Guillermo Del Toro Talks 'Pan's Labyrinth' Musical Plans, 'Pacific Rim' 2 Casting, More — hollywoodreporter.com

Comic-Con without Guillermo Del Toro makes about as much sense as Hellboy without mutton chops. But the 51-year-old horror maestro couldn’t make it to San Diego this year because he’s in Toronto about to begin shooting The Shape of Water, a supernatural drama set during the Cold War starring Michael Shannon, Doug Jones and Michael Stuhlbarg. Del Toro, however, will be zipping back to LA on July 30 to help open his exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "At Home With Monsters," a sampling of gruesome film props from Del Toro’s personal collection (so vast, it occupies two entire houses on the outskirts of LA). “To me, this is a spiritual calling,” he told The Hollywood Reporter of his penchant for hoarding horror props. “I love monsters the way people worship holy images. They really connect in a very fundamental way to my identity.”

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