{"id":21120,"date":"2025-07-24T18:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/21120\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T18:19:09","slug":"best-place-to-make-movies-toronto-presents-guillermo-del-toro-with-key-to-the-city-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/21120\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Best place to make movies\u2019: Toronto presents Guillermo del Toro with key to the city &#8211; Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Cassidy McMackon<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted July 24, 2025 12:55 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u00a0has handed Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro the key to the city in recognition of his affinity for making films here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753129028_943_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u00a0Mayor Olivia Chow presented the Mexican-born filmmaker with the ceremonial honour Thursday morning, saying his history of producing films in\u00a0Toronto\u00a0has created jobs and supports a local screen industry.<\/p>\n<p>In accepting the key, del Toro said he loves\u00a0Toronto\u00a0and considers it \u201cthe best place to make movies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753128969_722_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation took place at the waterfront Cinespace Studios, which says it\u2019s renaming four sound stages to pay tribute to the \u201cShape of Water\u201d writer-director.<\/p>\n<p>Del Toro says he\u2019s spent about half of his 30-year career making movies in\u00a0Toronto, including 2009\u2019s effects-laden action film \u201cPacific Rim\u201d and 2017\u2019s fantasy \u201cThe Shape of the Water,\u201d which netted Oscars for best director and best picture.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11299949\/jimmy-kimmel-responds-trump-next-to-go\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753381149_356_jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tJimmy Kimmel delivers biting response to Trump\u2019s \u2018next to go\u2019 threat\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11300979\/bryan-kohberger-sentencing-victim-impact-statments-alivea-goncalves\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753381149_515_Untitled-design-3.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Psychopath\u2019: Victim\u2019s sister tears into killer Bryan Kohberger at sentencing\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next up is his Netflix film \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d featuring Jacob Elordi as the titular monster, which Del Toro says will be finished at the\u00a0Toronto\u00a0video production studio Company 3.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankenstein\u201d is bound for the\u00a0Toronto\u00a0International Film Festival in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have loved\u00a0Toronto\u00a0for so many years and I am very happy that it loves me back,\u201d del Toro said during the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does not only exist as a great city for making film, but for celebrating film,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Toronto<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Cassidy McMackon The Canadian Press Posted July 24, 2025 12:55 pm 1 min read Descrease article 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