Guillermo del Toro has a new horror anthology series coming to Netflix called Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. To help him do this, he hired some horror talent for the eight-episode series.
Like an anthology series, each episode tells a new story. Del Toro created two of those original stories for the season and continues to serve as executive producer, creator, and co-showrunner for the series.
For the rest of Cabinet of Curiosities talent, Netflix has provided a list of actors, writers and directors involved in each episode.
Essie Davis (The Babadook), Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) and Hannah Galway (Sex/Life) star in an episode based on an original story by Guillermo del Toro directed by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook).
F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest, Amadeus), Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) and Luke Roberts (Black Sails) star in an episode written by David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight) based on a story by Michael Shea and directed by David Prior (The Empty Man).
Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen), Elpidia Carrillo (Predator), Demetrius Grosse (Fear The Walking Dead, Lovecraft Country) and Sebastian Roché (The Man in the High Castle) star in an episode written by Regina Corrado (Deadwood) based on an original story of Guillermo del Toro directed by Guillermo Navarro (Narcos).
Crispin Glover (American Gods, Back to the Future) and Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone, The Punisher) star in an episode written by Lee Patterson (The Colony) based on a story by HP Lovecraft and directed by Keith Thomas (The Vigil) .
Peter Weller (Naked Lunch, Robocop) stars in an episode directed by Panos Cosmatos (Mandy) also written by him and Aaron Stewart-Ahn.
Mika Watkins (Black Mirror) is writing an episode based on HP Lovecraft and directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Lords of Dogtown) with a cast yet to be announced.
Dave Hewlett (The Shape of Water) is in an episode written and directed by Vincenzo Natali (Splice, Hannibal) based on a short story by Henry Kuttner.
Haley Z. Boston (Brand New Cherry Flavor) is writing an episode based on an Emily Carroll short story and will be directed by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Bad Batch) with a cast yet to be announced created.
A hefty list of talent and familiar faces like Lincoln who we’re going to see back on screen, or someone like Kent behind the camera for more powerful horror.
Del Toro has been in a relationship with Netflix for some time, he has already produced several animated films aimed at children. In addition to Cabinet of Curiosities, del Toro is also directing a stop-motion Pinocchio film for Netflix starring Ewan McGregor as the talking cricket.
His next film is the live-action thriller called Nightmare Alley starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett.
