#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S “CABINET OF CURIOSITIES’

In CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original stories by del Toro) are brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro.

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’s CABINET OF CURIOSITIES will debut Tuesday, October 25, 2022 launching a special four day, double episode Netflix & Chills Halloween event. Two all-new CABINET OF CURIOSITIES tales will debut daily through Friday, October 28, when the entire collection of eight stories will be available to Netflix members around the world.

The anthology series is created and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro; executive produced by Academy Award winner J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water; Sex/Life), who also serves as co-showrunner; and executive produced by Gary Ungar. Regina Corrado serves as co-executive producer. Del Toro also serves as host.

Story information in Alpha Order/Story Debut Order Has Not Been Announced:

THE AUTOPSY

Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest; Homeland; Amadeus)
Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Fargo; The Wire)
Luke Roberts (Ransom; Black Sails)
episode written by David S. Goyer (The Sandman; Dark City; The Dark Knight; Batman Begins) (based on a short story by Michael Shea)
directed by David Prior (The Empty Man; AM1200)

DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE

Rupert Grint (Servant)
Ismael Cruz Cordova (Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Undoing, Miss Bala)
DJ Qualls (Turning Point, Supernatural)
Nia Vardalos (Love, Victor, Station 19, My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
Tenika Davis (Jupiter’s Legacy, Titans)
episode written by Mika Watkins (Origin; Black Mirror; Troy: Fall of a City) (based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft)
directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen; Lords of Dogtown; Twilight)

GRAVEYARD RATS

David Hewlett (SEE, The Shape of Water; Stargate: Atlantis) stars in an episode written (based on a short story by Henry Kuttner) and directed by Vincenzo Natali (In The Tall Grass; Splice; Cube; Hannibal)
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Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen; The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Elpidia Carrillo (Predator; Bread & Roses; Euphoria)
Demetrius Grosse (Fear The Walking Dead; Boon; Lovecraft Country)
Sebastian Roché (The Man in the High Castle; The Young Pope)
written by Regina Corrado (Deadwood; The Strain) (based on an original story by Guillermo del Toro)
directed by Guillermo Navarro (Godfather of Harlem; Narcos)

THE MURMURING

Essie Davis (The Babadook)
Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead; Penguin Bloom)
Hannah Galway (Sex/Life)
episode written (based on an original story by Guillermo del Toro)
directed by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook; The Nightingale)

THE OUTSIDE

Kate Micucci (The Little Hours; Mom)
Martin Starr (Silicon Valley; Party Down)
episode written by Haley Z. Boston (Brand New Cherry Flavor) (based on a short story by comic book author Emily Carroll)
directed by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night; Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon; The Bad Batch)

PICKMAN’S MODEL

Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone; Westworld; The Punisher)
Crispin Glover (Rivers Edge; Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland; American Gods; Back To The Future; Willard; Charlie’s Angels)
Oriana Leman (The Whale; The Detectives)
episode written by Lee Patterson (Curve; The Colony) (based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft)
directed by Keith Thomas (Firestarter; The Vigil)

THE VIEWING

Peter Weller (upcoming The Colosseum; Naked Lunch; Star Trek Into Darkness; Robocop)
Eric André (The Eric Andre Show; The Righteous Gemstones)
Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service; upcoming Rebel Moon)
Charlyne Yi (Always Be My Maybe; Good Girls)
Steve Agee (Peacemaker; The Suicide Squad)
Michael Therrialt (Locke and Key; Cult of Chucky)
Saad Siddiqui (From Scratch; DC’s Legends of Tomorrow)
episode directed by Panos Cosmatos (Mandy), who also writes, along with Aaron Stewart-Ahn

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities begins October 25, 2022 on Netflix.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

#SPOTTED: BEN BARNES IN TORONTO FILMING “GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES”

Ben Barnes has built a steady, but quality body of work over the years. Whether you know him from The Chronicles of Narnia, his more recent work in Netflix’s Shadow and Bone, or HBO‘s Westworld, it is easy to see why his career has shown longevity.

Barnes is in Toronto filming upcoming Guillermo del Toro Anthology Series CABINET OF CURIOSITIES. Barnes‘ episode also stars Crispin Glover, written by Lee Patterson and directed by Keith Thomas.

The Series stars several talented Actors including the likes of F. Murray Abraham, Tim Blake Nelson, Peter Weller and more, filming through February 2022.

We spotted Barnes in rehearsals a couple weeks back, prior to his episode filming around Baldwin Street. He was amazingly nice to make time to stop for a Snap before heading off to work!

He also is prepping the release of his EP SONGS FOR YOU. Check-out a quick Preview here for his Track 11:11:

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong/Ben Barnes)

#FIRSTLOOK: GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S “CABINET OF CURIOSITIES”

Guillermo del Toro quietly has been filming around Toronto for the past bit and at last we get confirmation exactly what and who!

Official titles and Cast for the upcoming Anthology Series are below:

• Essie Davis (The Babadook), Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead; Penguin Bloom) and Hannah Galway (Sex/Life) star in an episode written (based on an original story by Guillermo del Toro) and directed by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook; The Nightingale)
• Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest; Homeland; Amadeus), Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Fargo; The Wire) and Luke Roberts (Ransom; Black Sails) will appear in an episode written by David S. Goyer (Dark City; The Dark Knight; Batman Begins) (based on a short story by Michael Shea), and directed by David Prior (The Empty Man; AM1200).  
• Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen; The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Elpidia Carrillo (Predator; Bread & Roses; Euphoria), Demetrius Grosse (Fear The Walking Dead; Boon; Lovecraft Country) and Sebastian Roché (The Man in the High Castle; The Young Pope) star in an episode written by Regina Corrado (Deadwood; The Strain) (based on an original story by Guillermo del Toro); and directed by Guillermo Navarro (Godfather of Harlem; Narcos)
• Crispin Glover (Rivers Edge; Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland; American Gods; Back To The Future; Willard; Charlie’s Angels) and Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone;  Westworld; The Punisher) star in an episode written by  Lee Patterson (Curve; The Colony) (based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft) and directed by Keith Thomas (Firestarter; The Vigil)
• Peter Weller (upcoming The Colosseum; Naked Lunch; Star Trek Into Darkness; Robocop) stars in an episode directed by Panos Cosmatos (Mandy), who also writes along with Aaron Stewart-Ahn
• Mika Watkins (Origin; Black Mirror; Troy: Fall of a City) writes an episode (based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft) directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen; Lords of Dogtown; Twilight); with cast to be announced
• David Hewlett (SEE, The Shape of Water; Stargate: Atlantis) cast in an episode written (based on a short story by Henry Kuttner) and directed by Vincenzo Natali (In The Tall Grass; Splice; Cube; Hannibal) 
• Haley Z. Boston (Brand New Cherry Flavor) serves as writer of an episode (based on a short story by comic book author Emily Carroll) directed by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night; Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon; The Bad Batch) with cast to be confirmed

The Series is coming soon to Netflix!

(Photo credit: Netflix)