The career of Academy Award nominee Guillermo del Toro is a curious thing. He is celebrated as a writer-director-producer of unique and compelling vision, having delivered movies such as Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth, and yet his projects seem as likely to stall before principal photography as they are to get in front of the cameras. He is famed for metaphorically ramming his head against the brick wall of Hollywood studio financing, with The Hobbit and At The Mountains Of Madness featuring among his personal non-starters – but he also creates giant blockbuster fare, such as Pacific Rim. Now, however, it seems that del Toro is taking stock, and looking to return to a long-gestating indie project, titled Silva.