Guillermo del Toro

A dark fairytale inspired by Guillermo del Toro’s nightmares

Inspired by a story of Guillermo del Toro’s late-night childhood visions of monsters, the short film Shhh… finds young boy Guillermo trying to deal with a nasty sister and a scary hair-eating monster who lives in the bathroom. At the very beginning of the interview below, Guillermo del Toro discusses his childhood experiences with monster…

Take a video tour inside Guillermo del Toro’s spooky house

If we could take a guided tour of one person’s home, the answer would always be Guillermo del Toro. And now we can. Back in 2009 GDT gave us a glimpse into his amazing workshop full of supernatural goodies and movie, TV and comic book memorabilia via Wired Magazine. But there’s an even more elaborate…

Guillermo del Toro explains why he wants to ruin the human face

It’s a big month for Guillermo del Toro. Tomorrow sees the release of the Pacific Rim Blu-ray. And on Oct. 29, he’s releasing his sketchbook collection Cabinet of Curiosities. We talked to del Toro about monsters and art — plus we’re featuring an exclusive Pacific Rim deleted scene and some horrifying pages from his sketchbook.…

The Pacific Rim Gag Reel Is Insanely Charming

Not that we had ANY doubt that working on a big-budget monster movie with Guillermo del Toro would be the most charming and amazing experience ever, but this gag reel just sealed the deal. Watch GDT’s favorites flubbed lines, the cast muggings for the camera and everyone being generally adorable. This is presumably from the…

All the references in Del Toro’s Simpsons intro with handy labels

Didn’t catch all of the references in Guillermo Del Toro’s amazingly comprehensive Treehouse of Horror intro for The Simpsons? These folks think they did. (Though there are a few more in the comments.) The people over at MoviePilot put together this video, which pauses and labels each of the horror references in the intro sequence—including…

Guillermo del Toro’s Simpsons couch gag is the best thing ever

Can you name all the classic horror movies in this amazing title sequence that Guillermo del Toro directed for this Sunday’s Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode? There is just so much greatness in this three-minute clip. Can’t stop watching.

Guillermo del Toro is directing the opening sequence of The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror.” This year’s Halloween episode will kick off with a del Toro-created opener featuring monsters from the past several decades of horror movies. The episode airs on October 6th.

Eye-Popping Video: The Making of Pacific Rim‘s Opening Sequence

This VFX reel might make you appreciate Pacific Rim all over again. Guillermo del Toro’s own VFX house, Mirada, created the opening sequence (as we showed you a while ago) and now here’s a video showing just how it was done. https://gizmodo.com/an-exclusive-look-behind-the-scenes-of-pacific-rim-s-pr-870432631

Benedict Cumberbatch leaves Guillermo del Toro for the Lost City of Z

The reason for Benedict Cumberbatch’s departure from Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited horror movie Crimson Peak has finally been revealed. Cumberbatch is going to explore the Amazon in the film adaptation of The Lost City of Z novel by David Grann. The Guardian is reporting that everyone’s favorite actor The Batch has finally revealed that he…

Chinese Army claims Pacific Rim is American propaganda

You might have thought Pacific Rim was just a cool movie about mechas fighting giant monsters, but actually you missed its true purpose as pro-U.S. propaganda. Writing in a Chinese military newspaper, a Chinese officer explains the secret imperialist message of Guillermo del Toro’s movie. Pacific Rim “exported the U.S.’s rebalancing of its Asia-Pacific strategy,”…

Guillermo del Toro’s sketches reveal his At the Mountains of Madness

We’re still pretty sad that we’re never going to Guillermo del Toro’s vision for the H. P. Lovecraft story At the Mountains of Madness. Unfortunately budget cuts and Prometheus killed this movie, but it will live on forever in the much whispered about pages of Guillermo del Toro’s sketch book. https://gizmodo.com/did-prometheus-kill-guillermo-del-toros-mountains-of-ma-5908278 We’ve seen GDT’s beautiful…

An Exclusive Look Behind the Scenes of Pacific Rim‘s Prologue Sequence

Pacific Rim starts with a bang — a two-minute sequence covering 15 years of the war against the Kaiju. And this prologue, featuring 80 special effects sequences, was created by Guillermo del Toro’s own company Mirada. We’ve got an exclusiv look at the making of it. The sequence shows Kaijus decimating Manila, San Francisco and…

How Pacific Rim’s Monster-Mashing Amazingness Came Out of Digital Art

Have you seen Pacific Rim yet? We really liked it in all its creature-tastic, city destroying splendor. Watch this short behind-the-scenes video to hear about how it was all put together. The direction of Guillermo Del Toro coupled with the technical mastery of all the artists at ILM definitely produced a wonderful visual experience. Del…

The Cool Pacific Rim End Titles You Never Saw

Pacific Rim had cool end titles, featuring some nifty robot imagery over a song where Rza raps the movie’s entire plot. But the credits could have been even more awe-inspiring. Imaginary Forces, which designed the sequence, have shared some concept art for neat-looking end-titles that were rejected. In an interview with Art of the Title,…

Exclusive Concept Art of the Secret at the Heart of Pacific Rim

If you saw Pacific Rim this past weekend, you’ll know there’s a huge reveal towards the end of the movie. Something that wasn’t featured in the trailers. And we’ve got some exclusive concept art showing it, below. Top image: Wayne Barlowe’s concept art of the Exterminator Kaiju. Last week, when we did our exclusive piece…

Watch Pacific Rim‘s rousing opening and closing titles

Even if you’re not battling kaiju (or getting ready to watch Pacific Rim this weekend), the opening and end titles for Guillermo del Toro’s latest outing features great pump-you-up music and some lovely CG. Imaginary Forces created both sequences, the first to evoke the ominous threat of war and the second to celebrate the movie’s…

Pacific Rim is the greatest fairy tale of the twenty-first century

In a summer of sequels, reboots, and misfires, Pacific Rim is a brilliant surprise. Its cheerful audaciousness will take you back to a time when blockbusters were original stories that filled you with glee and wonder. This movie works just like a fairy tale, but one whose inevitable moral won’t make you claw your face…

You Don’t Know Squat About Pacific Rim

You think you know all about Pacific Rim, the robots-stomping-monsters epic that opens tonight? You haven’t even scratched the surface. We went deep inside the making of Pacific Rim and talked to the stars and VFX crew, plus director Guillermo del Toro. And we learned the Pacific Rim secrets they didn’t include in the trailers.…

Idris Elba did that “Cancelling the Apocalypse” speech a million times

If you’ve seen the trailers for Pacific Rim, then you already know that Idris Elba plays an inspirational leader. But he’s also the movie’s emotional core. We talked to Elba about the cost of fighting monsters, and just why he always ends up playing the only level-headed person in films like Pacific Rim and Prometheus.…

Why Pacific Rim Doesn’t Look Like Any Movie You’ve Ever Seen Before

Pacific Rim pays tribute to classic monster movies and films about massive mechanical gladiators — but at the same time, this movie looks totally different than anything you’ve ever seen. We talked exclusively to the head creature designer, the legendary Wayne Barlowe, and VFX supervisor John Knoll, to find out why. The thing that comes…