It seems that director Guillermo del Toro already has a plan for his upcoming adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tale. The man who's currently traveling within middle earth recently spoke with MTV and revealed his game plan on how to adapt the 1886 classic tale to new audiences everywhere. Namely, a plan involving addiction between the two personalities.
“If you tell the story fully, you can not only see it as a story of repression, of the build-up of repression until it manifests itself like a monster,” Del Toro explained. “I think that Hyde — yes, he’s a creature of subterranean desire and all that — but it’s more than that. He’s an addiction.”
“In every story of addiction, people seem to [underestimate] what the addiction does to the person,” Del Toro continued. “And what does Hyde give Jekyll that is so powerful? That can be explored.”
Of course, when this film gets made is another story. Del Toro has numerous projects on his agenda, a modern take of Frankenstein being one, while also having to juggle a time consuming five year shoot for the upcoming Hobbit films.
I think there is quite possibly an army of Guillermo Del Toro's running around this planet. He's locked away in a castle somewhere planning the conquering of Earth, while his Doom-bot style look-a-likes carry out his master plan of taking over the world by means of kick-ass movies.
It's like MST3K, but with good movies...
I think he'll direct Captain America , the Avengers, the next Superman and maybe the Justice League if he doesn't take time to go to the lavatory.
Funny, the guy who directed Mimic is becoming a huge director. Not to say Mimic is bad. I guess you could say the same thing about James Cameron (Phiranna II). Everyone has got to start somewhere. He is an amazing director, but none of his movies have really made serious bank yet. I am sure The Hobbit will be huge, and I can't wait for that.
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This guy is busier than a puppy w/2 peters.