Guillermo Del Toro might hear if he will do ‘The Hobbit‘ this week, but he is already talking about his next project. It’s one of his smaller movies named ‘Saturn and the End of Days,’ about a boy called Saturn, who watches the end of days while running errands.

“It’s like, what would happen if the Apocalypse was viewed by you [while] doing errands. You go back and forth and nothing big happens except the entire world is being sucked into a vortex of fire.” Del Toro said.

He goes on about how the studios control his bigger movies. “In Big Hollywood movies, you get a 50-page memo. It’s horrible. Independent filmmaking is like drawing a comic book, the Hollywood movie is like having five hands holding your hand while you’re drawing the comic book.”

So if he will be making ‘The Hobbit,’ there will be five Hobbit hands holding him while making the movie? Doesn’t sound too enjoyable.

“People should be free to say anything,” Ang Lee said when asked about Bill C-10. The Canadian amendment makes it possible to deny tax credits to a film considered ‘offensive’ or ‘contrary to public policy.’

The Oscar-winning director even went as far as saying not even the communistic Chinese government censored him during the making of his sex filled ‘Lust, Caution.’ Nor did anyone during the making of his controversial ‘Brokeback Mountain.’

The bill turns financially-assisted films into propaganda and “[the government] should know better than that,” Lee said. Of course the Canadian industry welcomed his comments. “He’s dead on,” said Toronto-based author Susan Swan. “Ang Lee has done us a great favor.”

It’s good to see some big names speak out on this. The bill was initially buried in a pile of harmless material, so some extra attention is always good.

I feel like I’m writing a news about news story, but apparently Guillermo del Toro will know if he’ll be directing ‘The Hobbit’ next week. Del Toro, who recently made ‘Pan’s Labyrinth,’ said this at a panel for his new movie ‘Hellboy 2.’

‘The Hobbit’ is currently set for release in 2010. It is produced by Peter Jackson and takes place before the story of ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ In the story we follow Bilbo Baggins, who goes on his first adventure.

It was originally written as a story for children, so it will be particularly interesting to see what Del Toro will do with the story if he gets the chance.