Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Remake Will Shoot Next Year
By Jack Giroux/Aug. 25, 2017 4:13 pm EST
Below, learn more about the Fantastic Voyage remake.
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 behind Pan’s Labyrinth and Crimson Peak entered talks to direct Fantastic 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 screenwriter David S. Goyer, who worked together on Blade II. Goyer wrote the script and treatment and began collaborating with del Toro once he came onboard to direct Fantastic Voyage. The project also gets the filmmaker back in the same room as James Cameron, who’s been onboard the Fantastic Voyage remake for a long time now; he considered directing and wrote a scrapped draft of the script. For years, Cameron tried to help del 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 with Fantastic Voyage.
