‘Cabinet of Curiosities’: Netflix Announces All-Star Cast & Writers For Guillermo Del Toro Anthology Series
Netflix has announced a pretty spectacular line-up of actors and writers for upcoming anthology series ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities‘, including Andrew Lincoln, F. Murray Abraham, Tim Blake Nelson, Peter Weller, Crispin Glover, Ben Barnes and more!
In the series, acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original works by del Toro) will be brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro.
The cast and writers for the series are a great mix of acting and writing talent. Here is a breakout of who will be working on each episode:
- Essie Davis (‘The Babadook’), Andrew Lincoln (‘The Walking Dead’) and Hannah Galway (‘Sex/Life’) star in an episode written (based on an original story by Guillermo del Toro) and directed by Jennifer Kent (‘The Babadook,’ ‘The Nightingale’).
- Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (‘Mythic Quest’, ‘Homeland’), Glynn Turman (‘Fargo’, ‘The Wire’) and Luke Roberts (‘Ransom’, ‘Black Sails’) will appear in an episode written by David S. Goyer (‘Dark City’, ‘The Dark Knight’) (based on a short story by Michael Shea), and directed by David Prior (‘The Empty Man’, ‘AM1200’).
- Tim Blake Nelson (‘Watchmen,’ ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’), Elpidia Carrillo (‘Predator,’ ‘Bread & Roses,’ ‘Euphoria’), Demetrius Grosse (‘Fear The Walking Dead’, ‘Lovecraft Country’) and Sebastian Roché (‘The Man in the High Castle,’ ‘The Young Pope’) star in an episode written by Regina Corrado (‘Deadwood,’ ‘The Strain’) (based on an original story by Guillermo del Toro); and directed by Guillermo Navarro (‘Godfather of Harlem,’ ‘Narcos’).
- Crispin Glover (‘American Gods,’ ‘Back To The Future,’) and Ben Barnes. (‘Shadow and Bone,’ ‘Westworld,’ ‘The Punisher’) star in an episode written by Lee Patterson (‘Curve,’ ‘The Colony’) (based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft) and directed by Keith Thomas (‘Firestarter,’ ‘The Vigil’).
- Peter Weller (‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ ‘Robocop’) stars in an episode directed by Panos Cosmatos (‘Mandy’), who also writes along with Aaron Stewart-Ahn.
- Mika Watkins (‘Origin,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Troy: Fall of a City’) writes an episode (based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft) directed by Catherine Hardwicke (‘Thirteen,’ ‘Lords of Dogtown,’ ‘Twilight’); with cast to be announced.
- David Hewlett (‘See,’ ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘Stargate: Atlantis’) cast in an episode written (based on a short story by Henry Kuttner) and directed by Vincenzo Natali (‘In The Tall Grass,’ ‘Splice’, ‘Hannibal’).
- Haley Z. Boston (‘Brand New Cherry Flavor’) serves as writer of an episode (based on a short story by comic book author Emily Carroll) directed by Ana Lily Amirpour (‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’, ‘The Bad Batch’) with cast to be confirmed.
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ is created and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro and executive produced by Academy Award winner J. Miles Dale (‘The Shape of Water’, ‘Sex/Life’), who also serves as co-showrunner; and Gary Ungar. Regina Corrado serves as co-executive producer.
We don’t know exactly when ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities‘ will premiere, but it has started production in Toronto, so presumably, it’ll be 2022. If you want to keep track of this, or any other show, you can add it via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
