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Del Toro Feels No Hobbit Movie Pressure

Guillermo Del Toro was on Simon Mayo's Radio 5 Live show today in the UK and told Simon he isn't feeling any pressure working on The Hobbit movie. The Director of The Hobbit also claimed that he's not worried about having his Hobbit movies compared to the critical and commercial success reached by Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. He told Simon: "Frankly no. If I live the experience like that I would go insane. I don't know if there's a compartment in my brain that just doesn't register those things. I feel an enormous responsibility but not to the results, ...

The Third Hobbit Movie

While New Line Cinema are not saying much about a possible third Hobbit movie they aren't ruling it out either although Guillermo Del Toro says it will not be him directing the film as he is only committed to his 2 Hobbit movies. A third Hobbit movie would be the so called 'bridging movie' which would fill in the gap between the end of The Hobbit and the start of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Assuming The Hobbit movies are the success we expect them to be, the opportunity to bring the old cast from The Lord of the Rings movies ...

Bilbo Baggins Actor Close To Being Named

Guillermo Del Toro told MTV movies today that they would soon be announcing which actor would be replacing Ian Holm for The Hobbit movies. “I believe we’re very close now to saying one name" and he also added that an announcement was no more than a couple of weeks away. In January Del Toro had said they had narrowed it down to 4 possible actors but none of the 4 were aware they were being considered. Now Del Toro, Jackson and Co. have decided who they want but he says the actor in question has still not as yet been approached. Keeping possible ...

Tolkien Battle Goes To Court

Round 1 went to the Tolkien trust today in its battle with New Line Cinema over an alleged $220 million it claims is owed from the profits made from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Judge Ann Jones turned away arguments from the defense that the nature of all the lawsuits claims were such that a jury wasn't required and she should consider them herself. She also denied an alternative defense motion that asked for her to 'decide' on some claims while others went to a jury. "I am reluctant to do something serially that I can do simultaneously, I do not want ...

Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest

It has just been announced that the gaming arm of Warner Bros. known as WB Interactive Entertainment has signed up to a long term partnership with The Saul Zaentz company allowing them to develop and publish future games based on The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. The first game is already in development and will be called The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, an action adventure played in the 3rd person and targeted at all ages. Future games based on The Lord of the Rings will be targeting the adult gamer with The Hobbit games presumably aimed ...

Del Toro And Jackson Talk Hobbit Movies

This months special edition 20th anniversary copy of Empire magazine is on the stands today and features an interview with both Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro about plans, hopes and progress of The Hobbit movies. The two reveal more about dropping the idea of the 'bridging' movie and their new idea of filming The Hobbit over two movies. They tell Empire that the movies will not be just the journey of Bilbo and the dwarves however and they plan to expand the story to include both Sauron's story as well as Gandalf's comings and goings. Jackson: We just decided it would be ...

The Hunt For Gollum

The Hunt For Gollum gets its world premiere at the London Sci-Fi Festival on May 3rd. The Hunt for Gollum is another fan made unofficial Middle Earth movie that has received acclaim based on the 2 teaser trailers released so far. The 45 minute movie follows the Heir of Isildur; the “greatest huntsman and traveler in Middle Earth” on his journey to find the creature Gollum. The creature has to be found to discover the truth about the Ring to protect the future Ringbearer. The script is adapted from elements of the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. The Hunt for Gollum ...