Del Toro confirmed for ‘The Hobbit’April 24th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
There it is, the announcement we were waiting for. I guess Guillermo Del Toro currently has to let his work on ‘Saturn and the End of Days‘ rest, because he will move to New Zealand for the next 4 years (!) to work back to back on the two Hobbit movies.
The news came from executive producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, who won’t be making the film because of the Wingnut Films (Jackson’s production company) lawsuit against New Line Cinema.
New Line is producing the fantasy and the movies are co-produced and co-financed by New Line Cinema and MGM.
Del Toro also working on ApocalypseApril 21st, 2008 at 12:15 pm
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.
Del Toro talks ‘The Hobbit’April 19th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
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.
