Some massive breaking news just landed at Collider, who reports that horror veteran Guillermo del Toro will tackle a new indie creature feature before moving on to direct Pacific Rim 2.
While there’s no title to share, del Toro tells the site that he has John Hurt in mind for the lead in what will be a black and white feature.
“Right away, in February/March I should [start on] another very small movie, black and white, really, really bizarre before starting—we start pre-production on Pacific Rim 2 in August, and then I interrupt it briefly to go into the first of next year to do this strange little movie, and then I restart it and go all the way until we start shooting Pacific Rim 2 at the end of 2015 for release in 2017.
“It’s a very small cast. I would love to have John Hurt, and there’s an actress that I have in mind that is not well-known but I’ve seen her in a short film. That’s all she’s really done, one feature and one short, but she has an incredibly interesting taste and I’m gonna try her out for the main role.
“There’s one great creature in it.”
Del Toro is currently in post on Crimson Peak, starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, and Charlie Hunnam, which will haunt theaters on October 16, 2015.