Del Toro and Disney delve into cartoon deal

Guillermo del Toro has teamed with Disney to launch a new cartoon label, entitled "Double Dare You," which will produce darker animated films designed to stir and excite viewers.

According to an article on Variety.com, "Move can be viewed as yet another way for Disney to try to lure males to the company's projects and pairs up with its recent takeover of Marvel. Del Toro will produce all of the pics the new label makes and will also step in to direct several of the titles."

"As a director, I love to take audiences into fantastic new worlds and provide them with some anxious moments in the process," del Toro said. "It is part of the Disney canon to create thrilling, unforgettable moments and villains in all their classic films."

The projects created under the new Double Dare You label aim to steer Disney's toon sector into a more distinct direction.

"The emphasis is on fun, and we have some great ideas already on the storyboards," del Toro said.

"Trollhunters" is Double Dare You's inaugural film, and all del Toro revealed in a video, that was played at the Mouse's first D23 fan confab in Anaheim on Friday, was that images will be fused together by "one feature that shall remain secret, but that you shall soon be very familiar with."

In addition to the motion picture, the Double Dare You label will also publish novels and create tie-in merchandise for consumers.

The Variety.com article concluded by stating to what and from where del Toro attributes his innovative ideas, "Del Toro, whose credits include the 'Hellboy' pics and 'Pan's Labyrinth,' is currently readying to direct back-to-back adaptations of the Tolkien classic, 'The Hobbit,' for release in 2011 and 2012. His dancecard's also full with four other pics set up at Universal, including remakes of 'Frankenstein,' 'Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' and Kurt Vonnegut's sci-fi classic 'Slaughterhouse-Five' that will keep him busy."