Guillermo del Toro has officially signed up to direct The Hobbit, according to reports leaking out from a film premiere in France. The Pan's Labyrinth creator will oversee a double-bill of films based on JRR Tolkien's fantasy adventure, which paved the way for The Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson, director of the Oscar-winning Rings trilogy, will serve as executive producer.
The announcement was made at last night's French premiere of The Orphanage, a Spanish horror film that Del Toro helped produce. Introducing the film-maker, the host told the audience: "Today is a big day because we are announcing what everyone wanted to hear, which is that he will be directing The Hobbit." Del Toro had previously been reported to be in negotiations to take charge of the project.
Some small news: - The Hobbit is divided into 2 movies. - Elijah Woods is confirmed to be returning for these new movies.
This post has been edited by firedauz: Dec 20 2014, 01:10 AM
marvelous choice.. i'm happy that Peter finally resolved it with New Line Cinema.. any director that could make something so powerful and exhileratingly magical as Pans' Labyrinth would do amazing things with The Hobbit.. can't wait..
Will Sir Ian McKellen reprise his Oscar-nominated role of Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" prequels The Hobbit and its sequel? McKellen says it's pretty likely on his latest official E-Post:
Q: So has it come to pass, good Sir McKellen? Shall the dreaming masses with their musty books and their blackened pipes at long last hear those immortal words issue from under that famous nose? "Yes, yes, my dear sir-and I know your name, Mr. Bilbo Baggins. And you do know my name, though you don't remember that I belong to it. I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me! To think I should have lived to be good-morninged by Belladonna Took's son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!" Looking about, I find I share the same hopes as millions of others, so I ask, a single query in a chorus... Will you again be our Gandalf in "The Hobbit" now that the deal is settled?
A: Yes I will, if Peter Jackson and I have anything to do with it, he being the producer and me being, on the whole, a very lucky actor. I've just read your quote out loud - fabulous speech.
Q: Have you been approached yet by Peter Jackson or anyone else about reprising your wonderful role as Gandalf for the two upcoming "Hobbit" movies. I read that principal photography begins in 2009, and I can't imagine those movies without you!
A: Encouragingly, Peter and Fran Walsh have told me they couldn't imagine The Hobbit without their original Gandalf. Their confidence hasn't yet been confirmed by the director Guillermo del Toro but I am keeping my diary free for 2009!
Warner Bros.' New Line is planning 2010 and 2011 releases for the two films.
with Del Toro, no doubt middle earth will be interesting. No shortage of creature cuz Del Toro is famed for monster movie. Most (if not all) of his movies, either direct or produce have a dark theme. It'll be another fun ride this time.
2010 and 2011... seems like a long time to come.
This post has been edited by demio121: Mar 26 2008, 11:58 PM
let's hope they will produce 'the silmarillion' after 'the hobbit'
I feel Silmarillion isn't suitable to be remade into a movie. Unlike The Hobbit or LotR it doesn't have a central theme. It's almost like a history book for Middle Earth
I feel Silmarillion isn't suitable to be remade into a movie. Unlike The Hobbit or LotR it doesn't have a central theme. It's almost like a history book for Middle Earth
I'm trying to read this book. Unfortunately, I failed. Until now also I dunno wat this book all about..
the sirmarillion is one of my fav books of all time.... really like the historical stuff abt middle earth and the origins of the elves,men and dwarves and also hobbits...
I'm trying to read this book. Unfortunately, I failed. Until now also I dunno wat this book all about..
lol It's not an easy read I have to admit. It took me quite a while to finish the book as well. And I'm quite a fast reader The book basically documents how Middle Earth was formed (literally ), and alot of stories about the 1st and 2nd age (LOTR is 3rd age iinm). It's not a book I would recommend reading. It's more for LotR fanatics. But it just shows the attention to detail Tolkien put to Middle Earth that he had written what's essentially the bible of it.
It's Official: Guillermo del Toro to Direct The Hobbit!
Guillermo del Toro has officially signed on to direct the New Line/MGM's The Hobbit and its sequel, reports Variety.
The widely expected announcement came Thursday afternoon jointly from executive producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich, and Mary Parent, newly named chief of MGM's Worldwide Motion Picture Group.
Del Toro's moving to New Zealand for the next four years to work with Jackson and his Wingnut and Weta production teams. He'll direct the two films back to back, with the sequel dealing with the 60-year period between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
New Line is overseeing development and will manage production. Both films are being co-produced and co-financed by New Line Cinema and MGM, with Warner Bros. distributing domestically and MGM handling international.
Del Toro won't leave for New Zealand immediately as he's still in post-production on Universal's "Hellboy II," due out in July.
The official signing of Del Toro comes four months after New Line settled a lawsuit with Jackson over "The Lord of the Rings" and announced that it had agreed with MGM to turn J.R.R. Tolkien's "Hobbit" into two live-action films.
The studios didn't give a start date on production and don't yet have a script. Though no screenplay deal's been set, it's expected that the LOTR scripting team of Jackson, Walsh and Philippa Boyens will collaborate with Del Toro.
With Del Toro blocking out four years for the project, it's likely that the studios are aiming at starting shooting next year and releasing the films in late 2011 and 2012.
Jackson's WETA stages, post-production and visual effects facilities -- built for "The Lord of the Rings" -- will be used for both films. And New Zealand will again be the site of Middle-earth, with the story centering on Bilbo Baggins taking the Ring of Power from Gollum.
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i'm happy that Peter finally resolved it with New Line Cinema.. any director that could make something so powerful and exhileratingly magical as Pans' Labyrinth would do amazing things with The Hobbit.. can't wait..
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