October 2008

The Hobbit Movies Raise Tolkienalia

Published on: 27th October, 2008

In March of this year a first edition copy of The Hobbit sold for $40 000 at Bonham’s in London. Would it have raised such a figure at auction if it weren’t for The Hobbit movie due for release in 2010?
The making of the Lord of the Rings movies certainly raised the profile of Tolkien [...]

Del Toro Discusses Hobbit Movies

Published on: 14th October, 2008

Guillermo Del Toro is certainly the man in demand and it seems his career is mapped out for at least a decade. He heads off to New Zealand in just a few weeks now and The Hobbit movies will be his life for several years to come.
As if that wasn’t enough job security, he’s also [...]

Del Toro Wants 5 part Middle Earth Movie

Published on: 8th October, 2008

Del Toro says he wants you to be able to sit down in 2012 and watch 1 entire movie split into 5 parts. The Hobbit he says, is no longer refferered to as 2 movies but rather as The Movie that will be shot in 2 parts.
“The reality is that we stopped talking the first [...]

Del Toro Talks Smaug

Published on: 5th October, 2008

Guilermo Del Toro has been telling The Directors Guild of America about how he finds inspiration for his movies and how his love of dragons is driving him on to make something special when it comes to creating Smaug.
“It’s such a powerful symbol, and in the context of ‘The Hobbit’ it is used to cast [...]