Guillermo del Toro to direct 'Hobbit'
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Hobbit Watch: Del Toro Will Direct the Movie
Published 4/24/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
... Well, the Hobbit shoe has finally dropped, and Guillermo del Toro has committed to direct the movie for New Line Cinema. There is rejoicing throughout the land, I suspect. If it wasn't going to be Peter Jackson (who is exec producing with Fran Walsh), Pan's Labyrinth helmer Del Toro is just about a perfect match for this J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy. It will be cool. ...
Guillermo Del Toro Comes Out of The Hobbit Closet
Published 4/24/2008 by Neil Miller at Film School Rejects
... Variety is reporting the announcement from Executive Producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich and MGM chief Mary Parent that Del Toro will helm not one, but two Hobbit films. The sequel, as the report states, will deal with the 60-year period between “The Hobbit” and “The Fellowship of the Ring”, which as you will remember was the first in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Del Toro will move out to New Zealand for the next four years to work with ...
BREAKING: Guillermo Del Toro Confirmed for 'The Hobbit' Movies!
Published 4/25/2008 by Scott Weinberg at Cinematical
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, MGM, New Line, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels Brace yourselves, genre geeks, because here's some fantastic news: It's official. Dark fantasy master Guillermo del Toro has been officially signed to direct the Hobbit adaptation(s). Obviously we halfway knew this was coming, but it's great to have the news confirmed: We have a few years to wait, but the two-movie MGM/New Line adaptation of The Hobbit ... will both be "del Toro films." That's just awesome.
According to Variety, Guillermo will actually MOVE to New Zealand for four ...
Brad Pitt Getting Blown [Short Ends]
Published 4/25/2008 by Mark Graham at Defamer
... · Nerds rejoice! Guillermo del Toro has finally signed on to direct the long gestating LOTR prequel, The Hobbit. He will be spending the next four years (!!!) in New Zealand alternately shooting the film and polishing Peter Jackson's Oscars. [Variety] ...
Change of Hobbit
Published 4/25/2008 by Kirby at Movie Dearest
Good news for the future of Middle Earth: Guillermo del Toro is officially the director of the upcoming feature film adaptation of the classic J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit. Del Toro, who will be represented in theaters later this summer with Hellboy II: The Golden Army, will reportedly move to New Zealand for four years to work on the epic fantasy, as well as a planned sequel that will bridge the story of The Hobbit to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Peter Jackson, who won three Oscars for writing, directing and producing The Return of the King, will still be ...
del Toro is New Zealand Bound (Officially)
Published 4/25/2008 by Rick at Coosa Creek Mambo
... After literally years of intrigue, then months of speculation, it’s finally official: Guillermo del Toro will direct the two Hobbit pictures for New-Line MGM. As reported by Dave McNary in Variety, ...
It's Official - Del Toro to helm Hobbit films
Published 4/25/2008 at OH NO!!
... ability. “A true original, Guillermo is a cinematic magician who has never lost his child-like sense of wonder. He understands that the fantastic must be grounded in the real and that all stories are only ever a reflection of ourselves,” say Jackson and Walsh. “We have long admired Guillermo’s work and cannot think of a more inspired filmmaker to take the journey back to Middle-earth. We are delighted ‘The Hobbit’ is in such trustworthy hands.” sources - ...
Guillermo del Toro to direct “The Hobbit”
Published 4/25/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
... Yesterday afternoon, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich and Mary Parent announced that del Toro has agreed to direct “The Hobbit” and its sequel, hoping to release them in late 2011 and 2012. Rumours be gone… ...
del Toro Officially Signed for Hobbit Movies…Finally
Published 4/25/2008 by Kirsten Anderson at At The Movies - Film News and Reviews
The worst kept secret in the world.
At last, our long international nightmare is over. Variety is reporting that Guillermo del Toro has made a deal to direct two movies based on JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. The predecessor to The Lord of the Rings trilogy covers the sixty years prior to The Fellowship of the Ring, the first LOTR book.
Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are exec producing with New Line (or what’s left of it) and MGM Worldwide Motion Picture Group. No word on a script yet, though I think everyone expects that Jackson, Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, the LOTR ...
Del Toro Officially in for "The Hobbit"
Published 4/25/2008 at FilmWad
If it seems like we've already told you Guillermo del Toro will be directing "The Hobbit," it's because this story has been in the making for months. But now it seems that the director of "Pan's Labyrinth" and the "Hellboy" movies has officially signed on to helm the new adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy adventure that documents the early adventures of Bilbo Baggins. Executive producer Peter Jackson, along with Fran Walsh, Toby Emmerich, and Mary Parent, made the announcement yesterday. Variety reports that del Toro will be moving to New Zealand for the next four years to develop this project with Jackson and his Wingnut ...
It’s Official! Guillermo del Toro to Helm "The Hobbit"
Published 4/25/2008 by Jane Boursaw at Film Gecko
Big news from Middle Earth! It’s official that Guillermo del Toro (pictured) will direct The Hobbit and it sequel. Executive producer Peter Jackson helped make the announcement earlier today, Daily Variety reports. You remember him. He directed The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Del Toro, who also helmed Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth, will relocate to New Zealand for the next four years to work closely with Jackson and his production teams on the two LOTR prequels, which will be shot back-to-back.
Early reports indicate that the story will revolve around Bilbo ...
Newsbites: Hobbit! Demons! Superman! Expelled! Verhoeven! Racer! Stakeout! Silents!
Published 4/25/2008 by Peter T Chattaway at FilmChat
Seems like only yesterday I posted my last batch of these ... 1. By now, you've probably heard the news: Guillermo Del Toro has officially signed on to direct The Hobbit and its sequel. You can read about it via the press release or via Variety. For his part, Jeffrey Wells is happy for Del Toro but says "there's a downside to this deal" because it means Del Toro "won't be making any adult-market, real-world-grappling, artistic-growth movies in the vein of Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone for a long, lonnng time." 2. The cast is coming ...
Guillermo del Toro signed on to direct ‘The Hobbit’
Published 4/25/2008 by Hot Momma at Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog
The much anticipated film “The Hobbit,” took a major step forward with Guillermo del Toro signed on to direct the New Line-MGM feature and its sequel.
The official signing of Del Toro comes four months after New Line settled a lawsuit with Jackson over “The Lord of the Rings” and announced that it had agreed with MGM to turn J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Hobbit” into two live-action films. Sam Raimi had been preceived as the initial front-runner as director but Del Toro had emerged in recent months as the likely candidate.
It’s a huge commitment for the director, with Del Toro moving to New Zealand for four years ...
OFFICIAL: DEL TORO DIRECTS DOUBLE HOBBIT
Published 4/25/2008 at FilmDrunk.com
Executive Producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh officially announced that Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro will direct a two-movie adaptation of The Hobbit. Del Toro’s moving to New Zealand for the next four years to work with Jackson and his Wingnut and Weta production teams. He’ll direct the two films back to back, with the sequel dealing with the 60-year period between “The Hobbit” and “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. [Variety] No word on the status of the lawsuit filed by the ...
Northwestern students upset over Jerry Springer; New book slams Paris and Britney for pets
Published 4/25/2008 by Ann Oldenburg at USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live
Llleightonmeester Are you approaching Gossip Girl overload? Too bad. This Leighton Meester shot was the best photo of the bunch from last night's red carpet to open the Tribeca Film Festival. ... Today: Vampire show Moonlight is back on CBS at 9 with new post-strike episodes. ... Mariah Carey will light up the Empire State Building in purple, pink and white, the color motif of her new album. ... Elsewhere: Northwestern Law School students are in an " uproar " because the graduation committee chose Jerry Springer as commencement speaker. ... Michael Jackson has at work in Vegas with RedOne and Akon on his new ...
Middle-earth Welcomes a New Jolly, Bearded Director
Published 4/25/2008 at Vulture
Photo illustration: Getty Images, Courtesy of New Line
Del Toro's New Hobbit: Guillermo del Toro is confirmed as director for New Line's The Hobbit, along with its sequel that covers the time between it and Lord of the Rings. Del Toro will move to New Zealand for four ...
I Know At Least The Boyfriend Doesn't Know
Published 4/25/2008 by JA at my new plaid pants
Hard to believe, but there is one person on this Earth who I am fairly certain will read this news here at MNPP first, so I feel obligated to post it even while the news roars across the internets today like Herpes through Hollywood and will surely have been seen by most everyone's eyes by now. Hey, if I'm wrong and you haven't heard this yet and ...
Guillermo del Toro & The Hobbit Officially Together At Last!
Published 4/25/2008 by Jamie Williams at Screen Rant
Millions of geeks across of the world must now change their pants...
Guillermo del Toro (currently in post-production on this summer's HellBoy II: The Golden Army) has officially signed on to direct The Hobbit and its sequel - i.e. the untitled Lord of the Rings "bridge" film.
This announcement comes after months and months (and months!) of speculation, rumor and flat-out Internet BS.
The current plans have del Toro moving down to New Zealand where he will spend the next four years(!) working closely with Peter Jackson (i.e. that ...
Why Guillermo Del Toro Should Not Adapt The Hobbit [Movies]
Published 4/25/2008 by carnevale at Gawker
Lord of the Rings grandmaster Peter Jackson and New Line announced yesterday that Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro will take on a two-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in New Zealand under Jackson's supervision. If this sounds like positive news for those who have been waiting for the kids-oriented prequel to come to the big screen, it's not. Since Peter Jackson took on the mother of all literary adaptations in adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, the idea that he would bring his epic vision to The Hobbit loomed on the periphery. ...
Del Toro and The Hobbit Finally Officially Wed
Published 4/25/2008 by Christopher Campbell at SpoutBlog
It’s been three months since the trades reported Guillermo Del Toro was in talks to direct The Hobbit (as two separate films). So why has it taken this long for the deal to be set in stone? Over at The Movie Blog, John thinks some of it had to do with Del Toro wanting to make sure he would have enough creative control, considering he’ll be working for producer Peter Jackson.
How much control will Guillermo del Toro have? I’ll be willing to bet this was one of the big issues delaying the official announcement of his agreeing to direct the projects. Peter Jackson helmed The Lord of the ...
Del Toro is Definitely Doing 'The Hobbit'
Published 4/25/2008 at I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
Guillermo del Toro, director of Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth--and the same man who, at NYCC, told a 15-year-old that "the pubes are popping"--has been formally announced as the director of The Hobbit and its planned sequel. This had been rumored ...
'Hobbit' Director Debate Ignores Critical Fact that 'Hobbit' is Rubbish [Middling Earth]
Published 4/25/2008 by STV at Defamer
There's been much to-do over the last day about Peter Jackson's hiring of Guillermo del Toro to direct the two-part Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit. Among our favorite dissenting opinions belongs to Salon critic Andrew O'Hehir, who pulls out his Cannes '06 interview notebook to look up del Toro's sentiment at the time: "I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don't like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits — I've never been into that at all. I don't like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff." Our sister blog Gawker doesn't like del Toro's selection either, but we're optimistic ...
Finally Official: Guillermo del Toro To Direct The Hobbit
Published 4/28/2008 at Cinema Fusion
It’s about damn time. Variety is reporting that Guillermo del Toro has officially signed on to direct the The Hobbit and its sequel.
The widely expected announcement, which had been rumored for several weeks, came Thursday afternoon jointly from executive producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich, and Mary Parent, newly named chief of MGM’s Worldwide Motion Picture Group.
Del Toro will be moving to New Zealand for the next four years to work with Jackson and his Wingnut and Weta production teams. He’ll direct the two films back to back, with the sequel dealing ...