“They can’t. I won’t allow it!”: Guillermo del Toro’s Brutally Honest Response to His Life’s Greatest Movie Getting a Remake With Another Director
In 2006, Guillermo del Toro broke the barriers of fantasy and imagination with his Academy Award-winning movie, Pan’s Labyrinth. Even after nearly 20 years, not only does it stand as a modern-day dark fairy tale classic but also doubles as a debate of trauma escapism and the ambiguity of “monsters.”
Pan’s Labyrinth [Credit: Warner Bros.]
The film, which is at its core a deeply unsettling story, has become one of the most celebrated works in the genre of mysticism and fantasy. Pan’s Labyrinth represents more than the horrors residing within one’s mind, giving birth to an incredulous and spell-binding fable. Understandably, Guillermo del Toro has a bone to pick with any director who would dare to remake his greatest creation.
Guillermo del Toro and his fascination with monsters Doug Jones as Pale Man in Pan’s Labyrinth [Credit: Warner Bros.]
Whenever asked about his fascination with horror and the supernatural, Guillermo del Toro claims that his...
Pan’s Labyrinth [Credit: Warner Bros.]
The film, which is at its core a deeply unsettling story, has become one of the most celebrated works in the genre of mysticism and fantasy. Pan’s Labyrinth represents more than the horrors residing within one’s mind, giving birth to an incredulous and spell-binding fable. Understandably, Guillermo del Toro has a bone to pick with any director who would dare to remake his greatest creation.
Guillermo del Toro and his fascination with monsters Doug Jones as Pale Man in Pan’s Labyrinth [Credit: Warner Bros.]
Whenever asked about his fascination with horror and the supernatural, Guillermo del Toro claims that his...
- 1/6/2025
- by Diya Majumdar
- FandomWire
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