Universal Pictures rumored to want James McAvoy to play the role, the geologist William Dyer. But the director, Guillermo del Toro actually prefer Tom Cruise.

The film “At the Mountains of Madness” which was adapted from the novel the same titled by H.P. Lovecraft.

At the Mountains of Madness tells the story of a geologist which also a professors from Miskatonic University, William Dyer. In a previous expedition led by William, he was with the participants from Miskatonic University have discovered the ruins terrible and dangerous secret from the civilization heritage are lost when they were located in Antarctica. William later wrote a scientific report to present a facts and secrets that have never been known to prevent the plan scientific expeditions to Antarctica.