Who Will Star in At the Mountains of Madness ? Studio Wants James McAvoy, Guillermo del Toro Wants Tom Cruise?
This report is kind of thin right now, but Collider says that it has sources saying there are conflicting desires for the leading man of Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft novel At the Mountains of Madness. The site’s report has it that Universal wants James McAvoy (who headed up the studio’s film Wanted) to star, while Guillermo del Toro wants Tom Cruise. We’re assuming now that the lead roles is geologist William Dyer, of Miskatonic University. He narrates the original novella (going from memory here) in which Dyer and associates travel to Antarctica to investigate the disappearance of a research team. Turns out the team had uncovered remains of fourteen unusual life forms, some of which were in much better condition than others. Arriving at the destroyed camp, Dyer finds some of those life forms gone, and eventually finds and explores an ancient city that was once home …

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