Emma Stone in Talks to Star in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Crimson Peak’

Just over a month ago, we learned that Guillermo del Toro had set up a new project with Legendary Pictures to follow their collaboration on Pacific Rim. Crimson Peak will have del Toro returning to horror in the form of a haunted house thriller which the director describes as “a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story.” Now the first member of the cast has surfaced as Variety reports Emma Stone (who can currently be seen in Gangster Squad and soon Movie 43) will venture into the terrifying genre for the first time (unless you count Zombieland) with the master of horror. More below! More specific plot details are still under wraps, but here’s what del Toro said last month: “I’ve always tried to make big sized horror movies like the ones I grew up watching. Films like ‘The Omen’, ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The Shining’, …