Guillermo Del Toro In Talks For 'The Hobbit'

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," which is being co-financed by New Line and MGM.

Del Toro's name was on a short list of directors who could tackle the project, one of the most anticipated literary adaptations of the past decade. An ill-chosen director for "Hobbit" could put billions of dollars at stake for New Line and MGM and could turn off an audience that encompasses millions of passionate readers, Tolkien fans and obsessive geeks.

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L-man: Jan 30th 2008 12:09AM

Good movie, however one little thing that I noticed that the monsters roar was a little different than it was in the previews, other than that the movie was very good.

Passive: Feb 20th 2008 12:22AM

Guillermo Del Toro?? why him? Pan's was good but his style just wouldn't suit middle earth.

Tristan!: Mar 14th 2008 10:01AM

I thought Peter Jackson was directing it?

Aelflar: Mar 20th 2008 2:34PM

All my respects to Mr. Del Toro, but peter Jackson has afar more suiting approach! After all, his guidance got the LotR movies those record-breaking Oscars..why change him?! Is Holywood not tired of the long list of fiascos already?

patrick b.: Nov 10th 2008 6:07AM

I Hope that there is more charactors in the movie that i now

patrick b.: Nov 10th 2008 6:14AM

I Hope that there is more charactor's in the movie that i now.

Elena: Mar 1st 2013 6:12AM

Haha, yes, vacations never seem as much fun as they suohld, especially if there's a long plane ride involved. I want to visit Australia and New Zealand someday, but the thought of spending that much time on a plane has kept me from making it happen thus far. It's good that you got to see your dad and catch up though!

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