http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/07/110207fa_fact_zalewski
13 page article about del Toro, and some stuff about he upcoming Lovecraft film. Also, epic quote about how to treat source material (in reference to Tolkien and 'the Hobbit'):
"It's like marrying a widow. You try to be respectful of the memory of the dead husband, but come Saturday night . . . bam."
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Del Toro, whose films include "Hellboy" and "Pan's Labyrinth," has amassed in a house outside Los Angeles an enormous collection of horror iconography. "All this stuff feeds you back," he says.
Drool. Drool. Drool. SO fucking excited.
I'll wait to see who they cast before I start drooling.
Last I heard, they had an offer out to Tom Cruise, and that he's interested in doing it.
The bit about Polish vampires was interesting...especially given the books he has co-written with Chuck Hogan