Hey folks, Harry here... Lonestarr is chiming in with the latest transformation that one of our modern Lon Chaney's is undertaking. Doug Jones will be playing the best on-screen Satyr since Tony Randall's in SEVEN FACES OF DR LAO - and this one has the best Satyr role written since Nicholson in THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK. I've had the pleasure of reading Guillermo Del Toro's next Spanish Language gothic fairy tale. This will complete a trilogy of Guillermo's own grim fairy tales that began with CRONOS continued with THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE and is carried through with PAN'S LABYRINTH which is most definitely the largest in scope. Think about LABYRINTH - but scary, no songs, a far younger more vulnerable girl, very real problems to be escaping from... and in this case a very real destiny - but whether it is a happy one or a tragic one... I'll leave that to you - but ponder back on Guillermo's Spanish fantasy films... both have been bittersweet and you better believe el Gordo hasn't been laying the cajeta in too thick. Doug's satyr, Pan isn't the only creature, and the creatures aren't the only monsters facing this little girl. Now - if only I could announce AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS as being in pre-production. Jesus, I want that film now.
Hey Harry,
Lonestarr here -
I'm the one who sent in the exterior
house/graveyard pics of the "Haunted Mansion" set over
a year ago, yada yada...I have some news that you guys
might find interesting. According to his website,
dougjones.topcities.com, everyone's favorite creature
actor and perhaps the coolest guy in the world, Doug
"Abe Sapien" Jones of "Hellboy" fame has been
personally cast by Guillermo Del Toro himself to play
the title role in his upcoming movie, "Pan's
Labyrinth". Doug will portray Pan, the fawn/satyr
(Half man-half goat in Greek mythology) that befriends
a troubled little girl during WWI, and will be shot
entirely in Spain. In fact, Doug is the only American
actor in the cast and he will have to learn how to
speak his Spanish dialogue phoenetically. According
to him, it is one of the most beautiful scripts he has
ever read, and is looking forward to the project.
He is currently filming "Benchwarmers" in SoCal with
Adam Sandler, and will shoot "Pan" in July/August. In
case some of you don't know, Doug was the moon-faced
"MacTonite" guy for McDonalds ads in the late 80's,
Billy Butcherson in "Hocus Pocus", Yee in "Warriors of
Virtue", one of the freaky floating gentlemen in that
acclaimed Buffy episode, among many others, is a
terrific actor and the nicest person you can ever
meet...
Here's hoping DelToro will make a wonderful children's
fantasy...
For now, Lonestarr out.
