Del Toro plans vampire saga

“Pan’s Labyrinth” director Guillermo del Toro is collaborating with crime author Chuck Hogan on a trilogy of vampire novels, starting next summer with “The Strain.”

“The idea is epic in scope,” Del Toro said in a statement issued by publisher William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. “The trilogy advances in unexpected ways, and each book contains unique and surprising revelations about the history, physiology and lore of the vampiric race, tracing its roots all the way back to its Old Testament origins.”