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Guillermo Del Toro Gives Himself a Monstrous Role in The Hobbit
Guillermo Del Toro Gives Himself a Monstrous Role in The Hobbit
Yes, you read that right, so stop rubbing your eyes and tell me - wouldn’t you do the same thing if you were him? Despite a pretty solid ring of secrecy around the production, we know that Del Toro and team are deep into the development of their Hobbit movies. So far they’ve ...
Guillermo Del Toro On Making The Hobbit
Guillermo Del Toro On Making The Hobbit
totalfilm.com — “I was calmly laying out the next decade of my life when The Hobbit appeared,” he laughs. “I was preparing all these things and all of a sudden The Hobbit shows up and takes over my life.” Guillermo Del Toro On Making The Hobbit
Guillermo Del Toro Confirms Hobbit Cameo
Guillermo Del Toro Confirms Hobbit Cameo
theonering.net — Guillermo Del Toro paid a visit to our message boards today to confirm that he will definitely be making a cameo appearance in The Hobbit as a small monster: “I had a hand on the design of the creature and I will personally sculpt the appliances ... Guillermo Del Toro Confirms Hobbit Cameo
The One Ring Forums: Tolkien Topics: Movie Discussion - The Hobbit: Video-interview with ...
newboards.theonering.net — A new video on Youtube has been placed with Guillermo del Toro, with a German voice-over translated interview, in which Guillermo del Toro revealed new information about The Hobbit (From 03:35): Comment voice-over: "Everything's a big secret, but ... The One Ring Forums: Tolkien Topics: Movie Discussion - ...
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Guillermo del Toro Says He'll Appear in The Hobbit as a Creature
FirstShowing.net — ... (via SlashFilm), someone translated an interview with del Toro where he said: "In The Hobbit I will play a small monster. I will transform myself in a small creature, not an important monster, just a 'background' type." Awesome! Does this mean Peter Jackson will reprise his role as a pirate as well? Who knows. Del Toro also went on to explain exactly what he's doing with the creature (so it doesn't get all blown out of proportion). ...

Guillermo Del Toro Cast Himself in The Hobbit
Vulture — ... beautiful lines of dialogue; the Great Goblin has beautiful lines of dialogue; many creatures do. So we had to design them with a different approach because you are not just designing things that are scary. I also wanted some of the monsters in The Hobbit to be majestic. I wanted the Wargs to have a certain beauty so that you don’t have a massively clear definition: what is beautiful is good and what is ugly is not. Some of the monsters are absolutely gorgeous. Guillermo Del Toro Gives Himself a Monstrous Role in The Hobbit [/Film] Read ...

Guillermo del Toro will appear in The Hobbit!
Total Film News — ... sculpt the appliances that will be applied on my face and hands. "I used to sculpt the creatures for Necropia (my FX company) and I miss it a bit. I will have a line or two and die quickly." Let the debate begin as to which creature he'll play. A troll? An Orc? A goblin? Oh, and for our amazing recent chat with the man himself, get yourself over here… [Source: The One Ring via Slash Film] Who do you think he'll crop up as? Speak! ...

A Fistful of News - 10 Extra Stories for Your Viewing Pleasure
Collider — ... over 700,000 people laugh at how old people tell it like they think it is.  If picked up as a series, the title will need to be changed.  May I suggest: Shit I Won’t Watch. [THR] - Director Guillermo Del Toro is giving himself a monster cameo in The Hobbit in that he will have a small cameo as a monster.  Here’s what Del Toro said about his part on The One Ring message boards [via /Film]: I had a hand on the design of the creature and I ...

Director Guillermo del Toro is a total monster on set! (Or at least he will be in ‘The Hobbit’)
PopWatch — ... : “I had a hand on the design of the creature and I will personally sculpt the appliances that will be applied on my face and hands. …  I will have a line or two and die quickly.” In other Hobbit news, del Toro recently told the BBC that Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Andy Serkis (Gollum) and Hugo Weaving (Elrond) will reprise their roles from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings’ trilogy in his movie. You can find a meaty update on the project over at slashfilm.com .

Guillermo del Toro's Monstrous Hobbit Cameo, A New Doctor Who Alien, And Captain Marvel's Edgy Script [Morning Spoilers]
io9 — ... Guillermo del Toro will have a cameo as a background monster in the film. He says he'll have a line or two, then die quickly. He says many of the movie's monsters will be majestic, especially Smaug and the Great Goblin. [/Film] ...

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