According to [Variety] Guillermo del Toro has come onboard with Reel FX to produce a CG-animated film with the working title Day of the Dead. Del Toro will also present the film, directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez from a script he wrote with Gutierrez and Doug Langdale. Reel FX will produce alongside Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone.
The flick's story will be a Romeo and Juliet-style tale set against a Mexican Day of the Dead backdrop. It's the first time since 1993's Cronos that del Toro has collaborated on a feature project set in Mexico.
"This is a colorful, vibrant, vital fable that utilizes the animation medium in an incredible way," del Toro said of the project.
Day of the Dead is scheduled to be released in fall 2014.
(Source: DreadCentral.com)
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