"Guillermo del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness may go down in history as the greatest unmade movie ever, up there with Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune or Tim Burton's Superman Lives. First announced in 2010, the Shape of Water director had been trying to bring H.P. Lovecraft's terrifying novella to life for almost two decades. But each subsequent update has proven that the story, which follows a group of explorers in Antarctica who discover the existence"
"Still, that hasn't stopped fans from hoping that the impossible would happen, and that At the Mountains of Madness would be one of the rare unmade del Toro projects to escape development hell (we still think about you, Justice League Dark). And when the director shared some gnarly CGI test footage for the film three years ago, the idea of del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness movie seemed more possible than ever."
""I don't think so, I would hope so," del Toro told Inverse. "It depends, it's a big movie. It's a complicated movie to shoot. It is R-rated. So I don't think people are lining up to do it.""
Guillermo del Toro pursued a film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness for nearly two decades, formally announcing the project in 2010. The story centers on explorers in Antarctica who uncover a civilization older than humanity, a premise that many consider difficult to translate to film. Fans remained hopeful after del Toro released CGI test footage, but practical obstacles persisted. The project faces challenges including large scale, complex shooting requirements, an R-rating, and the absence of a conventional love story or happy ending. These factors have kept the film stalled and make production unlikely under mainstream studio conditions.
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