Ron Howard Considers The Strange Adventures Of H.P. Lovecraft

Posted by Wintle on March 27th, 2009   Filed under: Books/Comics, Horror, Rumours
Source: Coming Soon

“I shall never permit anything bearing my signature to be banalised and vulgarised into the flat infantile twaddle which passes for ‘horror tales’ amongst radio and cinema audiences!” – H.P. Lovecraft

Universal has picked up the film rights for The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft, a comic that imagines what would happen if horror author H.P. Lovecraft inadvertently unleashed his creations upon an unsuspecting world. Rumour has it that they hope to add Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos to their legendary line-up of classic monsters. The most surprising aspect of this story is that Ron Howard is being considered for the director’s chair.

Movies based on the famous author’s works are so prevalent that there exists an annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, however with few exceptions the major studios have shied away from his stories. It was assumed that the next major attempt at big-screen Lovecraftian horror would be At the Mountains of Madness by Guillermo Del Toro, but with so many other commitments Ron Howard may just get there first. Is first-time horror director Ron Howard capable of filming the unimaginable, or will Lovecraft once again be banalised and vulgarised?

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Comments (3)

  1. >>or will Lovecraft once again be banalised and vulgarised?

    yes.

    I’ll take del Toro on this any day over anyone else. ATMOM done by him would be sweet indeed.

    Posted by Damndirtyape on March 27th, 2009

  2. i hope ron howard does not direct this. this should be held in the hands of someone visionary and creative. not someone boring.

    Posted by cronenfly on March 29th, 2009

  3. Hello, that’s an interesting article and I look forward to any films based upon Lovecraft’s work. The picture of Cthulhu is rather interesting too. I mention it because I am the sculptor and seller of that particular version of Cthulhu. I’m thrilled you thought it worthy of representing Lovecraft for your article. I sold one of those statues and another Lovecraft creature, an Old One (who features in Lovecraft’s “At The Mountains of Madness) to Guillermo Del Toro about a year ago.

    Thanks.

    Mark

    Posted by Mark Arnold on September 27th, 2009

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