Lovecraft | Benioff & Weiss

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‘Game of Thrones’ Creators to Develop H.P. Lovecraft Movie at Warner Bros.

Following their exit from the “Star Wars” universe, “Game of Thrones” co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have found their replacement pic, signing on to produce an untitled thriller based on the graphic novel “Lovecraft” for Warner Bros.

It is unknown if they will also direct the project, but they’ve already set Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi to pen the script with “The Invitation” and “Destroyer” director Karyn Kusama exec producing.

The “Lovecraft” graphic novel chronicles the life of H.P. Lovecraft, whose books included “The Call of Cthulhu,” “The Rats in the Walls,” “At the Mountains of Madness,” “The Shadow over Innsmouth” and “The Shadow Out of Time” and spawned the idea of Lovecraftian horror. While plot details for the movie adaptation are currently unknown, sources say Benioff and Weiss’ take will tackle the idea of Lovecraft’s otherworldly creatures being real.

 

[Marvolo]

I cant wait for our expectations to be subverted.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

I honestly can’t believe studios weren’t willing to go with del Toro, but are giving Lovecraft to D&D. Granted, del Toro was pitching Mountains a decade ago, but still.

 

[Teelie]

del Toro wanted to spend too much money for the studios to accept his vision. Which means he probably wanted to make a decent adaptation instead of low budget horror.