Tag: Pan’s Labyrinth
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Guillermo Del Toro Has A Nearly Unrecognizable Cameo In It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Guillermo del Toro might be one of the most acclaimed living directors, but he’s also a big fan of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” He loves the show so much that he offered star and co-creator Charlie Day a role in his 2013 action film “Pacific Rim” in exchange for a small cameo on the…
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Filmax Pounces on Banner Telecinco Cinema Comedy with ‘House of Flowers’ Paco León (Exclusive)
Linking two top players on the Spanish TV scene, Barcelona studio Filmax has acquired international sales rights to Spanish comedy “Co-Husbands,” whose backers include Telecinco Cinema, producer of Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” and J.A. Bayona’s The Impossible.”Filmax will unveil a trailer to clients at this week’s Berlin European Film Market, before the film’s release…
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Guillermo Del Toro And Doug Jones Immediately ‘Clicked’ On The Set Of Mimic
Filmmakers tend to have their muses; that one actor within whom they’ve found a creative partner, and whom they work with time and time again. Martin Scorsese has Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino has Samuel L. Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro has Doug Jones. Of the 12 films del Toro has directed thus far, Jones…
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The Guts and Gore of ‘Terrifier 2’ Deserve Your Makeup Awards Attention
The Academy Award for Best Makeup (which added Hairstyling in 1993) has only been around, in earnest, since 1981. That year, macabre special effects genius Rick Baker won for transforming David Naughton into a grotesquely hirsute lycanthrope for “American Werewolf in London.” In that same decade, Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis won for turning Jeff…
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How Guillermo del Toro is Helping to Shape the Horror Genre
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is making quite a splash as the director’s new project, now streaming on Netflix, has debuted to positive reviews. The show’s success shouldn’t come as a surprise, as the Oscar winning director of Nightmare Alley, The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro has been…
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Oscars 2023: Best Production Design Predictions
As previously noted, the Oscar crafts contenders embrace a wide range of genres, periods, subjects, themes, and settings this season, with a particular emphasis on the movies, music, and political/social activism. This definitely affects the production design race, in which world building is so integral and sci-fi and superhero films figure prominently.Matt Reeves’ noirish “The…
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The Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 21st Century, from ‘Children of Men’ to ‘Her’
Editor’s note: This list was originally published in 2017, but it has been updated with 10 new entries and re-ranked.Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links.Science fiction isn’t easily defined, but in determining the top 35 sci-fi movies of the last…
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Guillermo del Toro: ‘I could tweet 20 times a day – I’m very careful not to’
The director has a new novel out, an animation series on Netflix and two films in the pipeline – and still had time to watch three films a day in lockdownA specialist in fantasy and the supernatural, Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro was born in Guadalajara in 1964. He worked as a special effects makeup…
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Cool Stuff: A Tarot Card Deck Inspired By the Films of Guillermo del Toro Knows Your Past, Present & Future
Guillermo del Toro has never shied away from the spiritual, supernatural, and strange. Movies like Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, Cronos, Crimson Peak, The Devil’s Backbone, and features ghost stories, fantasy fables, unconventional romances, and more, all in a mesmerizing macabre canvas. Now the films of Guillermo del Toro are being repurposed for Tarot…