Jedburgh OSS
One of the Regulars
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from filmjunk.com; imdb gives it a 2011 release
Universal has picked up the film rights for The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft, a comic that imagines what would happen if horror author H.P. Lovecraft inadvertently unleashed his creations upon an unsuspecting world. Rumour has it that they hope to add Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos to their legendary line-up of classic monsters. The most surprising aspect of this story is that Ron Howard is being considered for the director’s chair.
Movies based on the famous author’s works are so prevalent that there exists an annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, however with few exceptions the major studios have shied away from his stories. It was assumed that the next major attempt at big-screen Lovecraftian horror would be At the Mountains of Madness by Guillermo Del Toro, but with so many other commitments Ron Howard may just get there first. Is first-time horror director Ron Howard capable of filming the unimaginable, or will Lovecraft once again be banalised and vulgarised?
Universal has picked up the film rights for The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft, a comic that imagines what would happen if horror author H.P. Lovecraft inadvertently unleashed his creations upon an unsuspecting world. Rumour has it that they hope to add Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos to their legendary line-up of classic monsters. The most surprising aspect of this story is that Ron Howard is being considered for the director’s chair.
Movies based on the famous author’s works are so prevalent that there exists an annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, however with few exceptions the major studios have shied away from his stories. It was assumed that the next major attempt at big-screen Lovecraftian horror would be At the Mountains of Madness by Guillermo Del Toro, but with so many other commitments Ron Howard may just get there first. Is first-time horror director Ron Howard capable of filming the unimaginable, or will Lovecraft once again be banalised and vulgarised?
