Tag: The Shape of Water
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Jacob Elordi to Play Frankenstein in Guillermo Del Toro’s Netflix Adaptation
Jacob Elordi is alive! The actor will portray Frankenstein, as well as Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz.Del Toro, the Oscar-winning filmmaker of “The Shape of Water,” is writing, directing and producing “Frankenstein, who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment.“
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Venice Film Festival 2023: ‘Poor Things’ Wins The Golden Lion Top Prize [Full Winners List]
It’s interesting how the Venice Film Festival has gone from one of the festivals of the fall festival season to arguably the best film festival in the world now, even overshadowing Cannes in recent years thanks to the fact that Netflix now avoids the Croisette for the most part because of France’s theatrical laws and…
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What’s New on Freevee in September 2023
Summer is nearing its end, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. Freevee has a new batch of films available to stream free of charge. If you want to check on Guillermo del Toro’s Academy Award winner, The Shape of Water, or revisit Rise of the Planet of the Apes, you’re in luck!…
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‘Grand Budapest’ and ‘Shape of Water’ Oscar Winner Alexandre Desplat Composed Netflix’s ‘Nyad’ Score (Exclusive)
Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat has scored the music for Netflix’s “Nyad.”Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, “Nyad” stars Annette Bening as Diana Nyad, an athlete, who at 60, achieves her lifelong dream of finishing the 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.In a statement to Variety, Desplat said, “Chai and Jimmy’s direction…
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Disney Accused of ‘Self-Dealing’ by Fox Slate Financier
Tsg Entertainment, which has invested more than $3 billion in 140 Fox films including “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “The Shape of Water,” accused Disney in a lawsuit on Tuesday of using Hollywood accounting tricks to cheat it out of hundreds of millions of dollars.The slate financier alleged that Disney had engaged in “self-dealing”…
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein Shares A Common Theme With Nightmare Alley And Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro has worked on a lot of projects (and I mean a lot) that have never been made. Because of this, he seems to have adopted a handy waste not, want not approach to directing. For example, when his “Haunted Mansion” film fell apart, he channeled those energies into his sumptuous haunted house…
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Michael Shannon’s Debut Role Was in This Iconic Bill Murray Movie
Michael Shannon is one of the most sought after names in Hollywood right now, thanks to his lead roles in smaller films like Take Shelter and Midnight Special, along with supporting parts in bigger movies including The Shape of Water and Knives Out. Currently, he can be seen reprising his role of General Zod in…
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Guillermo del Toro Has Been Piecing Together ‘Frankenstein’ For Years
Guillermo del Toro will finally make his version of Mary Shelley’s gothic horror novel, Frankenstein, planned to be a Netflix production. It’s the director’s dream project and one he has been trying to dig out of its development hell grave for more than a decade. He will surely infuse the story with his usual dose…
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Overlooked Crimson Peak Is the Director at His Best
Poor Crimson Peak. Although critics praised its art direction and moody atmosphere, Guillermo del Toro’s lavish gothic romance earned only 75 million against its 55 million budget. It faced tough box office competition and in all likelihood suffered from poor marketing choices, which depicted it as an indie horror film rather than the love story…
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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…