Guillermo Del Toro certainly has his plate full working on Pinocchio, The Hobbit, Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but also among his projects sits a little horror gem, The Orphanage. A remake of it’s Spanish language predecessor, everything seemed to be going smoothly until we found out that director Larry Fessenden, who had been attached since August, will no longer be involved.
Arrow in the Head got an interview with Fessenden and when they asked what his reasons were he replied:
“The Orphanage was two years of waiting. Working on the script with Guillermo was a very exciting experience, but then I got into a casting miasma and that’s where the thing is; I think they’re gonna do it another way, actually. So I think I’m out of it. Hopefully they’ll still use my script, but I’m not sure I’m directing it anymore. That’s Hollywood for ya.”
In regards to his next directorial gig, he stated:
“I have like three movies that I wanna do that are, ironically, at this level. Just because that project (The Orphanage) got my foot in the door with studios and managers, agents, all good people working hard – but the fact is I don’t trust whether or not it’ll work. You know, after you get bitten once, you’re just a little more wary.”
This news may be unsettling for Del Toro and crew, but on my side of the fence I think that on the list of upcoming Del Toro projects, this was pretty far down. So if the film has more problems or gets pushed back, I think we’ll all live… and if we won’t, we can always watch the Spanish version, which really has no need to be remade.
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