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	<title>Obsessed With Film &#187; Guillermo-del-Toro</title>
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		<title>del Toro will test shoot FRANKENSTEIN in two weeks, talks casting for THE HOBBIT &amp; much, much more!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro has been out promoting his horror novel The Strain but inevtiably interviewers are way more interested in what's going down with The Hobbit, possibly the biggest fanboy movie since Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (although obviously The Dark Knight sitting proudly as the second highest grossing movie of all time would dispute this) and congrats to Simon Mayo who got more out of him than most on BBC Radio 5 Live This Week. 

It's a great interview... Mayo is the best presenter on U.K. radio and del Toro is always open, honest and full of interesting things to say. del Toro joins at the 1 hour 47 minute mark and really it's better to hear del Toro tell you this stuff than it is to read it from me. So for once, I'm pretty much encouraging you not to read any further, at least not until you have listened to the interview. DO IT NOW!



Ok done that? Good. Let's begin. So before we get to The Hobbit, I was actually more excited for what del Toro had to say about Mary Shelley's 19th century gothic novel Frankenstein, a novel that he once again proclaims is a "lifelong dream" for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lord of the Rings Episode 1: The Search for Bilbo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro has told MTV this week that the search for Bilbo is now down to one actor and he expects to reveal the name in the upcoming weeks. I wonder if it's the same name he and Peter Jackson were said to have mutually agreed on over a year ago. 

My choice then and still now is relatively obscure British actor Martin Freeman whose career never quite took off the way you thought it might after The Office and then The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Post both productions which were high profile, he was straight back down to obscurity. 



Lately I've been hearing a lot of support drumed up for Michael Sheen and I'm warming to that choice, very much actually. He's a better actor than Freeman and I'm pretty much sold on the fact he can play anyone, he certainly has the eyes and intensity of Ian Holm. Just doesn't quite look as much like him as Freeman does, but then that should never be the deal breaker.



And it seems people still believe James McAvoy can do something with the character and I'm getting anxious that he hasn't won out a big role in a while. Brendon Connelly ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Strange Case of Keanu Reeves trying to play Dr. Jekyll &amp; Mr. Hyde!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 07:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I literally laughed out loud yesterday when I read The Hollywood Reporter's scoop that Universal were pinning their hopes on Keanu Reeves to bring The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll &#38; Mr. Hyde back to the big screen. What a misguided choice.



Jekyll and Hyde, always Universal's toughest classic horror story to remake because of the need of a GREAT actor to play the Jekyll side with a poignancy of decency, a guy who is really a good man but is undermined by his failings in life and the Hyde side, who is the world's biggest bastard but the actor loses the battle if he makes him over the top loony. Sure he needs to an animated fellow, with deep raw emotion but he can't overact it, or our sympathy goes. 

Which unless they make Hyde completely CGI which has become a nasty modern and uninteresting method of re-telling this character (see the turds that are Van Hesling and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), then Keanu Reeves doesn't have anyway near the depth required to make this a success. Not even 5% of the depth required to even pass as both characters.



Ah man, what's so painful about this choice is that the ...]]></description>
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		<title>DON&#8217;T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, Katie Holmes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 09:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katie Holmes has nabbed only her third film role post that memorably awful performance in Batman Begins four years ago, which alongside the Tom Cruise saga, really put the breaks on her promising career. Although I say promising, only Michelle Williams from Dawson's Creek has really gone places with her career post that show and occasionally Joshua Jackson threatens to make something of himself, only to disappear off the radar.

Variety say Holmes will lead Miramax's upcoming horror Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, a remake of the 1973 ABC telepic about a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with devilish creatures.



The movie will shoot this in Melbourne this summer as a "Guillermo del Toro Presentation.", as it was co-scripted by del Toro and his Mimic writing partner Matthew Robinson. 

Comic book artist Troy Nixey will be making his directorial debut on the film. 

As del Toro is busy with The Hobbit for the next few years, getting his pals to direct his writings is the only way he can see his ideas translated to the big screen anytime soon. I like the idea of this one. Katie Holmes has never really ...]]></description>
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		<title>Guillermo del Toro directing Roald Dahl&#8217;s THE WITCHES!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was right at the perfect age to catch Nicolas Roeg's adaptation of Road Dahl's THE WITCHES when it debuted in 1990. What a creepy, disturbing and effective movie. Roeg captured the essence of Road Dahl perfectly, I loved in particular the scene of the WITCHES reveal, with our little man hiding and witnessing the transformation for the first time.

That scene used to scare the hell out of me. You can see it in full HERE on Youtube... I just watched it and it still works in scaring an adult!



Amazingly, because I don't know how he is going to find the time to fit it in, but PAN'S LABYRINTH director Guillermo del Toro has found himself attached to direct an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic story. His fellow Mexican helmer Alfonso Cuaron, who will executive produce, spilled the beans to Empire.

They already have a script!...
"Guillermo wrote this amazing screenplay really quickly...

...It won’t be like the original Nicolas Roeg version, which was a beautiful film," because (and this is the very exciting part), del Toro plans to "do it completely in stop-motion animation."
Now, notoriously stop motion animation takes years to perfect so I don't think we can expect this one to ...]]></description>
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		<title>THE HOBBIT will shoot for one whole year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro will film THE HOBBIT in a grueling 370 day shoot in New Zealand, by far the largest and longest filming schedule he will ever take on in his career.

It actually beats out the length Peter Jackson spent filming the three LORD OF THE RINGS films where principal photography lasted 274 days though he did work on the movie for four years with very lengthy pre and post production schedules.



del Toro also mentions in the live Blu-Ray chat he conducted this week to celebrate the release of HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY that he is hoping that HELLBOY creator Mike Mignola will join his dream team of professionals on the film, citing the following as the top of his wish list...
Hopefully Mignola, Barlowe, Spectral Motion, Guillermo Navarro and others…
Filming will begin sometime 2010, with casting set to begin early 2009. Previously del Toro said we would start hearing casting news at around Christmas time this year.

THE HOBBIT Part I will be released in December 2011 with Part II coming a whole year later.

source - coming soon ]]></description>
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		<title>Guillermo del Toro sets up stop motion PINOCCHIO</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro is developing a stop motion adaptation of the classic PINOCCHIO tale with the Jim Henson Co in what Variety describe will be a dark version of the fable.



del Toro, extremely busy with THE HOBBIT right now but will somehow find the time to co-scribe a screenplay with Gris Grimley (the author of a 2002 illustrated version of the tale pictured above). Adam Parrish King (sound editor on THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS) will co-direct with Grimley.

Both will be making their directorial debut on the project, which the trades say will take three years to complete. ]]></description>
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		<title>Gaiman &amp; del Toro nearly made DR. STRANGE?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Marvel President Kevin Feige named DR. STRANGE as one of the three or four characters he is looking to put into development post-AVENGERS, with a tentative release of 2012 or 2013.

Neil Gaiman, who was rumored to be involved with this project many moons back has been tracked down by Premiere who asked him directly if he ever came close to working on the project and whether he would still be interested in the character over at Marvel.


I would love to write Dr. Strange. It would be absolutely one of my dream jobs [to write] a Dr. Strange movie. Last year I was out in Budapest for three weeks on the set of Hellboy II with Guillermo, and I mentioned to him that I've been, in very very early sort of "I would to do this" talks with Marvel about doing a Dr. Strange movie, and Guillermo's reaction was, "Neil, I want to direct it!"...and Marvel, I think, were very excited too.
Though of course Guillermo del Toro is now tied up for a very long time with THE HOBBIT and post that, has at least half a dozen desirable projects he is desperate to work on. There ain't no ...]]></description>
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		<title>del Toro&#8217;s protage to direct HATER</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last December, before any deal was struck for THE HOBBIT... the masterful Guillermo del Toro was making deals left, right and center for potential directing projects. He must have raked up double figures by the end of 2007 but once Peter Jackson and Middle-Earth came calling, they were all thrown out of the window.

And thrown out for a very long time as he won't be free to direct anything not related to hobbit's, for years.

One such project was HATER, an adaptation of the David Moody novel setup at Universal which the otherwise engaged del Toro has decided to give to Juan Antonio Bayona, his Spanish directing protage who made the creepy chiller THE ORPHANAGE.



The thriller novel revolves around an epidemic which sends ordinary people into violent ruptures and sounds a little bit like Stephen King's novel Cell.

The movie will be Bayona's first English studio movie and the first shot in this language. Glen Mazzara, a writer on the t.v. show The Shield scribed.

Bayona told Variety...
"I like the idea of a movie that talks about the state of fear we live in nowadays,
Everytime I showcase THE ORPHANAGE to people outside of this website, they are convinced the movie was made by ...]]></description>
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		<title>More on del Toro&#8217;s SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've never known an online film news story be culled for space, but that's what happened over at Variety yesterday when Mike Fleming was forced to leave out important quotes from his Guillermo del Toro story because he ran out of space.

Aren't they aware of a great invention known as a mouse and a scroll button?


Anyway, Fleming emailed Harry Knowles at AICN with what del Toro said about his hopeful adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's epic novel Slaughterhouse-Five that had to be left out of his news story...
“When I read the book and had the fortune of seeing the movie not far apart, I enjoyed both. But I thought that the way Vonnegut plays with and juxtaposes time was perhaps too edgy to be tackled on film at that time. The key for me was how in the book Billy Pilgrim becomes `unstuck’ in time. This allows for storytelling that can be eminently pure cinema, not so linear, where you can jump back from one time period to another, and present a reality where these juxtaposed time periods meld together. It can be less traditional and more adventurous, and presented a bit more boldly.”
Of course, don't expect to see his adaptation ...]]></description>
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		<title>Guillermo del Toro and his next 9 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro, who alongside Christopher Nolan (man, I wish he would do one of these articles too!) is the most exciting director in the business today has his next nine years of directing all sewn up according to Variety.

This is what we can look forward to from the talented Mexican maestro...

For the next four years, two movies based on The Hobbit and bridging the gap between Tolkien's first novel and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.



"No one expected ‘The Hobbit’ to come about; it was the most marvelous monkey wrench tossed into my life,"

While we are on the subject of The Hobbit, Variety have revealed that del Toro is not in New Zealand with Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh for most of the writing stages of the film. He is only present for a short period of time every three weeks and does the rest of his consulting via video conferencing.
Then his next projects are likely to all be for Universal, the studio he has enjoyed a close relationship with since they agreed to finance his most personal and self indulgent (I don't mean that particularly as a cite) film to date, Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
The ...]]></description>
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		<title>John Noble would say no to THE HOBBIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far we know that Andy Serkis &#38; Ian McKellen will both return for The Hobbit when filming begins next year on Guillermo del Toro's first of a two film epic that will bridge the gap between Tolkien's first novel and the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy.

We have also heard in the past that Jackson and del Toro both agree that any of the original cast members who would like to return to the series, no matter who they are, would be welcome to return... probably with the second movie featuring them.

So at this moment, no one cast member from the original franchise can be ruled out. Except John Noble, who has told MTV this week that he would decline the offer to return to the series, even if del Toro asked him directly.


“If they said, ‘Would you come and play Denethor again,’” Noble said, “I would have to say, ‘No, I’m doing [new J.J. Abrams television series] ‘Fringe’! And I certainly couldn’t play a younger Denethor or even Echelion now that I’m an older John. Not even with makeup.”

“I do wish them the best of luck, however,” he added. “There’s tremendous fan interest in ‘The Hobbit.’ But ‘Lord ...]]></description>
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		<title>HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY DVD &amp; Blu-Ray artwork!</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/dvd-news/hellboy-ii-the-golden-army-dvd-blu-ray-artwork.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ironically, since I started Obsessed With Film, I think I've actually seen less movies in the theatre. I just don't have as much spare time as I used to, there would have been a time I would have seen a movie such as Hellboy II, or fuck it, any Guillermo del Toro movie on it's first showing I could find.

But as of right now, I haven't seen it despite the film opening on Wednesday, four God damn days ago. That will all change in a few hours though as I'm seeing the movie tonight and maybe it's distance from The Dark Knight's release will help me enjoy it more.

Anyway enough of my usual waffling. Universal have today released the cover art for the 2 Disc Blu-Ray and 3-Disc Standard DVD (&#38; Collector's edition) release of the film. Sadly The Digital Bits who carry the scope didn't actually include a big image, so this is all we have.

AWFUL cover art, when you remember how cool that Frank Miller esque poster looked.



No extra's have been announced just yet, though if it's anything like the original film's release it will be jam packed with extra goodies. At least 3 hours worth, plus an ...]]></description>
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		<title>Writing begins on THE HOBBIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm imagining them all together in a Hobbit home somewhere, the quartet of Peter Jackson, Philipa Boyens, Fran Walsh and Guillermo del Toro writing the two movies that will not only adapt J.R.R. Tolkien's original Middle-Earth set novel but also will bridge the gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

EW have confirmed writing has now taken place with a forum member of The One Ring also claiming del Toro recently said in a Q &#38; A for Hellboy II that the writing process on the film was "beautiful".

The first movie in the new two part epic is set to be released in December 2011 and should begin shooting late next year.
We expect to hear the first casting of new roles around Christmas time, though we do already know that Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis will return as Gandalf and Gollum respectively.
source - coming soon ]]></description>
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		<title>THE HOBBIT to be distinctly Guillermo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Clayton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the behind-the-scenes involvement of Peter Jackson and the filming location of New Zealand, Guillermo del Toro has given further hints that his adaptation of The Hobbit will be distinctly different to Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.


Although there will be congruence, the Mexican auteur looks set to make sure that the two new Tolkien films will be marked by his unique touch.

Speaking to The Times, the Hellboy helmer elaborated on how he’ll be looking to draw upon his fascination with fairytales and mythology and how the new duology will fit in with Jackson’s works.
“I’m trying to be faithful to what I read when I was young. That’s The Hobbit I’m serving. I cannot serve a Peter Jackson film. We also hope to bridge the trilogy. We will create an expansion of what lies in the four books and in a number of appendices. I’m not going to New Zealand for two years to do one movie. I’m going there for four years.”
It’ll be interesting to see how del Toro handles the material and how the production will unfold both in terms of visuals and story. Such statements certainly give a good indication that del Toro is passionate about the ...]]></description>
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		<title>DON&#8217;T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, says del Toro!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ever busy Guillermo del Toro has struck a deal with Miramax to produce but not direct a remake of the made for t.v. cult horror film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark which ran on ABC in 1973. del Toro would have been 9 back then, it's not a stretch to believe he saw this movie not too long after that date and it's stuck with him ever since.

Directing the picture will be comic book artist/writer Troy Nixey who will be making his feature film debut.


del Toro himself will somehow find the time to co-adapt the original Nigel McKeand teleplay with Matthew Robbins, his writing partner on Mimic.
Sally and her husband Alex inherit a Victorian mansion from Sally's recently deceased grandmother. Despite cloudy warnings from the estate's handyman, Mr. Harris, Sally opens a sealed fireplace that holds a hideous secret.
I've never heard of the made for t.v. feature but it's labelled as a cult classic, going by the title of NightmareNewland in Europe. It was directed by John  (he previously helmed the great Star Trek episode Errand of Mercy) and was very low budge feature with no stars which has amazingly become a movie to remember for those ...]]></description>
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		<title>BR: THE ORPHANAGE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Available on BLU-RAY DVD from July 21st 2008 priced at £16.98

This is my favourite film of the year so far and upon second viewing just a few days before the release of The Dark Knight in U.K. cinema's, all I can say is that Christopher Nolan has his work cut out if his film is going to be my top movie by Christmas.

This is altogether the creepiest, the scariest, the most thought provoking and excitable film I've seen in the  horror genre in years. This is every bit as good as the classic "mystery" horror movies of the 70's, The Omen, The Exorcist and Don't Look Now - but with an unmistakable European flavour of Mexican director Alejandro Amenabar's The Others of 2001.

And when I saw it in theatres it made me jump and scream like a bitch. Two female youngsters next to me, who couldn't be much older than 17, I thought had been wired up like an old William Castle film to an electric shock machine, because they just couldn't sit still in their seats for more than two minutes. This is the way horror movies should be... people actually screaming out loud to what they are ...]]></description>
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		<title>HELLBOY II reviews are strong</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a wonderful start to the Summer with the refreshing superhero movie Iron Man, a quick and sudden collapse of the blockbuster season occurred with Indiana Jones, Speed Racer (though I haven't seen it to be fair but from what I've seen... ridiculous), Hancock and The Incredible Hulk disappointing and as what seems to be the common phrase these days, they all... "nuked the fridge".

It's amazing to me how the Summer blockbuster has fallen so quickly in the last few years and how a movie like Hancock can unashamedly decide to kill any chance of it being an ambitious and worthwhile film from what was originally written in favour of getting asses on seats.

But we say our prayers for the few masters we still have. People like Guillermo del Toro, a massive OWF favourite and his sequel to the excellent 2004 adaptation of Hellboy, which if it's as good as the original... it will be a delight in a less than delightful blockbuster season so far.

Here's the critics response, first from Emmanuel Levy who gave it a Solid B - praising the visuals but not so much the story...
Guillermo Del Toro gives full expression to his boundless visual imagination and ...]]></description>
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		<title>del Toro wants Doug Jones for his FRANKENSTEIN&#8217;S MONSTER!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Guillermo del Toro ever gets to shoot the original early 90's draft of Frank Darabont's Frankenstein (which was heavily reworked and changed by Kenneth Branagh in 1994) then he plans to cast his frequent collaborator Doug Jones for the monstrous role.

It would appear that it's not only because he trusts Jones whole heartedly with his transformations into weird creatures or solely because he likes working with him but because the only vision of Frankenstein that del Toro has ever leeched onto is Berni Wrightson's tragic, lanky version of the character which would suit Jones down to the ground.


"I think he can do a fantastic job. Ron looks seven feet tall in Hellboy, but he's not. I think we could do that with Doug, but I would love to do it with him. The only vision of the Frankenstein monster I've ever latched onto is Berni Wrightson's. He's lanky and long and it's gorgeous in a tragic way. Doug has all of those qualities."
The 1983 released book of Wrightson's illustrated Frankenstein has been out of print for sometime but ironically and a complete coincidence in timing with del Toro's mention I assure you, a brand new hardcover edition of the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Final HELLBOY II Trailer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To me, Hellboy II: The Golden Army feels years away. Not until August 22nd are we getting the latest movie from Guillermo del Toro which is just one of the many reasons why it sucks to be living in the U.K.

The film opens in the U.S. the week after next.

There's a new trailer for the movie online which you can see in HD or with the player below...
 
When you see everything he has done with this film on a $70 million budget, can you imagine what his Middle-Earth universe is going to look like?
Don't be fooled though, this is so much more than a stop gap until The Hobbit comes out. I'm hoping, no expecting this to be one of the most entertaining films of the year.
How does your excitement level read for this one?
source - coming soon ]]></description>
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