Mountain & Mansion Matters

While attending TIFF, director Guillermo del Toro spoke with Collider about two of his adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft 's novella "At the Mountains of Madness" and the 3-D "The Haunted Mansion" pic

'Madness': The great Dennis Muren will design the monsters which will be unlike anything you've ever seen on screen The film still has not been officially greenlit, but he's talking with Lovecraft scholars for their input on the script and he hopes to make the movie without interference.

'Mansion' will be PG-13 and is a "dark ride". The storyline was turned in last week to the studio suits with the first few key concept drawings. Matthew Robbins is writing the script and will begin work in about a month, then the studio will make a decision in January which is when he'll decide whether to direct it himself or let someone else do it

del Toro hopes to produce three video games over the next ten years as well...