GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PLANS FOR ‘CABINET OF CURIOSITIES’ SEASON 2

By Jenny Schafer

It’s a big month for Guillermo del Toro, earning rave reviews for Pinocchio while Cabinet of Curiosities streams on Netflix.

The anthology series has prompted plenty of debate among horror fans, but has also received heaps of praise for the creative freedom it gave to both established and up-and-coming directors. In a recent interview, del Toro spoke about the importance of mentoring new horror filmmakers and how the Netflix anthology series gives him the perfect platform to do it.

“All of my career, even at the earlier stages has been about supporting the community,” del Toro said. “The more you have, the more you can support. But with an anthology, you can support eight filmmakers in one fell swoop. We created an arena where we basically said, look, you have full control. Even if you disagree with me, we can disagree, but I’m going to give you every possible support so you can create under ideal conditions. I enjoy that role because some of the filmmakers had less than optimal experiences and others were obscure filmmakers to some degree.”

Following the success of the show’s debut season, del Toro is already thinking ahead to Season 2. “I have a list of directors I want to work with. I would like to write the opening and closing stories for the next season and leave the middle to others,” he said. “What I do is I curate stories that have not been done that could land well with a particular director. For example, “The Autopsy” was a story revered among horror readers but was not well known and deemed unadaptable. So I said let’s adapt it.”