Guillermo Del Toro in Talks to Direct The Hobbit
His success in the fantasy genre (Pan's Labyrinth) as well as his grasp of the fanboy culture was what put him on a short list of directors to take over the project. No writer has been hired as of yet, due to the writers strike.
Peter Jackson was originally set to write and direct, but the project was shelved due to his dispute over financial reasons. Jackson is now on board as executive producer.
The films will shoot back-to-back, with shooting tentatively set to commence in 2009, with the first film to hit theaters in 2010, and the second to follow in 2011.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes to theaters December 14th, 2012 and stars Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.
The Hobbit: There and Back Again comes to theaters December 13th, 2013 and stars Ron Perlman, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Doug Jones, Kiran Shah, Billy Connolly.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter
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The Narrator: The Better Man
wow. so this is wat it's come to. dam i hate this. del toro is a awsome director but p.j. brought us lotr like no one else had the guts to. now that peter pulled it off and made money and fame other directors want in. pj directs the hobbit or no hobbit!!!!!!!!!!! and if del toro, raimi, or any other director wants to direct the hobbit besides pj than it will suck.!!!
4 years agoby @narratorFlag
-comrade-
I'm excited for Del Toro to adapt Tolkien's work. One of the greatest storytellers of the last century meets one of the greatest of ours.
Yes, I know we're only 8 years in, but the blk of Del Toro's notable work has been done post-2000.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
AnnoyingFilmCritic
Del Toro is the best replacement since Jackson isn't directing due to his other lined up projects. Pan's Labyrinth was great.
4 years agoby @annoyingfilmcriticFlag
DarkTower19
Hmmm...he's a great director, yes, but is he a fan of the book? That is the all important question.
4 years agoby @darktower19Flag
Phatlightning
gonna have to go with BB and killa, Jackson is middle earth, del toro is middle mexico
4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag
Ranting Rick
I think the one guy I'd be happy taking on the directer's chair besides Peter Jackson would be Guillermo del Toro. I hope it works out.
4 years agoby @rantingrickFlag
dcrock
There have been movies that had sequels with different directors that were awesome.Think alien and aliens.both were awesome in different ways with different directions taken.The hobbit is so different than lotr.Yes it's middle-earth but i agree with hyperion25 in that the tone is totally different and so it needs a new director regardless.PJ is executive producer so it'll still have a same feel.Just a different tone and direction.Which in my opinion is good.All depends on the script.
4 years agoby @dcrockFlag
killahmovie24
uhhh comradehenson i can read perfectly well thank you i just thought the movie blew, besides the sets and costumes the movie did nothing for me, yes he has a creative mind and the hobbit may be a diffrent kind of movie but P.Jackson brought this story to life and i FEEL as if he should be the one that take us back to middle-earth, so dont diss me just because i didnt like pan's labryinth and thought it blew fawn penis ;-)
4 years agoby @killahmovie24Flag
Brian
Jackson IS Middle-earth. Nuff said.
4 years agoby @brianFlag
-comrade-
killahmovie24, you didn't like it because you can't read.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
-comrade-
Yeah he's doing Frankenstein, he just can't start writing it till the strike's over.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
T.Clark
What about Frankenstien? He's still doin that, isn't he? Frankenstien'll be his King Kong, and this can be his Lord of the Rings.
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
ohallo2
Awesome. I personally refer to Del Toro as "the mexican Peter Jackson" so obviously he was my second choice, after Jackson.
4 years agoby @ohallo2Flag
hyperion25
I think this will be awesome if he gets on board. Jackson is great and all but The Hobbit is very different from Lord of the Rings, completely different tone. Del Toro does fantasy very well.
4 years agoby @hyperion25Flag
killahmovie24
pan's labyrinth blew fawn penis, this dudes over rated they should cut a fatter check to p.jackson and get him in the director's chair
4 years agoby @killahmovie24Flag
Brian
Ugh. Del Toro rules, but come on....without Jackson's style, this isn't gonna be up to par. Sorry.
4 years agoby @brianFlag
Josh
My god, yes!
4 years agoby @shuabertFlag
The Kwisatz Haderach
Hell yeah, much better choice than Rami, love Guillermo del Toro's work, and his fantaasy is top notch! I want to see the Battle of the 5 Armies so bad!
4 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag