James Cameron Coming on Board to Produce Guillermo del Toro Lovecraft Adaptation At the Mountains of Madness!
July 28th, 2010
James Cameron, Guillermo del Toro, and H.P. Lovecraft. Can you think of three names that sound better together? We can't and now thanks to some exciting new developments we might just be seeing del Toro's 3D adaptation of the Lovecraft tale for Universal sooner than we thought!
Deadline New York reports that they are hearing that del Toro will next direct At the Mountains of Madness, a project he's been circling for years. The big surprise? Avatar director James Cameron will come aboard as a producer. That kind of star power will most certainly move this one to the fast track.
Cameron's presence helped win over the studio with pre-production beginning in the next few weeks, and shooting to begin next summer.
In the Lovecraft tale, a gruesome discovery made during a scientific expedition to the South Pole in the 1930s hints at the true origin of mankind having come from elder gods from another planet. Bad things happen when those life forms are awakened.
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A 100 million plus adaptation of Lovecraft. Directed by Guillermo Del Toro. Produced by James Cameron. Shot in native 3D.
There's nothing about this news that isn't cool.
Submitted by Messiahman on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:42pm.
Finally we can all agree about something! :)
Submitted by The Woman In Black on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 6:00pm.
Will The Elder race be replaced by 7 foot tall, blue horse people?
Submitted by DavidFullam on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 2:37pm.
Wow! Even after all the talk I never figured this would ever come together. This is great news.
Submitted by Gus Bjork on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 2:12pm.
FINALLY!!
Submitted by Chainsaw on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 11:31am.
Let's hope Universal doesn't suck up the copyrights and gain control of the now public domain literature. That could put a damper on more films using Lovecraft characters and creatures, which would be unfathomable.
Submitted by Avid Fan on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:21am.
I personally don't mind 3D when a film is shot for the format and with a distinctive purpose. Things coming out at the screen (My Bloody Valentine/Final Destination) or trying to draw you more into the world and give it scope (Avatar). I think this will fall in the latter category and I think Del Toro is gonna exploit it to his fullest advantage. His films have such a distinctive visual look, I'd love to see it in 3D.
Submitted by theGoldenSimatar on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 7:59am.
FUCK all this 3D bullshit. It's a fallacy.
Surely Del Toro recognises it as such.
Submitted by Cash Bailey on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:57am.
I'm not sure you know what the word "fallacy" means, but it is defined as a misconception or incorrect conclusion reached by faulty reasoning. It also sometimes refers to specific types of faulty logic. Not sure how either applies to 3D.
Gimmicky, cheesy, stupid, or unnecessary? Perhaps you can argue that. I prefer to think of 3D as a tool. Some directors will use that tool to expand and build upon the moviegoing experience. Others will use it as a cheap gimmick to artificially inflate ticket sales. The former will endure. The latter will only work for a couple of years until the novelty of the gimmick wears off.
At one time, the words "Filmed in Technicolor!" drew audiences. I think we'd all have missed out on a lot if filmmakers had abandoned color films because of those who exploited it's novelty. Give 3D time to evolve, and who knows what we'll see a few years down the road?
Submitted by hegemon13 on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 3:19pm.
Now I can almost forgive Cameron for being a rabid environmentalist and creating the world's most expensive non-interactive video game.
Submitted by Vanvance1 on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:19am.
Well, thank goodness for that. I mean, I'm sure the man who has written and directed some of the greatest genre films ever made and has pioneered and created tons of cutting edge technology that changed everything from cinema to deep-sea diving to underwater filming to remote vehicles was losing sleep over the fact that "Vanvance1" might not "forgive" him for massively advancing digital effects and 3D tech in service of the top grossing film of all time. :-D
Submitted by Messiahman on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:41pm.