Guillermo del Toro Gave Up Van Helsing for Mountains of Madness
Mon, August 2, 2010 
The short-version, this confirms what Pajiba first reported a few weeks back.
When Guillermo del Toro got the go-ahead to direct At the Mountains of Madness, that meant whatever he was working on at the moment (and boy does he have plenty of things in development) was thrown to the waste-side. In this case, the Mexican director was hard at work on a new Van Helsing for Universal.
Here's the twist (i.e. the new info) courtesy of Vulture. Tom Cruise was (still is, actually) wearing the Producer hat and could very well star as the vampire-hunter. This isn't related to the 2004 Stephen Sommers/Hugh Jackman stinker. But it's odd considering Cruise and Jackman are physically similar – minus the height.
Del Toro's involvement was about the only thing intriguing about this reboot (Is that the right term for it?) If he's gone, good luck at finding anyone near as equipped for this material and with the talent/skill. If this doesn’t crawl out of Development Hell, color me surprised.
Reader Comments (1)
Del Toro was ideal but I think Sam Raimi or Gore Verbinski would be a good fit for this and the character is worth better than the horrid Sommers CGI fest.