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Re: Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' 2-part movie
Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' and sequel
LOS ANGELES - Guillermo del Toro is directing "The Hobbit" and its sequel, New Line Cinema announced Thursday. The 43-year-old filmmaker will move to New Zealand for four years to make the films back-to-back with executive producer Peter Jackson.
Del Toro wrote and directed "Pan's Labyrinth," which earned six Oscar nominations in 2006 and won three awards. He is also the director of the upcoming sequel "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," whose monsters bear the unmistakeable surreal vision of the Mexican-born filmmaker.
"I am indeed blessed to become a part of the filmmaking community that Peter, Fran and their extraordinary team of collaborators have created in New Zealand," del Toro said in a statement. "Contributing to the 'Lord of the Rings' legacy is an absolute dream come true."
Jackson and Walsh called del Toro "a cinematic magician who has never lost his childlike sense of wonder."
"We have long admired Guillermo's work and cannot think of a more inspired filmmaker to take the journey back to Middle-Earth," they said in a statement.
Jackson co-wrote, co-produced and directed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which won 17 Oscar and 30 nominations.
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Please note that this version DELETES INCORRECT reference to second movie spanning time between "Hobbit" and "Rings"; New Line now says movies are based on book only.
- monkeychow
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Re: Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' 2-part movie
Wonder how they'll make this fit with the glimpses of the hobbit seen in the LOTR films as flashbacks.
Re: Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' 2-part movie
For someone who isn't a Rings fan, but is a fan of del Toro's, specifically his breathtaking horror/fairy tales, this is a real waste of del Toro's time and talent. The Rings universe is Jackson's baby. We already lost one horror director and he still hasn't come back. We lost Raimi to Spider-Man, but I still have faith in him and his new project Drag Me to Hell. Now del Toro is making this huge studio movie on a property I myself have zero interest in for the next four years ... very disappointing. I'm sorry to all Rings fans, that's just my opinion, as a hardcore horror fan.
- Arcade Roses
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Re: Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' 2-part movie
The Hobbit trailer newly leaked!:mosh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktD2D8-TqqU
Smaug.:nervous:
- monkeychow
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Re: Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' 2-part movie
The Hobbit trailer newly leaked!:mosh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktD2D8-TqqUSmaug.:nervous:
LMAO....the lifted LOTR footage is obvious...not sure where the dragon shots are from...is it "Reign of Fire"?
