15 Movies, Shows, and Other Stuff That Were Almost Made by Guillermo del Toro
![15 Movies, Shows, and Other Stuff That Were Almost Made by Guillermo del Toro](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/6/845946_320x180.jpg)
You know how time changes everything -- ripples spread and a butterfly flapping its wings alters the course of reality a thousand years away? You see stardust and you see lights that ripple and travel past like liquid waves of electricity, and you can feel that everything you do -- reading this, going for a jog, calling your mom -- will change everything for years after, for days and months, echoing forever.
One day a scientist was out at the grocery store and she found, buried in the fruit tray, a cantaloupe. A moldy, sporey cantaloupe. On it, there was bacteria growing -- a mold -- penicillin. The majority of life-saving penicillin that exists today is from that one cantaloupe, found in a grocery store. It had been there for days. What if Mouldy Mary had come early? What if she had gone in later? The cantaloupe may have been gone, the mold may have gone unnoticed, and what then? Countless lives. Endless ripples. Days go by and you don't even think of what you're doing, but your every breath is electricity shooting out across the sky, it's breath where there was none, it's a body and a mind and a motion, and the world is changed irrevocably whenever you so much as open your eyes.
Here are some facts about movies and television shows that could've been different.
Hellboy III
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did Hellboy III The reboot tried to bring Ron Pearlman back as the red guy, but Perlman declined due to his huge respect for del Toro. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/5/845935.jpg)
Source: Variety
The Hulk
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did The Hulk Del Toro was rumored to direct a Hulk series, but with She-Hulk seeming to take up all the green big budget, this looks less and less likely. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/7/845937.jpg)
Source: CBR
The Hobbit
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did The Hobbit Before Peter Jackson's return, del Toro was set to make a more unreal, fantastic version of Bilbo's tale (and only two movies, at that). Smaug concept art CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/1/845931.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
Silent Hills
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did silent Hills Del Toro was enthusiastic about working with Hideo Kojima on a Silent Hill game - which was canceled. His take on the cancellation was, Makes no f-ing sense at all. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/2/845942.jpg)
Source: Polygon
Beauty and the Beast
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did Beauty and the Beast Years before Disney's remake of their animated version, del Toro was working on a live-action adaptation starring Emma Watson. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/8/845928.jpg)
Source: Collider
Justice League Dark
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did Justice League Dark Del Toro left the project when development lagged. An alleged script leaked in 2020. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/8/845938.jpg)
Source: Small Screen
Halo
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did 117 Halo A Neill Blomkamp movie produced by del Toro was in the works until injury, time, and production issues derailed it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/9/845929.jpg)
More: The Canceled 'Halo' Movie Was Mayhem Behind The Scenes
At the Mountains of Madness
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did At the Mountains of Madness Del Toro never made his Lovecraft adaptation led by Tom Cruise after Prometheus covered all the same ground. Не hasn't fully given up, though. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/2/845932.jpg)
Frankenstein
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did Frankenstein The Dark Universe ended the plans for del Toro's take on the story - despite not having come out with their own version yet. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/0/845940.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
The Legend of Tarzan
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did The Legend of Tarzan The project del Toro was involved in would later morph until it was released as the movie starring Alexander Skarsgård. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/9/845939.jpg)
Source: ComicBookMovie.com
Sandman
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did sandman The Netflix series has removed Guillermo Del Toro's chances of directing any adaptation... for now. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/1/845941.jpg)
Sandkings
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did sandkings Del Toro was working on getting the rights to this creepy story by George R. R. Martin, when The Outer Limits beat him at adapting it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/3/845933.jpg)
Source: ComicBookMovie.com
Van Helsing
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did van Helsing Wait, rea...? Oh, this was unrelated to the CGI fest starring Hugh Jackman. Not that it matters, as it never happened. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/4/845934.jpg)
Source: The Playlist
Haunted Mansion
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did Disney HAUNTED ANSIO Haunted Mansion Del Toro is still a credited writer, but was removed as director - and then the film went through dozens of different writers. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/0/845930.jpg)
Source: Film Stories
Carnival Row
![Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did carnival ROW For years, del Toro was heavily involved in the project - but when the series finally went to production, he was too busy to work on it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/6/845936.jpg)
Source: Screen Crush