We'll have none of your new-fangled logic muddying the waters here, sir! On Apr 26, 2013, at 2:50 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> But. but...how can there be time for this, when he's working on Justice > League Dark? > > Caw! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > To: Unique Geek Google Group <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 11:41 am > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Guillermo del Toro Working on HBO Series Based on > Manga ‘Monster’ > > >> >> A project once intended to be a feature film is getting a new, different >> life at HBO. Naoki Urasawa‘s manga Monster — about a disgraced doctor’s >> global search for a warped young criminal to whom he has very particular >> ties — is something that Guillermo del Toro was once negotiating to make at >> the movie studio. Now he and HBO are working together to turn it into a TV >> series. >> Deadline reports that del Toro will direct the pilot, which will be scripted >> by Steven Thompson and del Toro. (A History of Violence screenwriter Josh >> Olsen had written the feature film version, which has evidently been >> scrapped.) The director will also act as exec producer. The site also >> mentions that Monster is a partnership with Don Murphy and Susan Montford of >> Angry Films and Gary Ungar of Exile — Murphy and Montford were players in >> del Toro’s bid to make At the Mountains of Madness at Universal. There’s no >> correlation beyond that, just a trainspotter’s sense of tallying figures. >> Monster represents a great idea for a TV project — it spans many years and, >> in its manga and later anime incarnations, a large suite of characters. >> The story, in short, sees a young doctor electing to save the life of a >> young boy rather than a visiting official. The doctor is disgraced, and >> years later, after rebuilding his life to some extent, he crosses paths with >> the boy once again. The doctor witnesses the boy commit an act of serious >> violence, and as a result is launched into an investigation of the boy’s >> past. >> There’s a lot more to Monster than that, but in the interest of preserving >> some mystery we’ll leave it there. We’ll give you more news on Monster as it >> develops. >> New ‘Pacific Rim’ Poster Towers Over the Rest >> Guillermo del Toro Responds to Michael Bay’s “Rip-off” Slam; Bay Responds to >> del Toro’s Response >> Bryan Cranston, Mads Mikkelsen, and Rebel Wilson Join ‘Kung Fu Panda 3′ >> 2013 Hero Complex Film Festival Features Guillermo del Toro, John Carpenter, >> Roland Emmerich and More >> Jessica Chastain Latest to Join Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Crimson Peak’ >> Benedict Cumberbatch Joins ‘Crimson Peak’ >> >> Visit website >> Sent via feedly // A news reader for creative minds. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
