Colour me interested.

[weeble_man]

"Guillermo del Toro has been tapped by Universal to helm remakes of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, per Variety, along with a big-screen adaptation of Charles Dickens’ final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood simply titled Drood, and a new take on Kurt Vonnegut’s cult novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. The Oscar nominated helmer, who is currently

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[mrph]

Drood had better finish suddenly and unexpectedly halfway through, leaving almost all of its mysteries unresolved. Anything else would be cheating.

I'm rather fond of the book.

[weeble_man]

To be honest, I find that film adaptations of a book only work for me if I purposefully forget that there was a book in the first place :) Otherwise I end up feeling cheated and disappointed.

[misstemperance]

Yeah, certainly good news (He's about the only director I'd trust with any of these!), but a shame that these projects seem to have sidelined his plan to film 'At the Mountains of Madness'. I was hopeful after Hellboy II made a fair profit that they'd let him take a crack at that!

[weeble_man]

There's still time. :)

[raselhague]

I'd heard about, and am looking forward to, Slaughter 5. One can but hope. :)

[weeble_man]

He has an odd style, which I think would suit the movie to be fair.

[rayvanna]

Ooh these could be good. Something to look forward to in the years to come.

[weeble_man]

absolutely. I'd like to see more of is stuff.

[briccy]

books?

[weeble_man]

There are times when you do make ma laugh out loud.