Guillermo del Toro is talking up "The Strain" a bunch lately, as the first season of the horror series is just now coming to Blu-ray and DVD. The always-busy director seems mostly satisfied with how the show turned out, but is quick to recognize that it had its flaws and detractors. He hopes to remedy its issues by being more involved with it moving forward.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, del Toro says he's committed to sticking around for "The Strain" Season Two, while also (unfortunately) admitting he's had to delay the small black & white horror movie he announced back in July.
Regarding how much responsibility he'll take on for the second season:
My hope is that I remain in that capability for the entire season. I originally was going to do a very small project around April or May, but there are some issues in the family that I have to take care of. So I decided that staying put was the best idea for the family, and “The Strain” allows me to do that, allows me to basically 20 minutes away from home. I’ll be shooting the pre-credit prologue of the pilot, I’ll be shooting the Silver Angel black and white Mexican movies, and I’ve been doing second unit last week, and I’ll continue to do it, God willing, through the season.
Pressed about the smaller project he's had to put on the back-burner, del Toro says:
Yeah, I have to postpone it until later notice. Life has a way of telling what you need to do instead of what you’re planning.
You can read the entire interview right HERE.