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Charlie Day Talks Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim’!
Pacific Rim is set to be a “monster movie of massive scale” according to one of the film’s stars Charlie Day. The actor spoke to Bloody Disgusting’s Australian correspondent Maria Lewis (@moviemazz) when he visited the country promoting Horrible Bosses recently and said he’s just as excited as everyone else when it comes to the hype surrounding Guillermo del Toro’s next feature film.
“What’s always exciting about Guillermo del Toro is that’s justifiable excitement because he’s a really unique and talented director,” he said.
“It’s nice to see people who have such strong, creative and playful visions to get to make want they want to make.
“I’ll tell you, it’s a monster movie of massive scale.
“I don’t know what to expect, I’m just looking forward to being one of Guillermo’s creations.”
Pacific Rim follows the story of an alien attack that threatens the Earth’s existence and the humans who are deployed in giant robots to fight off the extraterrestrial menace. Sons Of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam has been cast in the film, along with The Wire’s Idris Elba, Day, Clifton Collins Jr and Rinko Kikuchi who’s a personal favourite for playing the bad-ass yet silent Bang Bang in The Brothers Bloom. Filming is set to start in Toronto in November.
Since Legendary Pictures announced they were making the film in May last year, del Toro has frequently been quoted as saying Pacific Rim will be once of the scariest monster movies ever made. Day said the film will be both a “scary and fun ride.”
“He’s made some bold statements and I’m not going to sit here and back them up,” he said.
“I don’t doubt he has the ability to make something truly terrifying based on previous body of work.
“I’m not sure what’s in Guillermo’s mind and there’s a lot that could be left to creative interpretation.
“It will be frightening, but I think it’s also his goal to make it fun.
“It will be something we haven’t seen in a world that’s completely new.”
A gnarly infection threatens to claw its way out of a moving camper in the first trailer for Shudder’s claustrophobic Hellcat.
The feature debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, who previously edited the Fantasia title Ultrasound, makes its debut on Shudder on August 14.
In Hellcat, “Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid?”
Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters) leads the cast that also includes Todd Terry (“Breaking Bad”), Liz Atwater (The Other People), Jordan Mullins (The Bikeriders), and James Austin Johnson (“Saturday Night Live”) in a voice role. Bodell also produces alongside Andrew Duensing and Nate Eggert.
Hellcat made its world premiere last summer at Fantasia. I wrote in my review, “Hellcat is a bit of a Trojan horror that defies easy classification, by design. Bodell’s sneaky debut feature is occasionally too sparse in its worldbuilding in its bid to preserve the mystery, but not enough to detract from the thrilling road thriller that transforms into a completely left-field type of horror we don’t get nearly enough of. The stripped-down tribute to a classic horror staple catches you off guard in more ways than one, marking Bodell as one to watch.”
In other words, there’s a lot more than meets the eye to Hellcat‘s simple infection setup, delivering plenty of surprises along its bumpy road of horrors.
Check out the trailer and poster below and add Hellcat to your watchlists asap.
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