‘The Shape Of Water’ Trailer: Guillermo Del Toro’s New Fantasy Is A Bewitching Love Story
By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 19, 2017 7:15 am EST
Starring Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, and Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water is a return to the deliciously dark fantasy stories that del Toro excelled at in Pan’s Labyrinth and his Hellboy films. Now, see his macabre fairy tale vision unleashed in The Shape of Water trailer.
Jones is a frequent del Toro collaborator who has played otherworldly and creepy creatures in del Toro’s films, with his lanky figure making him perfect to play roles such as The Pale Man in Pan’s Labyrinth and Abe Sapian in the Hellboy films. Here he plays the mysterious subject of the top-secret experiment.
Richard Jenkins and Michael Stuhlbarg also star in The Shape of Water.
Like many of del Toro’s previous films, The Shape of the Water has a period setting that evokes an otherworldiness to it — similar to World War II Spain in Pan’s Labyrinth and the Edwardian-era Crimson Peak. Del Toro has a talent for blending lavish historical settings with stunning supernatural elements.
Here is the official synopsis for The Shape of Water below:
The Shape of the Water hits theaters December 8, 2017.
“An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.”
