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Hellboy and The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro and Walt Disney Pictures have announced a new partnership that will have the filmmaker produce a series of animated thrillers aimed for young and old audiences alike. To be branded under the new production umbrella Disney Double Dare You, the first project revealed is called Trollhunters.

"As a director, I love to take audiences into fantastic new worlds and provide them with some anxious moments in the process. It is part of the Disney canon to create thrilling, unforgettable moments and villains in all their classic films," said del Toro about his new endeavor. "It is my privilege for DDY to continue in this tradition. To partner up with The Walt Disney Studios, with the support of Dick Cook and John Lasseter, is to belong to a storytelling partnership that I admire deeply. It is a true honor. I look forward to coming up with fresh and original stories that will take Disney films in a whole new direction. The emphasis is on fun, and we have some great ideas already on the storyboards."

"Guillermo is a brilliant and visionary filmmaker, and we're excited to be launching this new label with him," commented Dick Cook, the chairman of the studio. "His knowledge and appreciation for Disney films, along with his penchant for creating worlds of fantasy, presented a great opportunity for us to explore a whole new genre of filmmaking for moviegoers of all ages. We have admired Guillermo's imaginative approach to filmmaking for some time, and now we're proud to be working with him to create films full of imaginative delights and lots of thrills at the same time."

Trollhunters is based on an original concept by del Toro. While he will act as a producer on the new toon the door is open for del Toro to also direct some of the future Double Dare You projects.