Guillermo Del Toro to direct "Crimson Peak" (or not, you never know...)

[Octoberist]

Wentworth Miller is actually writing a second draft your Bio-pic according to the Hollywood Reporter. It's titled 'The Greek Tragedy", to be directed by Joss Whedon.

 

[Gianakin_]

Ooh, at least I'll be portrayed as a witty uber-fighter. Not too shabby. Although I'll have no real place in my own story, which won't have a reason for existing in the 1st place. Yeah, sounds like my life, alright.

 

[Octoberist]

Well, to make you happy, David Goyer has submitted your sequel 'Athens Has Fallen'. Hope that'll cheer you up.

 

[Gianakin_]

Is that a period piece? And you do know our posts are going to get deleted, right?

 

[Octoberist]

Back to Crimson Peak. It's interesting that Universal may (or may not) co-produce. Poor WB.

That being said, Universal needs Legendary more so than WB because they're hungry for a hit!

 

[Gianakin_]

I trust Legendary, they're usually responsible for great stuff. WB would be fools to let them go.

 

[Octoberist]

Legendary has beef with a few WB producers and Jeff Robinov, which is known to be a little..difficult. And cold.

 

[Gianakin_]

Is Robinov/WB shortchanging them?

 

[terry78]

Get a room you two.

 

[Sawyer]

Jim Beaver Cast

 

[Rob Lobo]

Bobby Singer!!!

 

[DarkSovereignty]

He better exclaim 'balls!' At least seven times. Any less and I will be thoroughly disappointed.

 

[jonathancrane]

Interesting.

 

[Rob Lobo]

or "Idjit"!!!

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I will except no less than 13 'idjits'. 7 balls and 13 idjits, these are my terms, del toro.

 

[Marvolo]

Do we have any solid plot details yet? Beyond "gothic horror romance"?

 

[Man in the Suit]

“Crimson has Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charlie Hunnam, and an actor I admired that I saw on Justified and Deadwood, Jim Beaver—amazing actor. There’s some casting

, Burn Gorman from Pacific Rim is coming in and doing a cameo. But basically what it is is a really, really, almost classical gothic romance ghost story, but then it has two or three scenes that are really, really disturbing in a very, very modern way. Very, very disturbing, it’s a proper R rating. And it’s adult.

It’s my first adult movie in the English language. Normally I wanted to divide my more adult work for Spanish-language, and my more sort of youth-oriented or fun genre stuff in English. This is the first time I’m gonna try to do an adult R-rated movie in the English language.”

“Crimson shoots rather fast for my standards, in 70 days. Hellboy took 135 days, Pacific Rim 103. I normally don’t shoot any shorter than that. Cronos was 40 days, The Strain is gonna be 20 days [for the pilot]. I’m going from a much larger format to a smaller format, different vibe. I think that when we finish Crimson, it seems like the next movie is already ready after Crimson. I won’t announce it because we have not closed, but it looks like the next one’s gonna go right away.”​

http://collider.com/the-strain-crimson-peak-news-guillermo-del-toro/​

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Oh god I really hope that next movie is dark universe.

 

[Gianakin_]

Me, too.

Jim Beaver! Sorry, I always get excited about that guy.

 

[Man in the Suit]

I believe Guillermo’s doing a haunted house movie. You may or may not be involved.

HUNNAM: I am involved, Crimson Peak.

Exactly, when is it filming? What do you know about it?

HUNNAM: We’re going to start filming in early spring of next year and it’s kind of a Jane Austen type of haunted house ghost story. It’s wonderful kind of collaborating with a director. I was so proud, and pleased, and honored when Guillermo asked me to come and star in another movie right after we finished this one. I’ve always kind of dreamed of having a long standing collaboration with a filmmaker like that, and god there’s no one – I mean, I hit the lottery with Guillermo. But it’s funny he kind of saw something in me that I felt like I would be able to do that I don’t think many people would really consider me for, which was really also kind of sweet and made me feel really proud. He’s a totally different character than I’ve ever played. He’s a very kind of quiet, shy, thoughtful kind of stoic, taciturn, very learned guy who is madly in love with the female hero, but she just can’t even see him because Benedict Cumberbatch, this larger than life swashbuckling ladies’ man, ****s all over my love and makes it unrequited.

http://collider.com/charlie-hunnam-pacific-rim-crisom-peak-interview/

 

[Sawyer]

I like reading that GDT lists Jim Beaver alongside Cumby and Chastain and the rest. I had just assumed he'd have a small role, but this makes it sound like he's a key player.

 

[Sawyer]

Cumberbatch Exits

I was going to make an comically over-dramatic suicidal response to this, but even for the love of Cumby, that seems like too much.

It is a shame, though...

 

[Crockett]

Son of a *****! Cumberbatch and Chastain as aristocratic siblings would've been something, oh well, I've no doubt del Toro will find a suitable replacement.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

 

[Marvolo]