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Ooohhh... Check out these great pieces of PAN'S LABYRINTH concept art!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a bunch of cool shit for you to take a gander at. If you're at all like me, you've been drooling over the pics and trailer for Guillermo Del Toro's newest fantasy PAN'S LABYRINTH and are champing at the bit to see the movie.
Well, I have a ton of preproduction art for your perusal. If I was at a 9 in my anticipation, I'm now pulling a SPINAL TAP and am slowly turning up to 11. The art you're seeing below is by legend William Stout, who I was lucky enough to have met at Comic-Con last year. He's famous for his dinosaur work and in films he worked in production and/or art design on CONAN THE BARBARIAN, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (his art for the drippy zombie is iconic for us horror geeks), THE HITCHER, INVADERS FROM MARS and FIRST BLOOD.
Below you'll also find a bit from a French magazine called Mad Movies, where these pics were printed, that is a sort of summary of the text from our spy in Spain, mathesonlegends. Here's the good stuff! Enjoy!!!
Hi Harry,
I write you from Spain. Usually here few places get to release specialized magazines from other countries, but i have the luck that the place where i buy the newspaper everyday sells Mad Movies, a genre french magazine in the line of Fangoria.
This Month they had a long interview with Guillermo Del Toro about his upcoming spanish horror fairy tale " Pan´s Labyrinth " and a bunch of new pics along with some old released one were featured among its pages. Between the new ones we get the chance to get a sneek peek at the amazing art work of some of the creatures that will appear on the film, creatures which haven´t been seen on any picture released on the net yet. The rest of the article is composed by the interview with director Del Toro and his thoughts about the film. Most of it it´s about his insight on what good and evil is, the origins of the project ( this film was born even before "Cronos" but the expensive budget it required made Del Toro to turn to the more modest vampire tale ) where he explains that in the beginning this film was about a married couple that buys a house on the England country side, there the wife, pregnant, entered the garden´s labyrinth where she encounters the pan. After having a sex encounter with him, the pan proposes to keep her future new-born and sacrifice him in order to open up the labyrinth for her so she can run back to freedom, she refuses, knowing little after that if she would have accepted she would have been condemned to live with the monster for eternity. A more bleak, hard-edged and insane film than the one he ended up making ( go figure! more insane than the stuff we have benn seeing!).
We also get information about some ceatures that the studio is getting under secret until the released date and won´t be releasing any pics of it but Del Toro gives us a little insight on this and talks about a giant toad that has to be seen to be believed and a bunch of fairies that are as sensual as scary looking.
The article ends up with an interview to art director William Stout, if you guys don´t know who this guy is he is the man behind the concept art of the two Conan films, " The Return of the Living dead" and the upcoming "John Carter of Mars".
Stout talks about how he didn´t knew who Del Toro was until Frank Darabont introduced them at the Comic-con in San Diego, where Del Toro bought Stout one of his works intitled... "Hellboy at the Mountains of Madness" which he conceived for Hellboy Weird Tales. There the talk started and the mexican director asked Stout to work for 2 of his new projects one being the "Pan´s Labyrinth" and the other the adaptation of Lovecraft´s "In The Mountain of Madness". Stout seems the perfect man for this project as he claims he loves that novel and that he even went to the Antartic because of it, an expedition that left a deep impression on his persona and seems he handled art work for that project to Del Toro although claiming he fears the director will work fisrt on the sequel to Hellboy.
Hope you enjoy the pics and what i sent you if you post me call me mathesonlegends , once more sorry about possible mispellings and english errors.
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Nice, too.
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Cocept art does not always turn out the way it looks...fact!
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DAMN, THAT'S GONNA BE A FUCKIN' COOL FLICK.
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...the concept art for Brothers Grimm was amazing and look how that turned out.
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Nice stuff. Gives me a chubby.
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that shit is teh bomb... and i am seriously pumped for this now even more so... i can't wait till the rumored sequel Pot's Enigma... should be grand...
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del Toro was smart to get him. Hope there's an "Art of..." book.
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Now I'm REALLY excited to see this. Thanks mathesonlegends for sending this stuff in!
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not a scoop. for shame.
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please repost...won't work
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the concept art looks great n still looks so raw! count me in!
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...coming out of its mouth is pretty creepy. Damn, tell that goat to blow his nose fer cryin' out loud! Does anyone know what the story is about?
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His dinosaur work totally turned me on to drawing those fabulous beasts. I hope this art is collected in book form eventually.
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Seriously, how awesome would it be if Pan's Labyrinth was hand-drawn to look exactly like the images above? For me, looking at this stuff is great, but it's like that scene in Crumb where he's working with his daughter. He tells her she is good a copying, but the art of it is to capture that extra something else--the thing that gives the art its perspective. These have perspective. Will the final result? I'm not sure. Color me crazy, but I'd queue up for Del Toro's movie faster if it wasn't going to look like everything else, processed and drained of all its original artistry. Of course, I could be way off base ... the trailer looks really freaking cool, so... what do I know?
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Wake up!! the guy is crap and this will suck, i assure you....
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If not, it can't be as good as the original Legend.
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Stupid post-op meds ...
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Feb 21, 2006 12:34:22 PM CST
It will all be lost in the translation to screen...
by angry mean panda
The shear awesomeness of that art, that is. Unless they use animatronics/really advanced puppets with extremely detailed craftsmanship. That might have a chance of working. CGI will not do it justice.
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of Madness". Regarding the DelToro bashing: Hellboy wasn't great, but I still enjoyed it.
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yeah right. I went into that movie thinking it was next fucking Godfather and found something more in the LXG. What's the general concensus on Blade II v. Hellboy? I loved Blade II, but Hellboy really didn't do it for me.
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But then I might just be a tad biased.
This isn't going to have David Bowie juggling orbs whilst his junk winks through man-tights is it? I'm still scarred from that -
I can honestly say it was one of the most enjoyable films. There were fight scenes Hellboy Iwanted to see in spiderman. Ron Pearlmans finest hour. the stuff with the nazis was great. it was dark, menacing but pearlman gave the movie a heart. I lved the scene where he is getting love tips from the kid. great. I think del toro del toro is a great director and cannot wait to see pans labyrinth....on DVD. I live in Dun laoghaire and New line do not show there films in that cinema anymore.
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Concept art leftovers from Blade 2.
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...you don't have to go over the top to make a good superhero movie, as opposed to spider-man, x-man, hulk and burton's batman and joel gaymockers batman. Write a good story, take your time to develop the characters. use effects when needed. have a good sountrack with a central theme and relax and enjoy the movie. no mega epic credit intro is needed with rotating letters and CGI web and all that crap. calm down.
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CGI crap. Especially running over that bridge with the pendulum swinging and whatnot. you'd never see something like that in a Mignola book. I don't think it achieved the poe, confined feeling that I get from Mignola's storytelling.
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Which could be a good thing since he rules.
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Looks like the long haired pot smoking long lost brother of Bill O'Reilly? I saw him in Frazetta Painting with Fire, and The Return of the Living Dead DVD. Awesome artist, though.
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I think back on hellboy and i think low budget. nothing about it screams epic. it has an independent movie feel, no big stars, makeup to create the main character. not cgi like the hulk.
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Just a couple of corrections re: Pan's Labyrinth. If you read the Mad Movies interview you'll see that I was quite aware of Guillermo and his fine work prior to Comic-Con; the two of us had just never personally met until Frank Darabont introduced us.
I'm also not worried about the potential delay of "At the Mountains of Madness" --- as a matter of fact I welcome it as I'm in the middle of a huge mural project (twelve murals depicting the prehistoric life of San Diego) for the San Diego Natural History Museum that has me tied up until June 21.
One other thing --- a much more important thing --- that's been gnawing at me: How can anyone make any disparaging remarks about Guillermo after seeing that little cinematic gem of his, "The Devil's Backbone"? The mere fact that Guillermo turns down Hollywood blockbusters on a regular basis in order to create one of these little horror masterpieces every other film should have him being worshipped for his rare integrity --- not slandered by fans not fit to carry his DayRunner. -
That was a funny picture.
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To LHombreSiniestro,
Yikes! Long haired pot smoking long lost brother of Bill O'Friggin' Reilly?! That's a first...usually it's Neil Diamond.
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Needs to stick with his moody, visual, horror pieces such as Cronos and The Devil's Backbone. To me, that's where he really shines.
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Yeah. You can't tell me that in the books BPRD was a suave X-mansion like in the movie. It's a cluttered office in Connecticut. There were no massive clock rooms, etc. under prague or wherever the hell it was supposed to be. Granted, the casting was inspired, but for some reason I didn't get that aura I get from Mignola--again, I think LXG is closest comic movie I can compare it to (though LXG is far, far worse).
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I mean you can't get any closer to the comic than that. Maybe hellboy doesn't work as a live action movie, for you at least. I mean what could have they added? what does a red devil man with a big rocky fist look like in real life?
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Movie seemed disjointed to me, like they were trying to cram way too much into one movie. Certain cuts at the end didn't make sense to me. Didn't need to shove the humor in their either with Tambor (though I love Tambor). Thinking about it, maybe I just don't think Hellboy translates to screen. I think Mignola's art really makes the story anyways, on equal if not surpasses the writing.
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but the creature designs were pretty darned sweet!
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...but not particularly original. Hellboy had an interesting story (I'd never read the Hellboy books, so I went in without preconceived notions) and seemed to be well pieced together, above-averagge comic fare. I put the latter slightly above the former on the scale of stuff I'd watch again given the choice (why i own the Hellboy DVD and not Blade II - although I've left the latter on every time I've tripped over it on cable). Both are certainly above the low-sitting bar that marks the median for comic properties turned films.
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reminds me of "Fantasic Planet".
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...and cgi when it is needed to get the best shot. It's about whether the shot is a close up or wide shot, and what'll do the job better. The creature mandibles in Blade 2 were combo puppets and cgi. They were fucking scary, don't lie!
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"Goat Creature" = Princess Mononoke.
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Bill Souts' art direction is amazing, but it will be the terrific Doug Jones who will bring Pan and other characters to life. Even Del Toro has said that "Doug has brought mannerisms to the characters that he himself never came up with"...now that's collaboration. That's filmmaking. I'm looking forward to seeing more from this talented actor.
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We always complain that we get more and more of the same old shit. Well, here comes something that's relevantly original and involves a little creativity. Bring that shit on. But don't forget teen idols Frankie Muniz and Hillary Duff as star crossed lovers caught in a web of violence and intrigue.
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arguing that the sky is green, that you have arguing that Batman Begins sucks.
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WTF? This movie is so going to rock!
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It was said that this will recieve a US release date, if so then i'm their.
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Beef: Its whats for dinner. And what you puke up in the afterlife apparently. Okay so its got a booger-nosed goatman with twigs growing out its ass and a see through ghost. I'm already looking forward to it(sarcasm)
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The dude makes good fuckin' movies. Who do you think is out there making better movies in his genre at this time? Who? Tell me cuz I'd like to see them.
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What the fuck? If you can make these movies any better. Tell us how Your homework here in talkback is to right a 5000 word essay on how you could improve upon these superhero films. Since you cock suckers seem to know what makes a good movie. Now is your chance. Tell us about your brilliant superior superhero movies. You high and mighty cocksucker. I can't wait for this.
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And to the dude who's claiming to be the guy working on "Mountains of Madness": you and anyone else concepting that flick really ought to read Michel Houellebecq's short book "H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life." It's not a long essay, but it makes some great points about Lovecraft's writing and its obsessions with physical space and architecture.
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Hi, i am the guy who wrote the resume of the article based on what appeared on Mad Movies. I am really really sorry of those two bits you make reference to. You are completely right.
I kinda tried to resume everything the best i could cause it was a long and very interesting article, and sometimes trying to be concise i expressed things not the right way. I only have to say that in the second part when i talk about the "in the mouth of madness" project i didn -
hmmm...moviemack must really hate everything.
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William Stout....did he do any concept stuff for Labyrinth? Cause I have this hefty book of goblin sketches and such that looks extremely similiar to that goat. That goat has devil eyes. Pan's Labyrinth is going to be awesome. Guillermo Del Toro is adorable. I want to tickle his belly to hear his girlish laugh. Rock on like a magickist.
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Bring on the Fantasma de Nervio. As for the goat--with what I can only assume is a "Crystal Power" staff, he must be ancient indeed, hearkening back unto circa 1,980 A.D.
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I haven't talked to Guillermoin awhile. I assume that the goat creature in the film is the same creature I was designing. But realise that my designs were the first preliminary concepts to be produced. I assumed that as Guillermo went through the design process that my design would altered or even discarded, serving as only an early ispiration for the goat creature as the project developed. That's usually how the process works. Some stuff stays, some stuff is elaborated upon and lots of stuff gets discarded.
As far as Doug Jones goes, I'm in complete agreement. I always insist that an actor is inside my creature suits --- not a stuntman. It is the fine craft of acting and movement that really makes those special effects makeups come alive. Case in point: Allan Trautman's brilliant performance as the Tarman in "Return of the Living Dead". -
Sorry about the typos in the last missive...I'm in the middle of work!
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