Even while he preps PACIFIC RIM for its July release, Guillermo del Toro is already hard at work on his follow-up, the haunted house thriller CRIMSON PEAK. The film already has Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam in its cast, and now Variety reports a new name has joined the party: Benedict Cumberbatch.
Cumberbatch will soon be seen terrorizing the Enterprise in STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS; he’s also well known for his turn as Sherlock Holmes on the BBC drama “Sherlock”. He’s portraying the dragon Smaug in the next HOBBIT film as well. Strange face aside, dude is “hot” right now.
Del Toro and Legendary Pictures will commence production on CRIMSON PEAK in February. Plot details are very thin, but here is what del Toro has said about it in the past:
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