Guillermo del Toro is an acclaimed, extremely successful director who’s brought the world many memorable films – but spend a few minutes chatting with him and what you feel first and foremost is del Toro’s own passionate fandom. This is a man who loves movies and the art of making them, and what it’s like to have an audience reacting to the story being told. Del Toro’s a big theme park fan as well, and hearing he was collaborating with Universal Studios to bring his new movie, Crimson Peak, to the annual Halloween Horror Nights event, the biggest question was, “What took so long?”
As a matter of fact, the Creative Director of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, John Murdy, told me he’d long hoped to work with Del Toro – and nearly did for last year’s Horror Nights on a different maze, until the production of Crimson Peak being moved up put that on pause… only for everyone involved to realize Crimson Peak, a Universal film (which stars Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Hunnam) would make for a great Horror Nights maze itself.
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As a matter of fact, the Creative Director of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, John Murdy, told me he’d long hoped to work with Del Toro – and nearly did for last year’s Horror Nights on a different maze, until the production of Crimson Peak being moved up put that on pause… only for everyone involved to realize Crimson Peak, a Universal film (which stars Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Hunnam) would make for a great Horror Nights maze itself.
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