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Hobbit Movie Update

Published on: 11th November, 2009

Guillermo Del Toro will be finding himself a part in The Hobbit movie. He confessed to a German TV show that he plans to have a cameo playing a creature and unlike Peter Jackson who did the same in all 3 Lord of the Rings movies, GDT will be giving himself a few lines to [...]

Del Toro Feels No Hobbit Movie Pressure

Published on: 10th June, 2009

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 [...]

The Third Hobbit Movie

Published on: 6th June, 2009

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 [...]

Del Toro And Jackson Talk Hobbit Movies

Published on: 26th April, 2009

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 [...]

Del Toro Gives Hobbit Movie Update

Published on: 15th November, 2008

Guillermo Del Toro stopped to chat to Wired about how things were progressing with The Hobbit movie and things must be going nicely as he says he expects preproduction to get underway as early as January.
Wired caught up with Del Toro at a party held in Hollywood nightclub ‘Element’ to celebrate the launch of Hellboy [...]

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 [...]

Jackson And Co To Write Screen Play

Published on: 20th August, 2008

I would have put money on it anyway but today it was confirmed that the same team that wrote the Lord Of The Rings screen play (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens) will also write the 2 Hobbit movies together with Guillermo Del Toro of course.
The official press release states that Jackson and Del [...]

The Hobbit Movies Special Effects

Published on: 19th August, 2008

Guillermo Del Toro says he plans to keep to traditional special effects such as model making and real world workshop effects once work gets underway on The Hobbit movie.
“You have to be very careful not to rely on a single tool – and this is another thing that I share a passion for with Peter [...]

Guillermo Del Toro Ready For The Hobbit Movie

Published on: 10th August, 2008

Despite a huge fan base from the original Hellboy movie and the news that Del Toro would next be doing The Hobbit movie now becoming common knowledge, Hellboy 2 has been dissapointing the money men at the box office. Coming in second to the White Bishop (or is it Dark Knight?) was probably expected but [...]

Doug Jones “King Of The Elves”

Published on: 30th June, 2008

Doug Jones says he’d play a hemorrhoid if it were Guillermo del Toro making the movie and that he would “follow him anywhere” including he hopes, to Middle Earth. According to his latest interview with MTV it seems Jones has his eye on the part of King Thranduil.
“There’s been lots of speculation. I wouldn’t want [...]