As the book of lifes producer, del toros skills were brought to bear reworking the storyline. The book of life trailer has landed from executive producer guillermo del toro. The book of life is the journey of manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations. He began making short films while in high school and later studied filmmaking at the university of guadalajara. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary dick smith the exorcist 1973 and worked on making his own short films. The book of life is a 2014 american 3d computeranimated musical fantasy adventure comedy film coproduced by reel fx creative studios and 20th century fox animation, and distributed by 20th century fox. Guillermo was born in guadalajara in 1964 to a catholic household. Guillermo del toro talks about horror, harvey weinstein and returning to his mexican roots with his new film, the book of life. Guillermo del toro was three years old when he first visited disneyland, and four years old when he saw his first corpse, lying by the side of the road, its head mysteriously detached from its body. From producer guillermo del toro and director jorge r. Known for his dark intensity and idiosyncratic performances, benicio del toro became one of hollywoods more unique actors. Gutierrez are making films like the book of life with guillermo del toro.
These new images from the film introduce us to the main characters and give us a sense of the wacky land of the dead. Maybe in the future well see those movies on lists like these, but for now, heres every guillermo del toro movie ranked by tomatometer. The afterlife looks like a candycoated party in guillermo del toros upcoming animated film the book of life, inspired by the day of the dead. Born february 19, 1967 in santurce, puerto rico, del toro was the son. Guillermo del toro talks scary stories, nightmare alley. If two recently released art pieces for the guillermo del toroproduced book of life are any indication, the upcoming film should be a vivid visual experience. Raised by his catholic grandmother, del toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Gutierrez and producer guillermo del toro may be rooted in telling a story centered around the day of the dead, but it has romance, a fantastic score and so much more. Gratified by the experience making the devils backbone and cleareyed about what hollywood could offer, del toro followed his personal movie with the bigbudget, wesley snipes comicbook vampire thriller sequel blade 2 2002. All guillermo del toro movies ranked by tomatometer. Do not make a guillermo del toro movie, make your movie.
Concept art for the guillermo del toroproduced book of life. The book of life official trailer us 2014 guillermo. From producer guillermo del toro and director jorge gutierrez comes an animated comedy with a unique visual style. It was first encountered by manolo sanchez as his challenge for coming back to life. Channing tatum, zoe saldana, christina applegate, and diego luna are among the dozen or so actors who will be lending their voice to the film.
Guillermo del toro was born october 9, 1964 in guadalajara jalisco, mexico. Gutierrez, it was produced by aaron berger, brad booker, guillermo del toro, and carina schulze. Guillermo del toros animated the book of life trailer. Guillermo del toro poses in the press room with the award for best director motion picture for the shape of water at the 75th annual golden globe. His looks suggesting a hidden background as wednesday addams hunky older brother, he first became known to film audiences in 1995 with his breakthrough performance in the usual suspects. Under the guidance of producer guillermo del toro, the movie champions honoring the memories of those we have lost while also. Toro muerto is the tertiary antagonist of the book of life. The following is the complete filmography of guillermo del toro, a mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. Day of the soldado, benicio del toro returns to the role of cia spook alejandro gillick for another round of grim and gritty action south of the border and adds another entry to a filmography thats gone in any number of exciting directions since he notched his first bigscreen credit as duke, the dogfaced boy in big top peewee 30 years ago. The book of life also marks the most significant role yet for filmmaker guillermo del toro in an animated project.
Earlier today we saw between 20 and 30 minutes of footage from jorge gutierrezs the book of life. At the age of 21, del toro executive produced his first feature, dona herlinda and. The book of life trailer guillermo del toro 2014 fresh movie trailers. The animated film book of life, which has director guillermo del toro as a producer, has announced its full voice cast. The characters move around in a thoroughly realized universe full of imaginative and beautifully rendered detail. Featuring the voices of diego luna, zoe saldana and channing tatum. Fargo tv spot by peter martin feb 26, 2014 comments guillermo del toros pans labyrinth musical is still alive. A frequent consultant and executive producer for dreamworks animation. Below is a list of guillermo del toros books in order of when they were first published. The book of life serves up a visual feast in every frame. He expanded the canvas, hanging its central love story around an.
The book of life is produced by guillermo del toro, directed by jorge gutierrez, and features an outstanding voice cast to tell its story of true love along with a generous helping of mexican culture. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his. Guillermo del toro didnt come into writing novels the usual wayhe had spent most of his professional life thus far actually making movies. One of the more beautiful animated movies you will ever witness was also one of our top 9 animated movies of 2014, the book of life. The latest trailer for the book of life produced by guillermo del toro. Joins guillermo del toro and jorge gutierrez for the book of life. Guillermo del toro became a published author in 2008 with the nonfiction book the monsters of hellboy ii. Produced but not directed by guillermo del toro, the book of life is highly stylized, and the protagonists are designed to look like jointed wooden puppets if alive or. What happens when you bring guillermo del toro, channing tatum and zoe saldana together to make an animated movie.
Movies to be proud of are exactly why people like kate del castillo and jorge r. This volume is an inspirational behindthescenes look at the making of the animated feature film the book of life, from visionary producer guillermo del toro pans labyrinth and director jorge r. The book of life movie clip joaquin is awesome 2014 channing tatum animated movie hd duration. Benicio del toros 10 best movies movie and tv news. Guillermo del toro, born october 9, 1964, guadalajara, mexico, mexican director, screenwriter, and producer who was known for imbuing horror and fantasy films with emotional and thematic complexity del toro developed an interest in both film and horror stories as a child. He is best known for the academy awardwinning fantasy films pans labyrinth 2006 and the shape of water 2017, winning the oscars for best director and best picture for the latter and his upcoming stopmotion film pinocchio. However, manolo refuses to harm it and instead subdues it using quick thinking and plays a heartfelt apology song to the skull bull in which he is apologizing for all the bulls the sanchez family. Gutierrez comes an animated comedy with a unique visual style. The basic plot is about two boys, joaquin diego luna and manolo channing tatum, who vie for the affections of a girl, maria zoe saldana.
Fox animations book of life, produced by del toro and directed by jorge r. See the merry afterlife from guillermo del toros day of. The book of life trailer guillermo del toro 2014 youtube. Gutierrez, is just getting started on its marketing campaign, and today we have our first look at images from the movie. Take a look at the first book of life images from the guillermo del toroproduced animated feature, starring channing tatum, zoe saldana, and diego luna. The book of life soundtrack the apology song lyrics by paul williams music by gustavo santaolalla performed by diego luna produced by gustavo santaolalla and anibal kerpel lyrics. He not only had an incredible eye for film direction, he also wrote and produced. A new york times bestseller fans of dark fairytales like the hazel wood and the cruel prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing book based on guillermo del toros critically acclaimed movie oscar winning writerdirector guillermo del toro and bestselling author cornelia funke have come together to transform del toros hit movie pans labyrinth into an epic and dark fantasy. First book of life images, from producer guillermo del. Scary stories to tell in the dark producer guillermo del.
Guillermo del toro has 95 books on goodreads with 365456 ratings. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face. Trailer for guillermo del toros book of life teases. A film prodigy dedicated to latin american cinema even as his success gave him a ticket to hollywood, guillermo del toro earned a place as one of time magazines 50 young leaders for the new. The film features the voice cast of diego luna, channing tatum, zoe saldana, ice cube, ron perlman, christina applegate, danny trejo and cheech marin. Toro muerto is all the bulls that all the sanchez family bullfighters have ever killed in bullfighting merged into one giant monster skeleton bull. The book of life follows manolo diego luna and joaquin channing tatum, two friends vying for the heart of one woman, maria zoe saldana. Guillermo del toro presents the book of life, a dull tale. The book of life is the journey of manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Concept art for guillermo del toroproduced book of life. Director jorge gutierrez is irritated when that happens, and promises that his upcoming fox film the book of life, based around the mexican day of the dead and produced by guillermo del toro, will. The book of life is the journey of manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family.
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