Guillermo del Toro is the award-winning director of Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy and Pacific Rim, and screenwriter of the recent Hobbit film adaptations. His latest film, Crimson Peak, will be released in October 2015 and stars Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Charlie Hunnam. Together with Chuck Hogan, del Toro wrote THE STRAIN trilogy, which the authors are currently producing as a cable series for FX Networks. Daniel Kraus is the award-winning author of THE MONSTER VARIATIONS, ROTTERS, SCOWLER and the forthcoming THE DEATH & LIFE OF ZEBULON FINCH.