Since childhood, Guillermo del Toro was transfixed by a single shot of the Gill-man peering at Kay Lawrence (Julie Adams) floating in the water ... Elisa is immediately awed by the Amphibian ...

the elevator pitch for his multi-Oscar nominated The Shape of Water is unlikely to grab those of us who can live without magical realism. Doug Jones as Amphibian Man with Sally Hawkins as Elisa ...

Oscar favourite The Shape of Water has been hit by a copyright legal ... of an idea "about a janitor that kidnaps an amphibian-man from a secret government facility". Kraus, also a defendant ...