Guillermo del Toro

Here Are 13 Gorgeous Pieces of Shape of Water Art, One for Each of Its Oscar Nominations

It’s pretty rare when the film leading all nominees at the Academy Awards is a genre movie, but that happened this year. Guillermo del Toro’s beautiful movie, The Shape of Water, got 13 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and it’s cause for celebration. Thankfully, Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles, CA currently has a del Toro-inspired…

Movies Germain Lussier Jan 23

Guillermo del Toro Says His ‘Strange Little Tales’ Saved Him in His Emotional Golden Globe Speech

Oprah Winfrey may be the one getting most of the Golden Globe Awards headlines, but the speech that immediately followed hers was one for the books too. Last night Guillermo del Toro was awarded Best Director for The Shape of Water and, fighting back tears, he talked about how monsters, especially his own creations, saved…

Movies Germain Lussier Jan 8

The Only Woman Who’s Won a Best Director Golden Globe Says Patty Jenkins Got Snubbed

Barbra Streisand is the only woman to have ever received a Golden Globe award for Best Director. A mere 34 years after she won, Streisand is calling out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for ignoring some of 2017’s most-promising female directors—especially Wonder Woman’s Patty Jenkins. While presenting the nominees for Best Picture, Drama during Sunday’s…

Movies Beth Elderkin Jan 8

A Complete List of the 2018 Golden Globe Winners You Actually Care About

You can go to any website and find a list of all the winners from Sunday’s 75th annual Golden Globes. But we’re io9 and Gizmodo. We don’t cover many of the major films or TV shows nominated. So, below, we’ve just curated the ones you, the readers of our sites, would actually care about. Best…

Movies Germain Lussier Jan 7

Guillermo del Toro Spent Years Making Sure The Shape of Water‘s Fish Monster Had a Sexy Butt

Because The Shape of Water was always meant to be a romantic fairy tale for adults, director Guillermo del Toro knew that if he was going to sell audiences on the idea of an inter-species love affair, he would need to try (in earnest) to make the fish man at least somewhat conventionally attractive. Rather than focusing…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 26

OK, Which of You Idiots Pranked Guillermo del Toro With a Crappy Homemade UFO?

Earlier this month, news broke that the Pentagon had secretly run a $22 million program to investigate unidentified flying objects—and obtained evidence including footage of Navy F/A-18 pilots chasing a strange craft off the coast of San Diego in 2004 and an alleged warehouse of mysterious “alloys.” To this list of evidence we can add…

Movies Tom McKay Dec 24

If You Wanted to Know Where The Shape of Water‘s Fishman Came From, I Have Bad News

In almost every single film Guillermo del Toro’s made, the director creates vivid, imaginative, unforgettable creatures. He also famously writes long, elaborate backstories for all of his characters, whether they ends up on screen or not. So, in The Shape of Water, you’d assume del Toro crafted the ultimate backstory for arguably his most important…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 13

Guillermo del Toro Will Co-Write and Direct a Carnival Film Noir

A day after The Shape of Water led all other films with seven Golden Globe nominations, Guillermo del Toro’s relationship with Fox Searchlight has been solidified. The filmmaker and studio just announced two new genre films, one of which del Toro will write and direct, the other he’ll produce. Variety reports that del Toro and…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 12

Somebody Threw Up and Passed Out While Making The Shape of Water‘s Most Romantic Scene

Guillermo del Toro’s latest film is a modern-day masterpiece about the unlikely love story between a mute human woman and a one-of-a-kind amphibian creature. The Shape of Water is lovely to look at but, for one hapless performer, making it sounds like it was hell. In a Vanity Fair interview about the making of the…

Movies Evan Narcisse Dec 7

Swamp Thing and the Demon Would’ve Been the Batman and Superman of the Justice League Dark Movie

Guillermo del Toro has a habit of signing on for awesome-sounding projects that he either drops out of or never gets made at all. Either way, not a day goes by that we shouldn’t all be mourning the fact that we’re probably never going to get a del Toro-directed Justice League Dark movie. Based on…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 6

The Shape of Water Novel Does Much, Much More Than Adapt the Movie

Most movie novelizations do little more than write down what audiences see on the screen. But the novel that’s accompanying Guillermo del Toro’s new movie The Shape of Water is no mere adaptation. Co-author Daniel Kraus’ book and the film tell the same story, of a mute woman who falls in love with an imprisoned…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Dec 6

Guillermo del Toro Thinks Most Modern Monster Flicks Are Too ‘Ironic’ to Work

Universal’s Dark Universe looks to be dead in the black lagoon, and The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro might know why. In an interview with ScreenRant, del Toro was asked why it’s so hard for the most recent monster movie reboots to succeed like their 20th century counterparts. Del Toro would know better…

Movies Beth Elderkin Dec 4

Blade II Is an Important Guillermo del Toro Movie That Does Not Hold Up at All

Blade II is not as good as you remember. That is, assuming you even liked it in the first place. Back in 2002, I saw the film in theaters and liked it so much I rushed out to buy the DVD when it was released. However, revisiting the early Guillermo del Toro film this week…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 2

Guillermo del Toro Wishes He’d Taken Over Universal’s Monster Movies (and So Do We)

Universal’s plans for a shared universe of monster movies are all but dead after the creative team tapped to build out the franchise left the project. The news wasn’t exactly surprising when it first broke considering the reception to The Mummy, but it did beg the question: what might have happened if Guillermo del Toro,…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Nov 29

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water Is a Beautiful Love Story Where the Story Doesn’t Matter

In Guillermo del Toro’s latest film The Shape of Water, a mute cleaning lady falls in love with a mysterious fishman. It’s a weird premise, to be sure, but nothing about how it’s handled feels weird. Instead, del Toro’s film is poetic, sumptuous, emotionally complex, and yet almost strikingly simple in its narrative. The Shape…

Movies Germain Lussier Nov 28

How The Strain Made Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water Possible

When Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water opens in December, audiences are going to be wowed by it. It’s a lush, amazing-looking film, and according to del Toro, its budget was a fraction of what you might think—partially because of another show he produces. Speaking as part of a Q&A held by Film Independent…

Movies Germain Lussier Nov 17

The Shape of Water‘s Latest Trailer Offers Our Best Look at Guillermo del Toro’s Newest Monster

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is a dark fairy tale about the forbidden romance between an amphibious, humanoid cryptid and Elisa, a mute woman who works for the government agency that’s secretly keeping him prisoner. Strange as their romance might seem at first, there’s an element of mystery to the creature that sort…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Nov 9

Guillermo Del Toro’s Trollhunters Series Is Expanding Into Two New Shows About Wizards and Aliens

Last year, Guillermo Del Toro kicked off a new animated series for Netflix: Trollhunters, about a young boy Jim (voiced by the late Anton Yelchin) fighting off a horde of Trolls living underneath his hometown of Arcadia. Turns out Arcadia’s got a bit more than a troll problem: two new forces are on the way,…

Television James Whitbrook Nov 7

Guillermo Del Toro on the Brutal Honesty of Monster Movies

It’s the season of spooks and monsters, and no one loves a good spook or monster than Guillermo Del Toro. But the director recently shared some thoughts on what makes the monstrous so fascinating to people, and his answer was suitably chilling. Speaking to Variety at the Lumière Festival this week, Del Toro discussed the…

Movies James Whitbrook Oct 17

You’ll Learn Almost Too Much About the Fish Man in This New Shape of Water Video

Any time Guillermo del Toro makes a movie, we take notice. And when one gets reviews like The Shape of Water is getting, we also become very excited. A new featurette adds to the anticipation by providing new footage of, and info about, the film’s mysterious fish man. That said, it also goes a little…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 5

Here Are 13 Gorgeous Pieces of Shape of Water Art, One for Each of Its Oscar Nominations

Guillermo del Toro Says His ‘Strange Little Tales’ Saved Him in His Emotional Golden Globe Speech

The Only Woman Who’s Won a Best Director Golden Globe Says Patty Jenkins Got Snubbed

A Complete List of the 2018 Golden Globe Winners You Actually Care About

Guillermo del Toro Spent Years Making Sure The Shape of Water‘s Fish Monster Had a Sexy Butt

OK, Which of You Idiots Pranked Guillermo del Toro With a Crappy Homemade UFO?

If You Wanted to Know Where The Shape of Water‘s Fishman Came From, I Have Bad News

Guillermo del Toro Will Co-Write and Direct a Carnival Film Noir

Somebody Threw Up and Passed Out While Making The Shape of Water‘s Most Romantic Scene

Swamp Thing and the Demon Would’ve Been the Batman and Superman of the Justice League Dark Movie

The Shape of Water Novel Does Much, Much More Than Adapt the Movie

Guillermo del Toro Thinks Most Modern Monster Flicks Are Too ‘Ironic’ to Work

Blade II Is an Important Guillermo del Toro Movie That Does Not Hold Up at All

Guillermo del Toro Wishes He’d Taken Over Universal’s Monster Movies (and So Do We)

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water Is a Beautiful Love Story Where the Story Doesn’t Matter

How The Strain Made Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water Possible

The Shape of Water‘s Latest Trailer Offers Our Best Look at Guillermo del Toro’s Newest Monster

Guillermo Del Toro’s Trollhunters Series Is Expanding Into Two New Shows About Wizards and Aliens

Guillermo Del Toro on the Brutal Honesty of Monster Movies

You’ll Learn Almost Too Much About the Fish Man in This New Shape of Water Video

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