This just in, it has been confirmed that Guillermo del Toro will direct The Hobbit. I am sorry to hear that Peter Jackson won't be in the director's chair but a fanboy like del Toro is a good choice.
I interviewed del Toro years ago when he brought his film Cronos to the Toronto Film Festival. He was a pleasure to chat with as he was even geekier about film than I was.
The cool thing is it looks like del Toro will be working with WETA so the look and feel of the two Hobbit films should feel like the LOTR films.
I can't wait for 2010.
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Middle-earthlings, Hobbits, Elves, Orcs, and others, take note. Guillermo del Toro will direct the movie adaptation of JRR Tolkien's first book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit and its sequel (no title yet), it was announced yesterday by the movie's executive producers Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema's Fran Walsh. Del Toro will relocate to New Zealand for the next four years to work with Jackson and his Wingnut Films and WETA production teams on the two movies, which will be shot back-to-back. The sequel, will tell the story of the 60-year period between The Hobbit and the first of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring. New Line is overseeing development and will manage the production of The Hobbit and its sequel, which are being co-produced and co-financed by New Line Cinema and MGM, with Warner Brothers distributing domestically and MGM distributing internationally. "Never laugh at live dragons."
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