Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix Horror Series Is Overflowing With Talent

Audiences are about to get a peek into the twisted thoughts of Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro—truly, eight peeks, to be exact. Netflix simply introduced the forged and crew for a brand new present referred to as Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. It’s a collection of genre-bending tales, curated by The Shape of Water and Pan’s Labyrinth director, loaded with completely different stars and filmmakers. Filming on the present simply started in Toronto, Canada.

According to the press launch the present options “a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original works by del Toro) will be brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro.” So mainly, he got here up with two tales and is government producing the present. But he’s not alone. J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water) additionally serves as EP and co-showrunner, with government producers Gary Ungar and Regina Corrado alongside for the trip too.

Details about the tales are underneath wraps, however right here’s the expertise concerned in every episode. (See images of everybody in this Twitter thread.)

• Essie Davis (The Babadook), Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead), and Hannah Galway (Sex/Life) star in an episode written and directed by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), from an authentic story by del Toro.
• Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest, Amadeus), Glynn Turman (Fargo, The Wire), and Luke Roberts (Black Sails) star in an episode written by David S. Goyer (Blade, The Dark Knight, Man of Steel), primarily based on a brief story by Michael Shea and directed by David Prior (The Empty Man).
• Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Elpidia Carrillo (Predator), Demetrius Grosse (Fear The Walking Dead; Lovecraft Country), and Sebastian Roché (The Man within the High Castle) star in an episode written by Regina Corrado (Deadwood, The Strain) and directed by Guillermo Navarro (Narcos). This one can also be primarily based on an authentic story by del Toro.
• Crispin Glover (Back To The Future, Willard) and Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone, Westworld) star in an episode written by Lee Patterson (The Colony) and directed by Keith Thomas (Firestarter). It’s primarily based on a brief story by H.P. Lovecraft.
• Peter Weller (RoboCop) stars in an episode directed by Panos Cosmatos (Mandy), who additionally wrote the script together with Aaron Stewart-Ahn (Mandy).
• Mika Watkins (Black Mirror) wrote this episode primarily based on a brief story by H.P. Lovecraft, directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight). The forged shall be introduced later.
• David Hewlett (See, The Shape of Water) stars in an episode written and directed by Vincenzo Natali (In The Tall Grass, Splice) primarily based on a brief story by Henry Kuttner.
• Haley Z. Boston (Brand New Cherry Flavor) wrote an episode that’ll be directed by directed by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night; The Bad Batch) with a forged to be confirmed later. It’s primarily based on a brief story by comedian guide writer Emily Carroll.

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So yeah. An excellently studded line-up each behind and in entrance of the digicam. The subsequent characteristic movie from Del Toro is his carnival-primarily based thriller Nightmare Alley, which is scheduled for launch later this 12 months; Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities will in all probability be out subsequent 12 months someday.

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