I like to imagine having slumber parties with directors and screenwriters. I’ve done it an embarrassing amount. I’ve finger combed the hair of Alfonso Cuaron, dared Joss Whedon to stuff a whole jar of tahini in his mouth, and taken Albert Brooks freaking down with my awesome thumb war skills.

Del Toro has shown up quite a bit, too. After all, an auteur is only invited into one of my chum fest fantasies if they’re innovative and ambitious. And del Toro certainly fits the bill. In addition to helming The Hobbit I and II, 3993 (a Spanish ghost story), At the Mountains of Madness (based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft), he’s yearning to put together even more projects. Specifically, del Toro is intrigued by making a film about Dr. Strange. In an interview with Empire, he said he’d talked to Neil Gaiman about Dr. Strange:

“I said, that’s an interesting character because you can definitely make him more in the pulpy occult detective/magician mould and formula than was done in the Weird Tales, for example. And I certainly wouldn’t use the suit! [Dr Strange wears a get up that could be most politely described as ‘swishy’]. But the idea of a character that really dabbles in the occult in a way that’s not X-Filey, where the supernatural is taken for granted. That’s interesting.”

Oh, Guillermo, you are so getting an imaginary invitation from me.

via The Big Picture

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