Guillermo Del Toro Succumbs to Madness

When Guillermo Del Toro left directing duties on The Hobbit; I was certainly a little saddened by the news.  However, word from Deadline about his next project makes me well...glad he dropped from that project.  It's no secret that Del Toro has been trying to get an adaptation of HP Lovecraft's novella At The Mountains of Madness made for a number of years now; but he has been held up because of his insistence to stay true to the material (ie 1930s setting for starters) which didn't look like it'd draw much of a crowd at the box office.

Now, Del Toro has help from the self-pronounced 'King of the World' James Cameron.  Cameron is coming on to produce Madness and Cameron's involvement has apparently won Universal Studios over.  Being that Cameron has the two most successful films of all time (inflation non-withstanding), no surprise why Universal seems willing to make it.  Madness will also be shot in 3D, marking Del Toro's first foray into the format. 

I don't mind the 3D aspect, if used well for an artistic reason 3D can be effective and has a place.  And at least it's being shot in 3D and not the shoddy digital post-production conversion.  We'll bring you more news as things come out, but it looks like we're finally taking a trip down to Antarctica to see The Old Ones.