Guillermo Del Toro Has A Role For Ron Perlman In 'Mountains Of Madness'

With Guillermo Del Toro deep into pre-production on his next, the adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "At The Mountains Of Madness," the director has revealed the first bit of casting. Sort of.

Del Toro tells MTV that he has a part written and ready to go for Ron "Hellboy" Perlman, but it isn't quite 100% yet. "All I can tell you is if Ron Perlman is free, he will be in," del Toro told us. "I wrote a part for him. He read it and if everything falls in place, Ron Perlman has a role in it written specifically for him." So what will Perlman be playing?

"Ron plays Larson, the sort of dog guy, the guy that cares for the dogs and the sled — the part of the expedition that is dog sleds," Del Toro explained. "It's a fantastic character. I really love him. He's sort of a pragmatic guy, doesn't care about science or the mythology or the cosmology. He just is a hard-boiled Nordic man, and it is written specifically for him."

Sounds pretty interesting, but for now, the big question remains who will be cast in the lead role of Dyer. Last we heard, Del Toro wanted Tom Cruise for the part (remember, they were working on a "Van Helsing" movie at one point) while Universal is gunning for James McAvoy. It remains to be seen how that will play out, but if all goes according to plan, "At The Mountains Of Madness" will go in front of cameras next May.