It’s hard to imagine that people say no to a filmmaker like Guillermo del Toro, but before landing his Best Director Oscar for “The Shape of Water” there had been a handful of projects that slipped through his fingers. The most notable failed attempt was a live-action adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s “At The Mountains of Madness.” Lovecraft’s tale mixes the science fiction and horror genres which would later have a direct influence on films like “Alien,” John Carpenter‘s “The Thing,” and more recently “Prometheus.”

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More than a decade later, del Toro shared a bit update with IndieWire about the lost project.

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It’s no secret that movies take a long time to make. With the special effects that go into creating an animated, those often take even longer. But at 30 years in the making, “Mad God” blows them all out of the water. With its new trailer, the movie is finally going to see the light of day.

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“Mad God” comes from famed special effects master Phil Tippett.

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Watch: 22-Minute Doc ‘My Life In Monsters’ About ‘Star Wars’ & ‘Jurassic Park’ Animator Phil Tippett

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