Trollhunters is based on a book written by Del Toro for young adults, which he just submitted to his publisher a couple weeks ago. Said the man on the subject:
Dreamworks also says that Del Toro will be providing a consultant and executive producer on many of their upcoming projects, including Kung Fu Panda 2, and Puss In Boots. On his decision to go with Dreamworks, it appears that How To Train Your Dragon played an important role:"I wanted very much to develop a story that could be written for kids but dealt with a genre that was scary. It essentially combines fairy tales with modern times and is about how difficult it is to be kid. Normally, kids are idealized in animated films. But the growing pains, married with the notion that there is a world right next to us that is completely plagued by creatures of ancient lore, it's thematically fitting with the rest of my stuff."
Del Toro is slated to wrap up Trollhunters before going into production on his adaptation of Lovecraft's At The Mountains Of Madness."They took risks with that movie with pathos and imagination and structure. It made me pay attention."
