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Chris Pratt, 'Crimson Peak' and 8 other takeaways from Universal's CinemaCon sneaks

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 6:02 pm · April 23rd, 2015

Chris Pratt, Amy Schumer, Seth MacFarlane, Ice Cube, Guillermo Del Toro, Vin Diesel and more made noise at Universal Pictures’ CinemaCon presentation on Thursday.

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Jake Gyllenhaal, Guillermo Del Toro , Sienna Miller on 2015 Cannes Film Festival

Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 2:24 pm · April 21st, 2015

The 2015 Cannes Film Festival announces its Grand Jury and Director’s Fortnight selections.

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Barbra Streisand, Ben Affleck and Guillermo del Toro lined up for industry honors

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:59 pm · January 14th, 2015

The ASC, WGA and Makeup and Hairstylists Guild will honor a trio of filmmakers with special designation awards this year: Barbra Streisand, Ben Affleck and Guillermo del Toro respectively.

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Alfonso Cuarón says 'Pacific Rim' made 'Gravity' feel like a 'tiny Sundance film'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:57 pm · September 17th, 2013

We’re going to have a few nibbles of a recent interview with director Alfonso Cuarón in lead-up to a larger piece dealing specifically with his work on the space spectacle “Gravity.” Today, with the summer movie season not to far back in the rearview, I thought I’d ask Cuarón for his thoughts on “Pacific Rim.”

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Tell us what you thought of 'Pacific Rim'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 pm · July 11th, 2013

Guillermo del Toro’s kaiju-mech disasterpiece tears into theaters this weekend

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Wait, Guillermo del Toro has a take on Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' with Charlie Kaufman??

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:58 am · July 8th, 2013

It’s tough to work Kurt Vonnegut out for the screen. It rarely comes together well. But I’ll be damned if I’m not excited to see Guillermo del Toro try with Charlie Kaufman writing. You kidding me??

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Screenwriter Travis Beacham on the innovative spirit of 'Pacific Rim'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:30 pm · July 3rd, 2013

One foggy morning in 2007, screenwriter Travis Beacham was walking along the beach in Santa Monica and he looked out at the famed amusement park pier jutting out into the water. His imagination ever running rampant, he pictured behind those mist-covered, empty rides a towering machine, a robot — a mech, actually — waiting to do battle with some vicious monstrosity. The germ of “Pacific Rim” was born.

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Design your own 'Pacific Rim' Jaeger

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:25 pm · May 31st, 2013

Little marketing hooks like this are always fun for the geek in us all. Sometimes they’re a stretch, sometimes you can get lost toying with this and that. Confession: I totally “Frankenweenie”-fied my cat last year.

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Check out this massive 'Pacific Rim' banner

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:09 am · May 3rd, 2013

It’s understandable, then, that Warner Bros. would cook up a bit of promotion that attempts to match the scale of Guillermo Del Toro’s latest.

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessica Chastain and Emma Stone line up for Del Toro's 'Crimson Peak'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:51 am · April 5th, 2013

“Pacific Rim” has allowed director Guillermo Del Toro the chance to break out something like “Crimson Peak,” a haunted house picture that could use the success of something like “Pacific Rim” to find its footing. And people are lining up to be a part of it, as Deadline today reports that Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessica Chastain, Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam have all signed on to star. Hunnam also stars in “Pacific Rim.”

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