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Guillermo del Toro will direct the Hobbit movies

February 3rd 2008 22:13
Guillermo Del Toro
Here's a correction to a post I made earlier: I once announced that Peter Jackson had put aside his rancor for New Line Cinemas and signed an agreement to direct the adaptation of The Hobbit.

What I meant to say was that he would produce the movie.

The role of director was up in the air for a while, with Tolkien-fanboys holding their collective breaths, praying to Tom Bombadil that it wouldn't be Michael Bay.

Luckily for the franchise and for moviegoers, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro has officially been named as the director.oro

Del Toro is the creative mind behind the fantastical "Pan's Labyrinth", a dreamlike movie with cruel violence and an air of magical fantasy. Perfect for "The Hobbit", I believe.

Not all is good in the Hobbithole, though... Jackson has already announced that there would be two movies, not one. The first would be the adaptation of the book, which I've been a fan of since childhood, and has fantastic potential as a movie (it's got adventure, dragons, an easy storyline, and, best of all, no politics).

The second book, Jackson is suggesting from his gold throne, would fill the gap between "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring".

As Ben Child wrote on the Guardian Film Blog:

"Apparently the second film will bridge the 80-year gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The emphasis here should be on the word "gap".

Tolkien didn't exactly fill the period between his two books with a torrent of detail. There is a suggestion at the beginning of Rings that matters have been slowly getting worse as the dark lord Sauron gradually returns to his full powers, but the implication is that the beginning of the second book marks the point where the pace of his struggle for power is rapidly quickened. "

Ooh... I think we've all got a bad feeling about this...



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Comment by Miswanderlust

February 6th 2008 02:59
Hmmmm I do not know about this. I am a rabid JRRT fan... This seems wrong.
Mis

Comment by Cibbuano

February 6th 2008 03:18
the second film? Yeah, I'm not sure what the drive behind that is...

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