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Another Revisionist ‘Snow White (& The Huntsman)’ In Development; Rupert Sanders Attached To Direct

September 29, 2010 7:59 pm

Update: Deadline reports that Universal has paid a whopping $1.5 million against more than $3 million in what is one of the biggest spec script sales of the year.Are you clamoring for another take on the Snow W...

Guillermo del Toro Move His Animation Home To Dreamworks, Will Direct ‘Trollhunters’; Producing Action-Drama ‘Midnight Delivery’ For Universal

Drew

September 27, 2010 3:19 pm

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Around this time last year, at the D23 Convention, Disney announced the formation of a new animation shingle overseen by mad genius Guillermo del Toro called Disney Double Dare You. This shingle would focus on ...

Ron Howard To Direct First Film In ‘The Dark Tower’ Trilogy; Stephen King Novels Also Headed For TV

Kevin Jagernauth

September 8, 2010 9:35 pm

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Universal has announced a massive cross-platform franchise launch based on Stephen King's celebrated and long running "The Dark Tower" series of books. But fans might want to keep their expectations in check.Ce...

Guillermo Del Toro Walked Away From ‘Van Helsing’ With Tom Cruise For ‘At The Mountains Of Madness’

Christopher Bell

July 31, 2010 2:49 am

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After the madness that was the pre-pre-production of "The Hobbit," and endless speculation Guillermo Del Toro finally announced that his next project would be the adaptation of HP Lovecraft's "At The Mountain o...

Guillermo del Toro’s Next Film Announced: The James Cameron-Produced ‘At The Mountains Of Madness’

Drew

July 29, 2010 2:02 am

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Earlier today we were speculating what the next project from genre filmmaker Guillermo del Toro would be. He said at Comic-Con that it would be in 3D and that it would be "scary." The project that Deadline is b...

Where Funny Goes To Die: The ‘Little Fockers’ Trailer Arrives

Rodrigo Perez

June 25, 2010 1:08 pm

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We'll be honest, as a major studio we have a soft spot for Universal having been bold enough to green light a Paul Greengrass Iraq war film and a digitally-shot Michael Mann 1930s gangster picture and a two and...

Guillermo Del Toro Producing New ‘Van Helsing’ Film Based On His Own Treatment

Kevin Jagernauth

June 11, 2010 4:39 pm

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With "The Hobbit" now a thing of the past for Guillermo Del Toro, he has an absurd number of potential projects on his plate to start movement on but it appears he has added one more.According to Pajiba's Holly...

Fourteen-Year-Olds Of The World Rejoice; Seth MacFarlane Making Feature Debut With ‘Ted’

Oliver Lyttelton

April 12, 2010 11:56 pm

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At the age of 25, Seth McFarlane was the creator of a network animated series. "Family Guy" lasted three seasons on Fox before cancellation, but became a major cult hit on DVD. It was recommissioned three years...

‘The Proposal 2’ Axed, ‘Riddick’ Greenlit Because Of Toys

Kevin Jagernauth

February 18, 2010 3:09 pm

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These are trying times for filmmakers who want to make something that isn't based a comic book or cereal box, but we didn't realize that things were so bad that even the most successful, mainstream fare is bein...

Universal Wins Bidding War For ‘Safe House’ Script By US Magazine Editor

Kevin Jagernauth

February 9, 2010 9:16 pm

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Universal has just won a bidding war (beating out DreamWorks and Sony) for the spec script, by first time screenplay writer and current US magazine editor David Guggenheim called "Safe House." The story is abou...

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