Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker
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| 2025 | Guillermo del Toro is set to direct a new adaptation of 'Frankenstein', continuing his exploration of gothic and monster-themed storytelling. |
| September 2024 | Expressed strong skepticism about AI in filmmaking during an interview with the British Film Institute, criticizing AI's limitations in creating meaningful art and emotional depth. |
| 2023 | Guillermo del Toro directed 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial', a legal drama film based on the play by Herman Wouk. |
| 2023 | Del Toro was associated with TV projects Barry and documentary Dario Argento Panico |
| 2023 | The Haunted Mansion film was revived and released, directed by Justin Simien. |
| 2023 | Del Toro reflected on the Omnivore project, describing it as a very late teens, early twenties, underground comix-type of story with heavy metal influences. |
| 2022 | Del Toro served as showrunner for Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, writing the episode 'Lot 36' and the story for 'The Murmuring' |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro released his animated adaptation of 'Pinocchio', a stop-motion film that reimagines the classic tale. |
| 2022 | Del Toro updated his list of top 10 favorite films for the Sight & Sound poll, introducing new selections like Barry Lyndon and No Country for Old Men while maintaining some of his previous choices. |
| November 2022 | After the premiere of Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix, del Toro reveals plans for a potential second season and discusses potential directors. |
| October 2022 | Guillermo del Toro confirmed that his adaptation of 'Pinocchio' was the last film in the 'Childhood and War' trilogy. |
| September 2022 | Peter Bogdanovich's widow confirmed that del Toro's biopic about the Gershwin brothers, Our Love Is Here to Stay, was still being developed. |
| 2021 | Del Toro wrote 'Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans' and produced 'Antlers', showcasing his continued involvement in multiple film projects. |
| 2021 | Guillermo del Toro directed the film 'Nightmare Alley', a neo-noir psychological thriller released in this year. |
| 2021 | Del Toro reconfirmed his interest in adapting Stephen King's Pet Sematary into a feature film. |
| December 2021 | Guillermo del Toro revealed that he pitched At the Mountains of Madness to Netflix after signing a multi-year deal with the streaming service in 2020. |
| 2020 | Del Toro produced and wrote the video game Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia |
| 2020 | Del Toro wrote episodes 'Spellbound' and 'History in the Making' for the animated series Wizards |
| 2020 | The live-action adaptation of The Witches, for which Guillermo del Toro was a screenwriter and producer, was released in 2020. |
| 2019 | Del Toro was involved with multiple projects including The Simpsons, 3Below animated series, and video game Death Stranding |
| 2019 | Del Toro provided an original story for the series Carnival Row |
| 2019 | Del Toro contributed to the story and produced 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark', expanding his work in the horror genre. |
| 2019 | Appeared in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding, providing his likeness for the character Deadman. |
| 2019 | Del Toro's collaboration with David S. Goyer on a potential Star Wars film about Jabba the Hutt was officially abandoned. |
| 2019 | Del Toro expressed uncertainty regarding the production of The Haunted Mansion, despite having a positive feeling about the scripts. |
| July 2019 | Ron Perlman expressed his desire to finish the Hellboy trilogy with Guillermo del Toro, disregarding the reboot and hoping for potential financing. |
| April 2019 | A reboot of Hellboy was released with no involvement from Guillermo del Toro. |
| March 2019 | Del Toro was attached to write and direct the action film Zanbato for Paramount Pictures and J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot. |
| 2018 | Guillermo del Toro worked on Mickey and the Roadster Racers animated series |
| 2018 | Guillermo del Toro began directing and writing episodes for the animated series 3Below, including 'Terra Incognita: Part 1 & 2' |
| 2018 | Guillermo del Toro produced 'Pacific Rim: Uprising', continuing his involvement in the science fiction franchise. |
| June 2018 | In June 2018, Robert Zemeckis signed on as director of a live-action adaptation of The Witches, with Guillermo del Toro remaining as screenwriter and producer. |
| 2017 | At the Lumière Film Festival, del Toro was announced as the director of a documentary about Michael Mann. |
| 2017 | Del Toro stated that over 300 pieces of art were created during pre-production for At the Mountains of Madness, emphasizing the extensive work completed on the project. |
| 2017 | Guillermo del Toro later incorporated some of the story elements he envisioned for the Creature from the Black Lagoon remake into his film The Shape of Water, which was released in 2017. |
| September 30 2017 | Launched the 'At Home with Monsters' exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, running until 7 January 2018. |
| August 31 2017 | Premiered The Shape of Water at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, winning the Golden Lion for best film - becoming the first Mexican director to win this award. |
| August 1 2017 | Began the 'Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters' exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which ran until 27 November 2016. |
| March 5 2017 | Opened the 'At Home with Monsters' exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which ran until 28 May 2017. |
| February 21 2017 | Guillermo del Toro confirmed via Twitter that the third Hellboy movie had been scrapped. |
| 2016 | Published a book and exhibition titled 'Guillermo del Toro at Home with Monsters', reflecting on his complex relationship with Mexican Catholic dogma and his perspective on monsters as 'patron saints of imperfection'. |
| September 26 2016 | Ron Perlman announced on Twitter that he was working on a new Hellboy film, but stated that del Toro was unlikely to return as director. |
| September 4 2016 | Brigham Taylor signed on to co-produce Guillermo del Toro's The Haunted Mansion film. |
| August 15 2016 | Began filming The Shape of Water in Toronto, completing production twelve weeks later. |
| February 2016 | Steven S. DeKnight is announced as the new director of Pacific Rim sequel, with del Toro remaining as producer. |
| January 14 2016 | It was announced that del Toro would write the screenplay and direct Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. |
| January 7 2016 | Del Toro was in talks to direct a remake of Fantastic Voyage for 20th Century Fox. |
| 2015 | Del Toro first expresses interest in adapting Stephen King's Pet Sematary, calling the original work 'unrelentingly dark and emotional'. |
| 2015 | The film 'Pan' was released by New Line Cinema to critical dismay. |
| 2015 | Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham revived the project A Killing on Carnival Row, rebranding it as a series at Amazon Studios, with Del Toro set to co-write a pilot version of the script. |
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