I saw this at Cranach and a few other places: Mexico’s del Toro to direct The Hobbit
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was named on Thursday to direct two movies based on the J.R.R. Tolkien book “The Hobbit” to build on the blockbuster success of “The Lord of the Rings” series.
Plans to make a two-part precursor to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, based on Tolkien’s three-volume follow-up to his “Hobbit” story, were announced in December after settlement of a bitter legal dispute cleared the way for the project.
I hope this means Peter Jackson finally got his fair share of LOTR profits, and I’m delighted that he and Fran Walsh are producing this so we can expect the same quality film. I’m perplexed about part two though – as Gene Veith surmises, I guess they’ll be pulling some of the story from The Silmarilion, but what exactly? And they really need to get cracking on this… Ian McKellan and Ian Holm aren’t getting any younger.
Updated because I couldn’t resist:
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