guillermo del toro

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Culture

“The Model T Of This New Platform Is The PS3″

2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Gaming’s Citizen Kane Moment. Don’t roll your eyes just yet! Director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Cronos) is here to tell us how its going to happen: convergence. And it’s starting now with gaming’s Model T. More »
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Two Gaming Masterpieces: Ico And Shadow of The Colossus

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Movie director Guillermo del Toro says he’s a gamer. No, really. While other Hollywood types fake their way through (see Don Cheadle), Hobbit director Guillermo actually sounds like he does play video games and likes them. Just listen to him rattle off what he’s into: I absolutely loved BioShock. I loved the world, the design, the lighting, the beautiful art direction and cinematography. I’m a fan of Silent Hill, Resident Evil and Devil May Cry. I love them all. The first Silent Hill was so beautiful, almost like a Lynch, Polanski or Romero type of horror experience… I love the engine of GTA IV. I’m not a big fan of the actual game: I’m not into break-ins or running people over, but the engine is incredibly beautiful, and the sandbox is very complete. The same goes for Medal of Honour Airborne, Call of Duty 4 or Army of Two. There are only two games I consider masterpieces: Ico and Shadow of the Colossus… I have a 12-year-old daughter and we play together, but unfortunately she’s more into Sonic and Kirby. Sure seems to know his shit! Hellboy Director Talks Gaming [Edge via Dtoid] [Pic] More »
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
News

Del Toro Gets Chatty About Halo

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Looks like director Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Blade II) likes him some Halo, and likes the inevitable prospect of a Halo movie: It would have been beautiful and I must tell that’s a… of anything in my life that I look back and wish it could have happened is that project, because it is such a powerful experience. People talk about it and say “it’s ALIENS or it’s a retread of this or that,” I don’t think so. I think there are angle to that game that are far more epic and far more complex as a cosmology than that. It’s not just about grunts in space. It’s much more than that. It’s a whole epic. He’s right, and you know he’s right because he knows better than anyone how to faithfully adapt a franchise for the big-screen. Look at Hellboy! So faithful. Especially the love-story. And we all know Halo isn’t about guns, space and aliens. It’s about love, politics and…a complex cosmology. Quint and Guillermo Del Toro talk ORPHANAGE, HELLBOY II, AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS and HALO!!! [AICN] [Image] More »
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