Paul McGuigan

Date of Birth

1963-09-19

Place of Birth

Bellshill, Scotland, UK

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Amazon orders a second season of Carnival Row before the first begins

Posted 7 years ago

For a long time, Carnival Row was trapped in development hell. The project began as a spec script written in 2005 by Travis Beacham, a script that passed through the hands of directors Neil Jordan, Tarsem Singh, and Guillermo del Toro....

Teaser: A serial killer preys on mystical creatures in Amazon’s Carnival Row

Posted 7 years ago

Carnival Row was first announced as a feature film that was set to be directed by Guillermo del Toro. After thirteen years of making its way through development hell, the concept has been turned into a series that will soon...

Carnival Row replaces director, adds Andrew Gower and Jamie Harris

Posted 8 years ago

THE SHAPE OF WATER director Guillermo del Toro was attached to the Carnival Row project for eleven years (at one point developing it as a feature film) before Amazon put in an eight episode series order… and soon after, del...

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Four more cast members join Bloom and Delevingne on Carnival Row

Posted 9 years ago

A project that had Guillermo del Toro attached to it for several years, the fantasy noir series Carnival Row is now moving forward at Amazon with VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN director Paul McGuigan at the helm and Orlando Bloom in the lead...

Guillermo del Toro exited Amazon’s Carnival Row, Orlando Bloom to star

Posted 9 years ago

Fourteen months ago, we reported the news that Amazon had ordered a pilot for Carnival Row, a fantasy noir series from director Guillermo del Toro and writer Travis Beacham that originated as a feature film spec script Beacham wrote in...

Review: Victor Frankenstein

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: In this take on the old Frankenstein story, we see the world through the eye’s of Igor. After finding the seemingly abused hunchback as a mistreated circus clown in London, Victor Frankenstein frees him from his shackles, only to...

Exclusive Interview: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy talk Victor Frankenstein

Posted 11 years ago

It seems like every other generation gets its own Frankenstein movie. If you're like me, you've seen 'em all: the 1931 James Whale classic; Hammer Films' ghoulish 1957 version starring Christopher Lee; Kenneth Branagh's over-the-top 1994 number. Now we have...

Exclusive Featurette: Radcliffe and McAvoy open up Victor Frankenstein

Posted 11 years ago

Wouldn't you like to spend Thanksgiving with Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy? Well, you can! Okay, it's only by going to see VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN after you're properly stuffed with turkey, gravy, potatoes, and pumpkin pie, but it's still technically hanging...

Victor Frankenstein invites you to create your very own “Franken-friend”

Posted 11 years ago

If you've ever wanted to combine your friend's body parts into some horrible monstrosity but balked at the amount of work that that would entail (not to mention the moral considerations), Twentieth Century Fox has got you covered with Franken-friend....

Dream of a world where hope replaces fear in new Victor Frankenstein clip

Posted 11 years ago

The story found within Mary Shelley's novel has been mined time and time again with the characters of Victor Frankenstein, his creation, and Igor taking on new forms with each iteration. The latest adaptation switches things around somewhat, as VICTOR...

James McAvoy is a monster maker in Victor Frankenstein trailers and poster

Posted 11 years ago

20th Century Fox is bringing a "dynamic and thrilling twist" on the Frankenstein legend to the big screen with VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, which is set for release on November 25th, 2015. (That's the day before Thanksgiving in the U.S.) To whet...

McAvoy & Radcliffe create monsters in first Victor Frankenstein trailers

Posted 11 years ago

We've seen a couple of images from Paul McGuigan's (PUSH, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN) VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, and now the first trailers have been released for the upcoming movie. James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe play (respectively) the titular scientist and his assistant...

Daniel Radcliffe is set to infiltrate white supermacists in Imperium

Posted 11 years ago

Given that it's Harry Potter's birthday and whatnot, no better time to announce some Daniel Radcliffe news than today! The wizard is hanging up his robe to join the FBI in IMPERIUM. The story will follow that of a young...

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