Audiences are about to get a peek into the distorted mind of Oscar - winningfilmmaker Guillermo del Toro — actually , eight peeks , to be precise . Netflix just announce the cast and crew for a new show call up Guillermo del Toro ’s Cabinet of Curiosities . It ’s a serial of music genre - bend stories , curated by The Shape of Water and Pan ’s Labyrinth theater director , loaded with different stars and filmmakers . shoot on the show just start in Toronto , Canada .
accord to the crush dismission the show features “ a collection of unprecedented and musical style - defining story meant to challenge our traditional whimsey of horror . From macabre to magical , mediaeval to grotesque or classically creepy , these eight equally sophisticated and threatening tale ( include two original works by del Toro ) will be brought to life by a team of writers and director personally chosen by del Toro . ” So fundamentally , he fall up with two storiesand is executive producing the show . But he ’s not alone . J. Miles Dale ( The Shape of Water ) also serves as EP and cobalt - showrunner , with executive producers Gary Ungar and Regina Corrado along for the ride too .
Details about the stories are under wraps , but here ’s the talent involved in each episode . ( See photos of everyonein this Twitter thread . )
A new Guillermo del Toro show is now in production.Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images)
Essie Davis ( The Babadook),Andrew Lincoln ( The Walking Dead ) , and Hannah Galway ( Sex / Life ) genius in an episode written and directed by Jennifer Kent ( The Babadook ) , from an original story by del Toro .
Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham ( Mythic Quest , Amadeus ) , Glynn Turman ( Fargo , The Wire ) , and Luke Roberts ( Black Sails ) star in an episode write by David S. Goyer ( Blade , The Dark Knight , Man of Steel ) , based on a short story by Michael Shea and channelize by David Prior ( The Empty Man ) .
Tim Blake Nelson ( Watchmen , The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ) , Elpidia Carrillo ( Predator ) , Demetrius Grosse ( venerate The Walking Dead ; Lovecraft Country ) , and Sebastian Roché ( The Man in the High Castle ) whiz in an episode write by Regina Corrado ( Deadwood , The Strain ) and directed by Guillermo Navarro ( Narcos ) . This one is also based on an original story by del Toro .
Crispin Glover ( Back To The Future , Willard ) and Ben Barnes ( Shadow and Bone , Westworld ) star in an episode written by Lee Patterson ( The Colony ) and directed by Keith Thomas ( Firestarter ) . It ’s based on a unretentive story by H.P. Lovecraft .
Peter Weller ( RoboCop ) star in an instalment directed byPanos Cosmatos ( Mandy ) , who also write the book along with Aaron Stewart - Ahn ( Mandy ) .
Mika Watkins ( Black Mirror ) publish this sequence based on a forgetful story by H.P. Lovecraft , orchestrate by Catherine Hardwicke ( Twilight ) . The cast will be annunciate after .
David Hewlett ( See , The Shape of water system ) stars in an episode written and directed by Vincenzo Natali ( In The grandiloquent Grass , Splice ) free-base on a little story by Henry Kuttner .
Haley Z. Boston ( Brand New Cherry Flavor ) write an episode that ’ll be directed by send by Ana Lily Amirpour ( A Girl Walks dwelling house Alone at Night ; The Bad Batch ) with a stamp to be confirmed subsequently . It ’s based on a scant history by comical Bible author Emily Carroll .
So yeah . An famously studded melodic line - up both behind and in front of the camera . The next feature of speech film from Del Toro is his circus - based thriller Nightmare Alley , which is scheduled for release later this year ; Guillermo del Toro ’s Cabinet of Curiosities will likely be out next year sometime .
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