An Evening with Guillermo del Toro and 'The Fall' -- Event & Book Signing in San Francisco September 28th! Buy Tix Online

Film fans, young filmmakers and vampire and horror novel fans alike won't want to miss this very special event with prolific multihyphenate multi award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro! The Fall, the second book in The Strain Trilogy book signing will follow a very special event at the Sundance Kabuki Theatre in San Francisco on September 28th.

A VIP ticket entitles you to a private pre-talk reception, at 6:30 PM, with Mr. Del Toro, including delicious food, a special bar drink, seat, and a copy of The Fall! Lucky you -- if you happen to be in San Francisco that day! Check it out ...

Date	From September 28, 2010 7:30 PM Until September 28, 2010 9:00 PM
Location	Sundance Kabuki Theater 1881 Post Street at Fillmore San Francisco, CA 94115 [map it!]
Price	$12.00 - $75.00
Info Line	415-863-8688
Website	http://www.booksmith.com
Contact	events@booksmith.com

Description

Born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, Guillermo del Toro made his feature directorial debut in 1993 with the film Cronos, and has since gone on to direct, among other films, Mimic, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II, Hellboy I, Hellboy II, and Pan's Labyrinth, which garnered enormous critical praise worldwide and won three Academy Awards. Del Toro has produced and written films numerous films. He is currently working on a remake of Frankenstein; it's been announced that James Cameron will produce Del Toro's 3-D At the Mountains of Madness, and that Del Toro will direct Disney's The Haunted Mansion. With Chuck Hogan, Del Toro has become a novelist as well. Their first novel was The Strain, about which all that must be said is this: They have always been here. Vampires. In secret and in darkness. Waiting. Now their time has come. In one week, Manhattan will be gone. In one month, the country. In two months -- the world. "I cannot wait to see where Del Toro and Hogan take us next." -- James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Doomsday Key The wait is over! Guillermo Del Toro returns with The Fall -- the second blood-chilling volume in their critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling Strain Trilogy. The Fall picks up where The Strain left off -- with a vampiric infection spreading like wildfire across America as a small band of heroes struggles to save the dwindling human race from the vampire plague. Horror fiction and dark fantasy fans will be swept up in this epic story that bestselling author Nelson DeMille describes as "Bram Stoker meets Stephen King meets Michael Crichton." In addition to his multiple screen ventures, Del Toro is, with Chuck Hogan, writing the third volume in The Strain trilogy. Advance ticket purchase encouraged; tickets at the door may not be available. General admission $12. VIP ticket for private pre-talk reception, at 6:30 PM, with Mr. Del Toro, including delicious food, a special bar drink, seat, and a copy of The Fall $75. (21+ only) NOTE: No one under 21 years old will be admitted.

Notes

General seating ($12 tickets) begins at 6:45 PM. Reserved seating for VIP reception ticket holders ($75 tickets) begins promptly at 7:15

Buy tickets online now.

Pre-Order The Fall online now!

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Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan's 'The Fall' Available for Pre-Order Online Now

A new crew of vampires will be stalking the best-seller lists soon. . .

Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Fall, book two of The Strain Trilogy is now available for pre-order through online retailers.

Guillermo del Toro (left) and Chuck Hogan (right); The Strain book signing

The Fall will go on sale at bleeding-edge bookstores on 9/21/2010.

"It took the world just 60 days to end, And we were there to account for it - our omissions, our arrogance ..." - Eph (First line of The Fall)

Can't wait!!!

Additional links
The Strain Trilogy Facebook Group
Guillermo del Toro Facebook Group
Guillermo Del Toro's Monster Cameo Appearance in 'The Hobbit'
Guillermo del Toro on Our Obsession with Vampires
Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan's 'The Strain' TV Adaptation in the Works
The Strain (Book review)
Guillermo del Toro Talks 'The Strain' Vampire Trilogy

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'Spread the Strain' Contest Deadline Sept 30th!

Great news! The Spread the Strain contest deadline has been extended to September 30th, 2009.

Submit your own short fan-created film or trailer for The Strain, the new vampire epic from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan and your video could be judged by Guillermo del Toro the visionary director of Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy and The Hobbit.



For details visit SpreadTheStrain.ca

Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan's 'The Strain' TV Adaptation in the Works

Marti Noxon (left) and Dawn Parouse Olmstead (right)

Grady Twins Prods. are teaming with director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) and novelist Chuck Hogan on a TV adaptation of their co-authored horror trilogy, The Strain.

The Strain book trilogy is a bioterror thriller with fangs, telling the story of an outbreak in the U.S. of a virus that either kills those who are exposed to it or turns them into vampires. The first of the series came out in June. The plan is to shop the TV project, envisioned as an event series unfolding over three seasons, early next year after the second book is released.

Grady Twins, the production company formed earlier this year by TV vets Marti Noxon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and Dawn Parouse Olmstead ("Prison Break"), is named for the murdered twin girls who haunt the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's book and Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining.

As evidenced by Grady Twins' initial batch of projects, Noxon and Parouse Olmstead aim to cast a wide net as producers. And they're committed to live by the maxim that "we don't want to be doing anything that we don't have a passion for," Noxon said.

Here's a look at the Dog Shed scene from The Strain...


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Source: Variety.com

The Strain (Book review)

Guillermo del Toro (left) and Chuck Hogan (right); The Strain book signing

The Strain, is the first of an apocalyptic new trilogy that includes The Fall (2010) and The Night Eternal (2011), from the visionary creator Guillermo del Toro of the Academy Award®-winning film Pan's Labyrinth and the comic book movies Hellboy 1 and 2. Del Toro teams up with Hammett Award-winning mystery/thriller author Chuck Hogan to bring you this epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity.

The Strain opens with a flashback to the 1920's and Eastern Europe where a young Jewish boy, Abraham Setrakian, is being told a fairy tale by his grandmother. The legend of Jusef Sardu, the giant, his walking stick (pick-pick-pick), and his haunted castle. Very old world creeeeepy.

Flash forward to present day New York where something has gone terribly wrong. A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK enroute from Germany and lands safely. It suddenly goes completely dark, all of its shades down, with no communication or 911 calls coming from the aircraft as CSI type investigators puzzle outside it. Upon examination the plane yields only four survivors and no apparent answers.

Center for Disease Control (CDC) is called in and the head of their early response “Canary” team, Dr. Eph Goodweather, is baffled by the strange findings in the plane. After examining the situation, he is left with a feeling of dread that chills him to the bone as he tries to implement his scientific methods to a situation that clearly does not follow the rules of modern science.

An ornate box, rectangular in shape, containing only earth is found in the cargo hold of the plane. Vampires! These are not the sexy, love struck bloodsuckers of today. These are powerful, vengeful, hideous creatures who will stop at nothing until the world is theirs.

In a pawnshop on the Upper East Side (Spanish Harlem), Abraham Setrakian, a Holocaust surviver (Treblinka) realizes that there is an even older evil at work. A force from who's been seeking retribution for half a century, which has crossed the pond from the old world to the new. The legendary Dark Thing Sardu has arrived. It is a race against time to contain this ancient force before it spreads outside the city limits; an apocalyptic nightmare descending upon the characters and the world as they know it:

(excerpt from The Strain) "His lower jaw descended and out wriggled something pink and fleshy that was not his tongue. It was longer, more muscular and complex...and squirming." Eeeewwww!

And as the infection spreads throughout New York City, it falls to Eph, Abraham Setrakian, second generation Russian Vasiliy Fet (a rat catcher) and a few others to try and stop something which is seemingly unstoppable. The book shifts focus to different characters and their experiences as the plot sees the vampire infection spreading wider as it steers the leading characters closer together for the "final" confrontation with the Bad Guy.

Del Toro and Hogan flesh out the bones of the story so meticulously and vividly that the hairs on your neck will be standing while you check the deadbolts on your door. These Big Bad Bloodsuckers will have fans of horror and crime novels turning the pages of this compelling novel way into the wee hours of the morning.

The Strain conjures up visions of a big budget apocalyptic thriller laced with cutting-edge creature makeups and special effects. Check out the The Strain book trailer : Dog Shed scene



I would love to see a film adaptation of The Strain trilogy. The book is like a teaser for Guillermo del Toro's deliciously wicked world of hideous, creepy, fleshed out monsters on the big screen. The Strain book trailer: Jail Scene will totally creep you out and leave you wanting more.


I can't wait for The Fall (2010) and The Night Eternal (2011)!



Check out The Strain website at www.thestraintrilogy.com