Cannot wait to see what Toni Collette, in particular, does with her (very good) role as a washed up psychic with an alcoholic husband.

The story of Nightmare Alley is really solid foundation and Del Toro's remake appears to be hewing closely to the original which is definitely a two act structure, first act in the circus where a newbie named Stanton (Bradley Cooper) gets mixed up with the carnies (Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Rooney Mara, etcetera) and learns the trade, and second act in upscale theaters with a new dangerous partner (Cate Blanchett) as Stanton moves up in the world to work a more lucrative 'psychic' grift.The production designer is Tamara Deverell who has mostly worked in television ( Star Trek Discovery, Suits, The Strain etcetera) prior to this though she has several smaller films under her belt, too. At the most it will be popular across the board and hog nominations in all categories. At the very least this will be breathtaking to look at and score a few technical Oscar nominations. C'MON PRODUCTION DESIGN! (And the other crafts, too).But, more importantly, will it be great? Let's do the Yes No Maybe So™ breakdown of the new trailer after the jump. Will his latest movie be another Oscar player or another Crimson Tide (which people were very excited about in theory until it became reality). This time up he's doing a remake of the great 1947 noir Nightmare Alley which featured Tyrone Power's all time best performance and two fascinating female supporting roles. So now he's most definitely an Oscar player. And yet with his inspired auteur's eye and significant command of craft he bucked the odds to helm two movies Oscar just adored, the creepy mythological creature filled fantasy Pan's Labyrinth and the sea monster in love Best Picture winner The Shape of Water. One of many memorable images in the trailerGuillermo Del Toro has never been what one might call an Oscar-bait director, as his preferred genre is the fantastical monster movie.

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