Del Toro Halo Rumor Confirmed Empire Online has confirmed rumors that Peter Jackson has approached Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro to helm the eagerly awaited adaptation of the best-selling video game Halo.
But del Toro, who's in Madrid finishing up the Spanish-language fantasy film Pan's Labyrinth, may have a conflict: He told the site that he is also considering directing Hellboy 2, the sequel to his 2004 hit. "It's going really good," del Toro told the site about the sequel, for which he has completed a script. "It's about the fairy world and the mythical creatures all rebelling against humanity and saying it's the end of mankind and it's the season for the sons of the Earth. And basically Hellboy has to try to repress or suppress that rebellion." Hellboy star Ron Perlman is coming back, as are the rest of the original cast, including Selma Blair, Doug Jones, David Hyde-Pierce and Rupert Evans, the site reported. Mike Mignola, who created the Hellboy comic series on which the films are based, is also on board. "He should be reading the screenplay right now," del Toro told the site. As for Halo, based on the Microsoft alien-invasion game? "Well, Halo is very much an interesting project, because it's so full of monsters," del Toro said. "It's a big temptation. I'm in talks with them [Universal Pictures and Bungie Films] and Peter, but it's not true that it's on and Hellboy's off. Hellboy's on. If everything goes as planned, Hellboy will go." --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Life without art & music? Keep the arts alive today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/7zgKlB/dnQLAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/