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Guillermo del Toro to Produce Day of the Dead
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Animation, Drama, Romance, Celeb News, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases,
Guillermo del Toro will produce CG-animated movie Day of the Dead.
The Pan's Labyrinth director joins Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone Inc. in the Reel FX venture, described as a tragic Romeo & Juliet-style love story that takes place during Mexican holiday Day of the Dead.
The script was penned by animated TV show writer Doug Langdale and co-creator of Nickelodeon's El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Jorge R. Gutierrez. Gutierrez is also set to direct the feature.
The film, due for release in late 2014, marks Guadalajara Jalisco native Del Toro's first involvement in a Mexican feature since Cronos in 1993. In recent years, his signature style - mixing fables with horror, history and fantasy - has made him one of the most in demand directors in Hollywood.
Having stepped down from his role in producing the film adaptation of The Hobbit, Del Toro is currently working on sci-fi blockbuster Pacific Rim for Legendary Pictures. The apocalyptic action film, due for release in May next year, stars The Wire's Idris Elba in his first lead role.
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This Week on HD DVD and Blu-ray: October 2, 2007
Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Animation, Classics, Documentary, Drama, Family, Horror, Independent, Musicals, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Distribution, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
This Tuesday brings the release of some great titles, new and old. As expected, the studios are rolling out some Halloween-inspired classics, filled with zombies, vampires and serial killers; though sadly, only Blu-ray supporters seem to be taking advantage of the upcoming holiday.
HD DVD studios chose instead to use this week to re-release a bunch of titles that were previously only available in those obnoxious HD DVD/DVD Combo discs. You know, the $40 releases that were appealing to neither the HD owners nor the standard-definition owners? Those of you who rightly refused to make such a silly purchase can now have some great HD titles for a lower price, thanks to Warner Home Video coming to its senses. Any of the following films with an asterisk (*) in the title are the re-released versions.
Check out this Tuesday’s HD DVD and Blu-ray releases after the jump.
To see this week’s standard-definition DVD releases, click here.
To see this week’s TV-On-DVD releases, click here.
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