Guillermo del Toro’s THE SHAPE OF WATER Trailer Check out the first THE SHAPE OF WATER trailer! The film, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak, Pacific Rim), stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, and Michael Stuhlbarg. THE SHAPE OF WATER will be released in theaters on December 8. An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment.