Ever since PAN’S LABYRINTH was released, genius filmmaker, Guillermo Del Toro, has been talking about a project he calls 3993. He says that it would be part of his Spanish civil war trilogy. Technically not sequels, but the films in this trilogy consist of THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE and PAN’S LABYRINTH (because they take place during the Spanish civll war).
Today, Sergio Sánchez (EL ORFANATO) spoke to ShockTillYouDrop.com about the project, in which he is in the early stages of writing it for Del Toro.
“It’s going to be shot in Spanish language,” Sanchez tells ShockTillYouDrop.com while out on an “Orphanage” press tour. “It’s also a fantasy film with the Spanish Civil War in the background. It’s the two time periods where the movie takes place. It’s starts in 1993 and then there’s something that happened in ’39 that’s relevant to the story.”
Sergio Sánchez goes on to spill a little bit about the film but with the fear that Guillermo Del Toro would murder him, he keeps it to a minimum.
“Right now they’re re-opening many graves from the Civil War, many people who disappeared and now enough time has past so they’re re-opening [the graves] and there’s a lot of people who can finally find their ancestors and stuff. So [the story] deals with that and if I tell you any more Guillermo will come and slit my tongue,” he laughs.
With Guillermo Del Toro’s track record, I can only imagine how awesome this film going to be. If you’d like to read the entire article, go here. More news on 3993 when it comes!