James Cameron Joins Mountains of Madness Project

The big Hollywood centric blogs are reporting that James Cameron has signed onto Guillermo del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness film as a producer. Cameron, who recently won attention for his work on Avatar, is definitely the latest big name to approach this most Cyclopean of Lovecraft projects. Early reactions to this news across the Lovecraftian community are varied, and with good reason. Many believe Cameron's addition will launch what is already slated to be the largest and most public Lovecraftian movie to greater heights yet, while a smaller number of detractors fear he will bring strictly non-Lovecraftian baggage aboard, like romance and politics. Though alien to H.P. Lovecraft's work (at least in modern terms--Lovecraft wrote several stories there were overtly political, such as "The Street"), any film as immense as this can only be expected to bring in elements that will jive with public interest and sentiment.

In other news about the project, renowned weird fiction scholar S.T. Joshi has reportedly been contacted by del Toro's office to serve as a literary consultant. Details are scant about Joshi's involvement beyond this fact.

Additionally, a very early script by Guillermo del Toro has been attracting some discussion as well. While this draft is several years old and differs much from the film's current stage, in all likelihood, it's useful for offering a glimpse into the thought and style being exerted on Lovecraft's story:



-Grim Blogger