The five best movies Guillermo del Toro never made
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In no uncertain terms, Guillermo del Toro is one of the greatest filmmakers of the modern age. Across his work in his native Spanish and international English-language ventures, the Mexican maestro has proven that he has one of the most active imaginations in all of cinema. Capable of creating darkness and chaos just as well as beauty and hope, del Toro’s movies are always worth seeing, even if you’re not the biggest fan of giant robots punching each other.
Pan’s Labyrinth is still regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, while The Shape of Water swept the Oscars and landed del Toro the coveted ‘Best Director’ prize. Then there are his more mainstream ventures, like Hellboy and the robot extravaganza Pacific Rim, both of which are fun in their own ways. More recently, he brought Pinocchio to life in a gorgeous stop-motion adventure, and early adopters will remember the terror they felt when they first stumbled across Cronos.
Here’s the thing about del Toro, though. As much as he loves making movies, he loves not making them even more. This guy has an utterly insane list of unrealised projects. He’s been attached to projects, offered projects, pitched projects, and he has mentioned projects off-handedly in interviews, and none of them have come to pass. All of this is a crying shame, because some of them sound fascinating.
Of course, we’ll never know how these hypothetical films would have turned out in real life. However, with del Toro behind the wheel and these killer premises in his hands, they probably would have been something special.
Guillermo del Toro’s five best unmade movies
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