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Oh No They Didn't!: GDT 110% happy with Smaug
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GeekTyrant: Guillermo Del Toro Talks about THE HOBBIT Creature Designs and Epic Battles
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Interesting..Love Del Toro but still a Jackson fan...http://www.totalfilm.com/features/guillermo-del-toro-on-making-the-hobbit 11/20/2009 |
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Claire: Also, I am very excited about this: http://bit.ly/1RDA4c 11/13/2009 |
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Guillermo del Toro on making The Hobbit http://bit.ly/1qOG5u 11/12/2009 |
GDT 110% happy with Smaug
Oh No They Didn't! —
... accurate to a world that was created. He’s like an archaeologist who’s digging something that existed. I think that The Hobbit has a little bit more poetic licence. It has… How can I say it? It has a little bit more flamboyance. The Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities, Smaug the Magnificent (by Pauline Baynes) thanks you for your tiem! The Hobbit begins shooting in late spring 2010 and will open in 2011. Source --- Bolded parts for the tl;dr crowd. Also "Late spring" translates as ...
Guillermo del Toro on The Hobbit Films
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories —
Total Film has published a new interview with director Guillermo del Toro, in which he talks about developing The Hobbit and it's sequel . The interview is broken up into 10 pages, but towards the middle it starts getting interesting when he begins talking about the creatures in the film. Here's just a sample: I think one of the designs Im the proudest of is Smaug. Obviously he took the longest. Its actually still active: were finishing his colour palette and a little bit of the texture. But the bulk of the design took about a year, solid. Its because of ...
Guillermo Del Toro Talks about THE HOBBIT Creature Designs and Epic Battles
GeekTyrant —
... This is just a taste of everything the interview has to offer, so I suggest you head on over to Totalfilm to read the full thing. There’s no doubt in my mind that The Hobbit is going to impress the hell out of all of us movie geeks. Without seeing a single frame, picture, or concept art from the film, I can tell you with confidence this thing is going to be a cinematic masterpiece just like Lord of The Rings.I just have complete faith in these guys. ...
Another Big Update on The Hobbit from Guillermo del Toro
FirstShowing.net —
... "I was calmly laying out the next decade of my life when The Hobbit appeared. I was preparing all these things and all of a sudden The Hobbit shows up and takes over my life." Total Film has published an epic 10-page Q&A with director Guillermo del Toro on all things The Hobbit. Of course, we still don't know who is playing Bilbo or when they'll start shooting (considering ...
Chatty del Toro Talks “Hobbit” Movies
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
... The always shy and retiring Guillermo del Toro talked to TotalFilm about his plans for “The Hobbit” movies. It’s a pretty long interview, and while it’s frustrating that he constantly has to back off specifics as they would be “spoilers,” it still is a must-read for anyone who’s following the progress of the films. Some of the most interesting parts is where del Toro talks about how he is trying to put his own stamp on the creatures that populate the film, but also make sure that they relate to the aesthetic we saw in Peter ...
Guillermo Del Toro Talks about THE HOBBIT Including His Work on Smaug
Collider» - Collider.com —
... The interview is a must read for anyone who loves Del Toro or “The Hobbit” or movies or life. Click here to check it out. ...
Guillermo Del Toro Dishes Hobbit Details
Reel Movie News —
... he took the longest. It’s actually still active: we’re finishing his colour palette and a little bit of the texture. But the bulk of the design took about a year, solid. It’s because of the unique features of the dragon. Early in production I came up with a very strong idea that would separate Smaug from every other dragon ever made. The problem was implementing that idea. But I think we’ve nailed it."
Be sure to check out the rest of the Total Film interview for more about the making of The Hobbit!
del Toro Talks "Hobbit" Creatures
Dark Horizons - General Feed —
... Director Guillermo del Toro tells Total Film that after nearly a year, much of the design stage for "The Hobbit" is now done as the project gears up for production next year. ...
'The Hobbit' Director Guillermo Del Toro Talks Smaug The Dragon, Story Concerns
MTV Movies Blog —
... gave to TotalFilm may shed some additional light on what the Gandalf actor was referring to. "We are respecting the structure established by Professor Tolkien because the order of the adventures in 'The Hobbit' is well known to generations and generations of kids," the director said. "You don’t want to be moving stuff like that." So what's new? ...
Talkin' Monsters, With Guillermo Del Toro
my new plaid pants —
... Total Film got the chance to talk to Guillermo Del Toro about the ongoing process of preparing his two-film adaptation of The Hobbit, and the most interesting bit to me - although the whole thing's worth reading - was this exchange on developing the bestiary of the book's universe (and it's totally long but I'm just plunking the whole thing down here because a) Total Film's site makes you load a thousand pages to get through the entire interview, and b) I wanna): ...
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io9 —
... That means we'll see the battle against the Necromancer. And the Wargs will have "a certain beauty" so you don't get the message that everyone beautiful is good, and vice versa. And Smaug the dragon will be unique and look unlike any dragon you've ever seen. [Total Film via ...
Guillermo del Toro Talks ‘Hobbit’ Monsters
Screen Rant —
... and Blade II) dished to Total Film in a 10-page Q&A about his forthcoming movie adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...
Daily Scan for 11.11.09 - Rockwell Talks Iron Man 2, Warhammer Gets Option
SciFi Scanner —
... • Guillermo del Toro says that in The Hobbit, we will follow Gandalf to the den of the Necromancer (otherwise known as Sauron), and see his epic fight. ...
