Guillermo del Toro Thinks PROMETHEUS Could Spell Demise Of AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

Guillermo del Toro Thinks PROMETHEUS Could Spell Demise Of AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

Guillermo del Toro has been trying to make an R rated, big budget film of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, but Universal wouldn't Greenlight it. And now the director believes Ridley Scott's Prometheus could be the final nail in the coffin.

By nailbiter111 - May 06, 2012 05:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: deltorofilms.com



Guillermo del toro has been trying to make H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness for quite some time. The story is about an Antarctic expedition that uncovers ruins of an ancient city and the remains of strange creatures. Just last year Universal pulled the plug when the director wouldn't back down from an R rating. With a budget hovering around $150 million it didn't seem feasible to Universal to greenlight an R rated big budget film even if Tom Cruise was attached to star, and James Cameron was to be an executive producer and 3D consultant.

Even after all that Guillermo did not give up hope and was said to be shopping around his vision to other studios. Now it seems that all hope is lost as Guillermo has written a message on his official fan site that describes how Prometheus is too similar to At the Mountains of Madness.

Same premise. Scenes that would be almost identical. Both movies seem to share identical set pieces and the exact same BIG REVELATION (twist) at the end. I won't spoil it.


I have been interviewed about this lately and wanted to post my two cents about this:

Prometheus started filming a while ago- right at the time we were in pre-production on PACIFIC RIM. The title itself gave me pause- knowing that ALIEN was heavily influenced by Lovecraft and his novella.

This time, decades later with the budget and place Ridley Scott occupied, I assumed the greek metaphor alluded at the creation aspects of the HPL book. I believe I am right and if so, as a fan, I am delighted to see a new RS science fiction film, but this will probably mark a long pause -if not the demise- of ATMOM.

The sad part is- I have been pursuing ATMOM for over a decade now- and, well, after Hellboy II two projects I dearly loved were not brought to fruition for me.

The good part is: One project did... And I am loving it and grateful for the blessings I have received.




It's not all bad news as Guillermo also revealed some new information for his robots versus monsters film. He says he will be at the San Diego Comic Con, and that he wants either a downloadable tie-in game, or "a GREAT game with 3 years leeway to develop."

And what about those giant robots, did he use motion capture technology for them?
No motion capture. All Key Frame. The cadence and gait of something 250 feet tall cannot be exactly human EVEN if its human operated.

There are Iconic moments in the film but we are trying to focus on CREATING moments rather than making an homage.




Pacific Rim is scheduled for release on July 12, 2013. The cast includes Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi, Max Martini, Rob Kazinsky, Clifton Collins Jr. and Diego Klattenhoff.

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Montross
Montross - 5/6/2012, 5:45 PM
All the more reason to make Hellboy 3 after Pacific Rim.
Viltrumite
Viltrumite - 5/6/2012, 5:45 PM
[frick], that sucks. I've been looking forward to At the Mountains of Madness for a while. I remember being completely furious when I found out that Universal decided to not give him funding for the time being.
At least Prometheus looks amazing, so...there's that.
RaMan
RaMan - 5/6/2012, 5:45 PM
del Toro for Hulk TV show!!!
Ghasst
Ghasst - 5/6/2012, 5:55 PM
No Lovecraft? No love.
jazzman
jazzman - 5/6/2012, 5:57 PM
see this is the major problem with film studios not every sci-fi or fantasy movie needs to be PG-13. what happen to the days u let a director be creative with hes project.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 5/6/2012, 6:09 PM
This sucks! :(

Studios have lost their balls!

They better make that ATMOM movie someday!
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 5/6/2012, 6:12 PM
And yeah high five to Del Toro for not giving up.
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 5/6/2012, 6:22 PM
So Universal didn't want to make ATMOM, but is willing to invest $200M into a Battleship movie. No wonder their films have been bombing these last few years.

Well, at least we got Pacific Rim to look forward to next year.
EastcoastAvenger
EastcoastAvenger - 5/6/2012, 6:26 PM
So whats up with a Hulk T.V. show now that the Avengers is one of the biggest movies ever?
jazzman
jazzman - 5/6/2012, 6:37 PM
@CaptainObvious

so f**king true they wasted their money on a crappy movie like Battleship
KnobGoblin
KnobGoblin - 5/6/2012, 6:42 PM
Big Del Toro fan so I'm really looking forward to Pacific Rim, and hope to see the completion of a HellBoy trilogy someday.
DZ123
DZ123 - 5/6/2012, 6:49 PM
Wouldn't this be a good thing in GDT's case? I mean, they got John Carter greenlit because of Avatar, so 'Madness should be a shoe-in, too.
incrediblesuperbatspider
incrediblesuperbatspider - 5/6/2012, 6:57 PM
I second the notion that battleship will suck
jazzman
jazzman - 5/6/2012, 7:01 PM
@TheMumbleRises

what stupid thing to say. Guillermo del Toro fricking did Pan's Labyrinth his own movie. Nolan fricking did Memento and Inception his own movie. both are great at adapting source material.
pro346
pro346 - 5/6/2012, 7:57 PM
@DRomeo its actually not that bad of a movie...great special effects and best of all of doesn't take itself too serious.
Lego
Lego - 5/6/2012, 8:13 PM
ARE YOU SERIOUS>?

[frick]!!!

I rather see ATMOM than a stupid alien ridley flick!

Guilermo only makes like 1 movie every 5 [frick]ing years and ridley been chalking up crap for years!

[frick] MUTAH [frick]ER SHIT !!
gaikinger
gaikinger - 5/6/2012, 9:03 PM
Good great wonderful!....now get on with Hellboy 3 and stfu!
JimmytheMole
JimmytheMole - 5/6/2012, 10:06 PM
One thing people forget is how similar the first avp movie was to atmom even taking place in the same location in Antarctica
Oxbow
Oxbow - 5/7/2012, 12:05 AM
agreed. mountains of madness is lovecraft's best story imo. what a damn shame...why ridley scott, why??? Prometheus better shine my shoes and give me a bj, to make up for this loss.
jazzman
jazzman - 5/7/2012, 3:27 AM
@TheMumbleRises

u do realise source materials has to be changed to make it work on film. also Nolan and Guillermo made Batman and Hellboy work on the big screen. look a what both done Nolan reboot Batman and now every comic book movie or film following the reboot thing. and Hellboy became a culture classic.

u cant forget Guillermo del Toro fricking did Blade 2 God dammit.
jj2112
jj2112 - 5/7/2012, 4:00 AM
It would be crap anyway. Lovecraft's stories usually end in despair and hopelessness, and it was rumoured that Tom Cruise the clown would be in it, so I'm sure that he would free the world from the lurking horrors with a grin in his face and big explosions in the background... No thanks. Nobody has done Lovecraft right and nobody ever will (In the mouth of madness was the closest we'll get).
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