Tom Cruise or James McAvoy for del Toro's "At the Mountains of Madness"?

Collider.com has an inside story on the secretive clash over picking an actor for the lead role in Guillermo del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness. Universal Studios, the force behind the Lovecraftian saga, is reportedly zeroing in on James McAvoy as lead, while del Toro prefers Tom Cruise. Evaluating actors is not really my forte, and it definitely feels strange discussing these names in connection with H.P. Lovecraft. A better picture of the film should emerge by the end of the year.

-Grim Blogger