For all you Benedict Cumberbatch fans out there, you'll be extremely happy to know that Guillermo del Toro has cast him in his next horror movie Crimson Peak! How awesome is that?! The actor joins Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam in the haunted house thriller.
There's not much known about the story yet, but the director has talked about the tone of the film in great detail explaining that it's “a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story," and that it will allow him "to play with the conventions of the genre [he knows and loves], and at the same time subvert the old rules." He goes into a little bit more detail in this statement,
It’s the turn of the century. So it’s at the turn of the century and half of the movie takes place in America, and the other half takes place in a crumbling mansion in Cumbria. And basically it’s a ghost story and gothic romance, trying to subvert the rules of the usual gothic romance. It’s very much... the first half is a love story, then that love story turns darker. And it’s at the same time a ghost story. I’m working at this moment with Lucinda Clarkson who is a really great playwright from the UK. She has the proper degree of perversity and intelligence to turn it into something interesting to watch. It’s sort of a very compelling version of the classic gothic romance, where you have the spookiness and the windswept landscape that dooms the characters, you know?
There's no word on who any of the actors will be playing, but it's a hell of a great cast! I have no doubt that Cumberbatch will be taking on one of the creepier parts in the film. The guy can be pretty freakin' scary if he wants to. Knowing Del Toro, he's going to give us a classic horror film that we won't forget. At least that's what I'm hoping for!