I love Guillermo Del Toro as a director. Pan's Labyrinth, Pacific Rim, Blade 2, most of the stuff he puts out is dynamite. What I can't stand is the fact that he gets attached to so many projects and then he drops out for one reason or another. I still wonder what it would have been like if The Hobbit films had been directed by him.
Well you can add the live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST film adaptation to that list now. While the movie has been in development and set to role since 2012 with Emma Watson to star, "Deadline" reports that Del Toro has officially dropped out of the film due to scheduling conflicts.
While it would have been interesting to see a dark (presumably) take on the classic fairy tale, I'm actually OK with this. Del Toro's got Crimson Peak coming up, he's currently writing the sequel to Pacific Rim, and he's an executive producer on FX's vampire television show "The Strain" based off of his and Chuck Hogan's horror trilogy. The guy is busy.
Crimson Peak hits theaters next year while "The Strain" debuts next month.
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