1. At The Mountains Of Madness - Guillermo del Toro
In recent years has there been a filmmaker who has had his name attached to more projects than Guillermo del Toro? In the interim since his wildly successful Pan's Labyrinth (2006), del Toro has had a producing credit on 18 different films, and has had his name floated in connection with probably every big-budget and fantasy-based film in development. One of the most interesting potential projects that never came to light was his adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, which tells the story of a horrific expedition to Antartica, and would have starred Tom Cruise. Featuring a storyline that contains several similarities to Ridley Scott's Prometheus, the demise of Mountains is a sad outcome for all those who admire the director's ability to balance both the fantasy of his stories with the humanity of the characters (with the possible exception of Blade II). At any rate, Mountains seems much more interesting than Pacific Rim.
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