I haven't been this excited since Avatar. I liked the recent movies since Avatar, but this is the one in looking out for. And Guillermo is and has always been one of my favourite directors.
Anybody who knows the book version would know "At the Mountains of Madness" would've been like "The Thing", with the lost world aspect thrown in, kind of like the 1st & excellent "Alien vs Predator", with the it's revelation of a really strange place. Not sure this director would've been the right guy for job, but its still a shame it isn't coming out.
I'm given to believe that Cthulhu was only mentioned in HPL's writings...but how great if he could be brought to life on film! Still, I agree that he shouldn't be crammed nto the existing works.
@Cavstic The large thing they're talking about is likely the shoggoth that busts out of one of the tunnels "like a runaway subway train" at the end of the story.
I would love to see "At the Mountains of Madness" done well up on the screen. But NOT in Digital 3D! And del Toro would have been the guy to do it, too. He really "gets" Lovecraft, I think.
@SkyCE9A He is the one who awakens and we cease to exist...I agree that showing the Elder in anything other than the carving would destroy the entire Horror of it All...You can't imagine the unimaginable...And if does show him...the film should end abruptly with no clear view....
@RamBam3000 It shows that Hollywood hasn't learned a damn thing since the FIRST 3D craze in the 1950s, when they were trying to get people back into the theaters instead of home watching TV: They made big spectacles in 3D and Cinemascope instead of realizing that they had what TV NEEDED (content and the means to create more) and joining up with it. Now it's the Internet and HD -- Why pay upwards of 20 bucks to go out when you can see it at home?
Im so happy he is not going to use cthulhu in his movie, its just silly to use him only because he is the most know character/monster. I want the movie to be true to lovecraft stories and not just a trick to sell as much copies as they can.
Увы, ожидание откладывается на неопределённый срок: юнивёрсалы "зарезали", как известно, проект. И теперь его будущее туманно. Впрочем, я этот фильм жду уже, наверное, около десяти лет - с тех пор, как Дель Торо заявил о намерении заняться экранизацией. By the way, to all saying Cthulhu has no place in the movie in question - everything is fine (well, as fine as it may be, considering that the film is once again put on shelf - oh, bloody studio bosses): there will be no such deity in the film.
Maybe he will eventually do all of the Cthulu mythos. Is a dream, a lovely dream, a dream that is possible, but I have no influence on him unfortunatel
If this movie comes out people don't get your hopes up. If he puts Tom Cruise in it and put another character in the book i will see this movie on bootleg. Leave call of ktulu alone
@GoblinXXX 3D is a fad. . . it's the SFX weenies saying "Hey Ma! Look what I can do on *my* computer!" They're doing it because they can, not because it improves their product. Nonsensical story, poor characterisation, dialogue and acting sponsored by Cuprinol> Who cares? It's 3D! Wait - wasn't that "Avatar" and "Conan"?
