20 years later, we’re still horrified and enchanted, swept up and swept away by Guillermo del Toro‘s Pan’s Labyrinth, one of the finest dark fantasy films in the history of cinema. A lot of movies would justify having one or two books written about the work done to bring them to the screen, but this one could fill the Library of Congress. And for those of us who can’t get enough pages to peruse and information to soak up, we’re in luck.
Collider is thrilled to exclusively reveal a sneak peek at two official new Pan’s Labyrinth books from Insight Editions, both arriving on September 8. The first is Pan’s Labyrinth: The Complete Screenplay, which includes del Toro’s full shooting script alongside new artwork, concept art, storyboards, production materials, and insight into how the film came together.
The second is Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth: Inside the Creation of a Modern Fairytale – 20th Anniversary Edition, a revised and expanded edition of the original making-of book. That one comes with a new preface from del Toro and a foreword from Steven Spielberg, which is especially good because we love it when one film legend (and nerd) hypes up another.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Is Getting the Definitive 20th Anniversary Treatment
The Complete Screenplay includes a foreword from Baz Luhrmann— yes, this really is one of those movies that filmmakers adore — and will take readers inside del Toro’s original script, with additional notes on the film’s dialogue, creature work, visual design, and balancing brutal historical drama with fairytale energy that the Brothers Grimm would absolutely wilt at.
The book will also feature newly commissioned artwork from visual artist Tomás Hijo, alongside original concept art, storyboards, and behind-the-scenes material from the production. Meanwhile, Inside the Creation of a Modern Fairytale looks back on the full development of the 2006 film, from del Toro’s earliest ideas through casting, the notoriously tough shoot, and the film’s enduring legacy.
And if this has put you in the mood to revisit the movie, worry not: Cineverse and Fathom Entertainment will bring Pan’s Labyrinth back to cinemas in the United States and Canada on October 9, with the film presented in 3D, 4K, and premium HDR by Barco, with the entire process overseen personally by del Toro.
If you’re not quite sold yet, how about we offer you this quote from a certain James Cameron to wrap up: “Prepare yourself for a descent into the most terrifying labyrinth of all, Guillermo Del Toro’s subconscious mind. Combining surreal beauty with nightmare images that will be seared into you for a lifetime, the film’s true horror is the evil that humans do to each other.” Never doubt James Cameron.
