Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Remake Will Shoot Next Year
DirectorGuillermo del Torowas going to start shooting the long-in-development andJames Cameron-produced remake ofFantastic Voyagenext spring but the project is on hold a little bit longer as del Toro might be busy on the awards circuit for his upcoming film,The Shape of Water. Come next fall the director will start shooting the 3D movie, though.
Below, learn more about theFantastic Voyageremake.
Deadlinereports 20th Century Fox and del Toro have hit the pause on the remake, so del Toro doesn’t have to juggle prepping the massive project and his award season commitments; the director wants his focus entirely onFantastic Voyageduring prep. The studio had a 2019 holiday release date in mind, but a 2020 debut is now more probable. Deadline’s sources tell them del Toro is completely dedicated to the remake, which has attracted afew directorsover the years, likeShawn Levy(Real Steel),Paul Greengrass(Jason Bourne), andRoland Emmerich(Stonewall).
The news confirms not only is del Toro directing the remake of the 1965 film, but it’s also his next project. Last January, the director behindPan’s LabyrinthandCrimson Peakentered talksto directFantastic Voyage, which is about a group of scientists shrinking themselves down to atomic size to enter a man’s body in an attempt to save his life. We only ever heard del Toro was in talks to direct, so a deal was made without some huge announcement. Del Toro, the studio, and all involved are going to regroup next spring and get the ball rolling. While a fall 2018 start date is most likely, the film could begin production sooner than that.
The remake reunites del Toro and screenwriterDavid S. Goyer, who worked together onBlade II. Goyerwrote the scriptand treatment and began collaborating with del Toro once he came onboard to directFantastic Voyage. The project also gets the filmmaker back in the same room as James Cameron, who’s been onboard theFantastic Voyageremake for a long time now; he considered directing and wrote a scrapped draft of the script. For years, Camerontried to helpdel Toro adapt H.P. Lovecraft’s “At the Mountains of Madness.” The directors have been friends for over two decades, and during that time, they’ve tried to do a project together. Next year, it looks like they’ll finally get their wish withFantastic Voyage.
