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Guillermo Del Toro, unable to get his version of H.P. Lovecraft’s “At The Mountains Of Madness” off the ground, was originally slated to direct “The Hobbit,” with Peter Jackson producing. Because of financial problems at MGM (the studio that would have released it) he left “The Hobbit,” and moved on moved on to Legendary Films “Pacific Rim” (though he makes abundantly clear that he has not given up on ATMOM).”
At this point I am unsure what Pacific Rim is exactly about, though what I have read seems to indicate there will be giant monsters (Yea!) and giant robots to fight the aforementioned monsters (Double Yea!)
I imagine this as The Shogun Warriors, crossed with “Robot Jox,” which is in its own way similar to Michael Bay’s Transformers films, except that “Pacific Rim” will hopefully not suck like the second Transformers film, which scarred me to such a degree that I am literally afraid to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon” despite it having a very cool trailer.
Oh. My. God (pardon the pun). Darren Aronofsky has recently made a quite profitable film–”Black Swan”–and for some reason feels the need to ruin his one-film profitability streak by making a movie about Noah’s Ark.
The last myth-based film, 2010′s “Clash of the Titans” was profitable, but despite being a mediocre film, at least had The Kraken.
First, Keanu Reeves decided not the take a lead role in Warner Brothers’ “Akira,” and now Albert Hughes, one half of the Hughes Brothers producing/directing team, has left the film. Supposedly his leaving the project was amicable, but the project–collapsing in such a fashion–seems a bit unusual. Then there was Warner’s attempt to get other big name actors, partially to justify the huge costs of the project (estimates to be north of $200 million dollars), as well as to attract investors. I have no idea if this project is going forward, though if it is it will not be in its current form. I also admire that it appears that Warner Brothers is at least attempting to salvage this project, unlike Universal, which dropped Guillermo del Toro’s film of H.P. Lovecraft’s “At The Mountains Of Madness“.
