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Spare a thought for Guillermo Del Toro. Throughout his illustrious career, the Mexican director has witnessed first-hand how projects can show signs of blistering potential, only to come apart at the seams before getting the green light. From Justice League Dark to Konami’s canned Silent Hills revival, the list goes on and on, and perhaps one of the more infamous examples is At The Mountains Of Madness, a big-screen adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s horror that stalled at Universal six years ago.

After bouncing around from studio to studio, At The Mountains Of Madness looked to have finally gained some momentum after courting Tom Cruise to spearhead a daring Antarctic expedition. James Cameron was attached to produce, and the initial vision presented by del Toro would have entailed an R rating and an estimated budget of $150 million. Alas, Universal promptly said “thanks, but no thanks,” and that’s despite...

Guillermo del Toro has drawers full of lost and unmade movies, but perhaps the crown jewel of them all is “At The Mountains Of Madness.” I’ll keep the history brief, but the filmmaker struggled to bring the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation to the big screen, and managed to get what looked like a killer set of an ingredients: star Tom Cruise, and producer James Cameron.

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