Guilermo del Toro gives update on PACIFIC RIM and HULK TV Series

Guillermo del Toro is currently in the process of directing his next big epic feature film Pacific Rim, which deals with giant monsters battling giant robots. He is also developing the Marvel/ABC Hulk TV series, which a lot of fanboys and fangirls are getting excited about. In a recent interview with io9 the director gives an update on these two projects and where they currently stand...

On the progression of Pacific Fim:

...we're at the end of our second week. We are shooting everything for the main complex in the movie, which is a huge complex in Hong Kong where the robots are maintained. We are doing that, while building downtown Hong Kong streets.

On the Hulk Tv series:

We delivered the screenplay to the network. I have a very specific idea of how to do it, and we're waiting for the green light. We know all the iterations of the Hulk pretty good. We've read all the essential stories, and we're then riffing on that. There are so many incarnations and ideas. Jeph Loeb — who did a good run [on Hulk: Grey] — is involved, and I love Peter David's Hulk. But there's really no part in that mythos that we don't know, so we are trying put our own personal spin on it.

On what movies are currently inspiring him:

I really enjoyed Drive and [director Kim Ji-woon's] I Saw The Devil, which is absolutely insane and brutal. I recommend it for the not faint of heart.

It will be awesome to start seeing these projects actually taking shape. I'm excited to start seeing what the designs are going to look like for these projects. I love the designs Del Toro comes up with, and there's no doubt what he does with these two projects are going to be amazing. I also like what I'm hearing about his Hulk series, and the fact that he wants to give his own personal spin on the story. That will keep things new and fresh. What do you think?