It's Official - Guillermo Del Toro is On Board To Direct HOBBIT

[FMJeff]

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[Sheeplovr]

at comic con he said it would be finale in 5 days
his promis is true

im dissapointed casue i want more oringal works from him

all well

[Death Metal Moe]

I'm not gonna read the book again before hand so I'm not disappointed about how they will change things.

[yomudder21]

Pan's Lab was a very cool film. it was visually stunning as a fantasy piece which I think would be necessary for this movie.

[jetdog]

Wow, this is exciting, I love this guy. I can't wait to see what he creates.

[Thebazile78]

It's especially appropriate because he freaking LOOKS like a Hobbit.

Very excited about this ... if he does a good job, maybe I can re-read the book without feeling tortured.

[Midkiff]

freaking awesome rock n roll

[Doctor Manhattan]

It's especially appropriate because he freaking LOOKS like a Hobbit.

Peter Jackson looked like a Hobbit when he directed LOTR, but lost weight and looks like Charlie from Lost. Maybe that's why he's not directing the new films :wink:

[TheMojoPin]

OK, this I'm looking forward to. I apreciate that the LotR films are excellent, but I just couldn't get into them and never was able to finish the book. The Hobbit, on the other hand, I really enjoyed it when I read it. Granted, I think I was 12 at the time, but I did really like it.

[Thebazile78]

Peter Jackson looked like a Hobbit when he directed LOTR, but lost weight and looks like Charlie from Lost. Maybe that's why he's not directing the new films :wink:

HA!

Guillermo has always looked like a Hobbit.

I haven't seen photos of Peter lately and didn't realize he'd lost weight. He too was rather Hobbity, although not as Hobbity as, say, NASCAR driver Tony Stewart.

OK, this I'm looking forward to. I apreciate that the LotR films are excellent, but I just couldn't get into them and never was able to finish the book. The Hobbit, on the other hand, I really enjoyed it when I read it. Granted, I think I was 12 at the time, but I did really like it.

I had trouble getting into the LOTR cycle in book form when I first attempted them ... at 12 or 13 ... but after seeing the films, I picked them up again because I was so blown away by the visuals. I figured that if something I found to be so amazing could have come out of those books, they definitely deserved another try.

I read all 3 between the time Fellowship came out in theaters and the time Two Towers was released. I really enjoyed them, but I needed something to kickstart my reading.

As for The Hobbit ... I had read it before high school, but my Freshman English class made it required reading. That kind of sucked all the joy out of it for me for a while. Now I want to dig up my copy to re-read it, maybe after the film comes out. I'm eagerly anticipating the way they'll handle the dragon Smaug.

[TheMojoPin]

I had trouble getting into the LOTR cycle in book form when I first attempted them ... at 12 or 13 ... but after seeing the films, I picked them up again because I was so blown away by the visuals. I figured that if something I found to be so amazing could have come out of those books, they definitely deserved another try.

I tried again twice when the movies started coming out and gave up both times. Just too tedious for me. Too much of the narrative is sidetracked by what basically amounts to a Middle Earth history text book/travel guide.

[JPMNICK]

I tried again twice when the movies started coming out and gave up both times. Just too tedious for me. Too much of the narrative is sidetracked by what basically amounts to a Middle Earth history text book/travel guide.

i felt this EXACT same way. i tried too when the movies came out, and i was thinking the same thing.

[Thebazile78]

I tried again twice when the movies started coming out and gave up both times. Just too tedious for me. Too much of the narrative is sidetracked by what basically amounts to a Middle Earth history text book/travel guide.

The Silmarillion is worse.

I get the shakes whenever someone suggests I pick that one up.

[TheMojoPin]

The Silmarillion is worse.

I get the shakes whenever someone suggests I pick that one up.

The only people that have read that are Led Zeppelin, and they only scanned the first 10 pages or so to crib the lyrics to half their songs.

[Thebazile78]

The only people that have read that are Led Zeppelin, and they only scanned the first 10 pages or so to crib the lyrics to half their songs.

Au contraire, sir.

I actually know a handful of people who have read it.















































































Unfortunately, they are all LARP-ers.

[Furtherman]

“I want to be very clear about this. I am not going to recast any actor that is willing and able to work with us,” “recently announced “Hobbit” director Guillermo Del Toro told MTV News. “It would be my hope to bring back the same actors to play the parts. The casting on the trilogy was perfect.” (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/04/28/guillermo-del-toro-wants-original-lotr-cast-back-for-the-hobbit/)

[Doctor Manhattan]

“I want to be very clear about this. I am not going to recast any actor that is willing and able to work with us,” “recently announced “Hobbit” director Guillermo Del Toro told MTV News. “It would be my hope to bring back the same actors to play the parts. The casting on the trilogy was perfect.” (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/04/28/guillermo-del-toro-wants-original-lotr-cast-back-for-the-hobbit/)

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But I've already got my tickets to New Zealand!