Hey folks, Harry here... Some of you may have noticed my talkback on Merrick's ME SOMMERS story - where the subject read, "Fuckity Fuck Fuck Fuck" and the body read, "FUUUUUUUCK". That actually really wasn't about Sommers being involved in TARZAN, so much as it was about Guillermo Del Toro no longer being a part of Tarzan. You see, I'm a Burroughs freak - it's Johnny Weismuller's fault - he babysat me a couple of times back when I was a kid and as a result - I had an early obsession with TARZAN - which of course led me through the TARZAN books - along with the rest of the Burroughs wonders. For about 10 years, Guillermo and I have had conversations about how TARZAN had never really been adapted as he was written. He "got" the version of TARZAN that lovers of those first 3-4 books loved. That doesn't mean Sommers won't make a fun film. But he won't make THAT Tarzan. I imagine his adaptation will probably involve more aspects from the later TARZAN novels with lost civilizations and the fantastical beats. Which is fine, that's just not my fave TARZAN. I just don't want Tarzan swinging and moving like SPIDER-MAN ... they're different.

ANYWAYS... This article is supposed to be about that amazing story that Michael Fleming posted at VARIETY about Guillermo being booked for film projects through 2017. They are apparently set to be the two HOBBIT films, followed by an adaptation of the Dan Simmons novel THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD which will be kknown simply as DROOD, a film version of FRANKENSTEIN, DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE along with SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE - then there's his passion project AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS - which if he can get budgeted and approved at the level he wants - could be made before any of those others... GOD WILLING. And then there's always the possibility of a third HELLBOY.

Fleming also mentions his producing projects based on David Moody's HATER along with a spec written by Guillermo and Matthew Robbins called CRIMSON PEAK.

Seems UNIVERSAL is quite eager to be in the Guillermo Del Toro business, which is a good thing - cuz it means UNIVERSAL wants to build its Horror Brand - something they would be forever loved for if they produced his AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS - as that is the next evolutionary step forward in theatrical Horror.