January 2008

France Confirms Del Toro As Hobbit Director?

Published on: 30th January, 2008

Everyone appears to be getting excited about the above video which just appeared on Youtube.com and apparently has the French translator announcing “Today it is our pleasure to announce something that everyone was hoping for, Guillermo will direct The Hobbit”
This is followed by lots of clapping. It was filmed last night (Jan 29th) at the [...]

Del Toro Out Of The Running For Deathly Hallows

Published on: 29th January, 2008

Following all the rumors yesterday that Guillermo Del Toro was in talks to direct The Hobbit movie 1 and 2, the producer of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (David Heyman) fuelled the flames when last night?he stated Del Toro was now too busy to be considered for the Deathly Hallows directors post.
Last night, Heyman [...]

Guillermo Del Toro In Talks For The Hobbit Job

Published on: 28th January, 2008

Sources in New Zealand and now Hollywood claim Del Toro is?currently in talks to direct both hobbit movies with Jackson having approval over creative elements of the two movies.
Del Toro was shortlisted as one of only a select few who the money men consider a safe pair of hands. No stranger to the fantasy genre with [...]

Elijah Woods Ready To Go All The Way Back Again

Published on: 12th January, 2008

Elijah Woods confirmed my theory first posted way back in July that the second Hobbit movie would be filling in the 60 year gap from the end of The Hobbit to the beginning of The Lord Of The Rings.
“I haven’t spoken to him directly (Peter Jackson) about it but I’ve e-mailed him, and as far as [...]

Geoff Murphy To Direct The Hobbit Movie?

Published on: 5th January, 2008

There are some interesting names being passed around the various LOTR fan sites as regards the available directors job that is now officially vacant since Peter Jackson declared he would produce but not direct.
Sam Raimi has made it no secret he’d absolutely love the job. It was way back in July 2007 that I first [...]