pilgrim does polarizes the audience a bit, it is well liked for those who ARE fans, so don't worry. It plays in LA all the friggin' time so it has a following. If someone doesn't like it, then that's fine. I won't taint it. It's just not for everybody.

If you're talking about fans as a fan of the comics, I never read them.

I still gotta wonder though. Maybe I missed something in the interview with del Toro, but the budget he was given was given to him by Universal. That $150 million wasn't a figure he came up with. Universal said they'd give him that much, they worked on scaling it down to size and made it all work out to the very possible best it could be. And also, del Toro said that the film could have very well been rated PG-13 by the MPAA. He just didn't want to go out of his way to make a PG-13 film. The MPAA is weird, to say the least. It's just strange that Universal essentially gave him the go-ahead, let him spend all that time and let him get that close, just to pull the plug. Something must have happened, and the fact that no one wants to talk to him face to face suggests something a tad bit shady, but that's my angry conspiracy theory.

I'll settle with Pacific Rim. However, every time i hear that name, I think of a generic pg-13 cgi-fest. I know we won't get that from del Toro, though. Which is reassuring. And also...also...Cthulhu lies dreaming in the underwater city of R'lyeh. R'lyeh just so happens to be located deep under the PACIFIC ocean...

I could go on about how *****ey the MPAA in terms of PG-13/R, but I'd rather not.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

It just makes me sad to realize that we live in a world where a first time director can be hand huge amounts to make a sequel to friggen tron, but GDTs projects keep falling apart.

There's a big difference. Tron Legacy was a project created by a studio. It's pretty easy to get those greenlit when you're the studio that creates it. It's harder when you're a writer, or director, or actor and you're trying to get a project green lit by a studio.

Plus Di$ney just wanted a director they can control too.

 

[Octoberist]

If you're talking about fans as a fan of the comics, I never read them.



I could go on about how *****ey the MPAA in terms of PG-13/R, but I'd rather not.

I'm talking mostly about the movie. It's well liked but it's an acquired taste.

 

[Rac]

Doom Reboot

Can we get the gates of Hell this time?

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I'm gonna defend Scott Pilgrim (since no else is) and say I liked it. I thought it was pretty good, but I'm big video game guy so I wasn't annoyed by that aspect. Still, I could definitely see why it wasn't successful.

Plus, wasn't it's main audience flocking to see the Expendables too?

Yeah I'm not knocking Pilgrim nor am I some crusty old man who just didn't get it. The effects were awesome, I liked the cast, I'm a big Edward Wright fan... I dunno. It just didn't click with me.

My opinion may very well change the next time I try it. It wouldn't be the first movie that grew on me after multiple viewings.

 

[Octoberist]

Can we get the gates of Hell this time?

I don't even see the point of a Doom reboot when the first one didn't do that well. And also, Doom hasn't had a game in years.

 

[Octoberist]

Yeah I'm not knocking Pilgrim nor am I some crusty old man who just didn't get it. The effects were awesome, I liked the cast, I'm a big Edward Wright fan... I dunno. It just didn't click with me.

My opinion may very well change the next time I try it. It wouldn't be the first movie that grew on me after multiple viewings.

It's a fun movie but keep in mind, it's not suppose to be groundbreaking. It's just a quirky film. While I think the books are fleshed out, the movie did fine.