Guillermo del Toro to announce shock retirement?

By Smith Alexander
Mexico City
Last updated on April 5, 2025

Del Toro created a stir on Friday when rumors have surfaced that his career was over.

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Sad news for Del Toro fans. Speculation had been rife that the Mexican director best known for Pacific Rim, Pan's Labyrinth or Hellboy, is about to announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 60, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 05/04/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Being a director isn't fun anymore

“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a director-screenwriter-producer-author just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.

#ThankYouGuillermo

For a little while on Friday evening, #ThankYouGuillermo was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.