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Smaug · Dragon Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 327 Location: Erebor

Looks like Guillermo del Toro is making it.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i331d7d05b8008476b2fae087024a2b8e

Thanks for telling me, Smeagol. Very Happy

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Ddraig · Troll Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 12 Location: Wales

I was hoping he would!

With no disrespect intended to his competition for directing the films, i felt that the style Del Toro fostered in Pan's Labyrinth was perfect for the Hobbit.
I had wanted it to be a director who would make the Hobbit "gel" with Jackson's Lord Of the Rings, which was a dark and realistic fantasy. Every attention to detail was made.
I got a similar feeling when i watched Pan's Labyrinth. A dark fantasy in which monsters and live actors were interlinked in a very realistic way. His "wooden" faun almost looked inspired by the Treebeard of Lord of the Rings. And he really added a menacing dimension to the fantasy, which ideally is what i'm looking for in the Hobbit.

I recall him having read the Hobbit and not Lord of the Rings.. but with so much pressure on him now to produce an equally impressive film i believe he will pick up where he left off.

Good news. Now let's hope they get the ball rolling. Does anyone know if any of the veteran actors or production teams are currently busy on other films?

screams · Posted: 01/28/2008, 21:08 Post subject:

Sounds like good news. I know that he has stated he had a hard time trying to read LOTR, and didn't finish it.

I still think Sam Raimi would be another great choice. He has a love for the book, and is friends with Jackson. He's done a great job with commercializing movies, and has done many great cult horror movies. His work in producing 30 Days of Night was great.

Both are good options. I wish luck to whoever they choose.
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Smeagol · Dwarf Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 147

It bothers me that this guy has never read LotR. I hope Ddraig is right and he is catching up on his Tolkien right now.

The article said that they haven't hired a writer yet. So I wonder what role Phillipa Boyens and Fran Walsh will have? Not that they were perfect writers but at least they actually read the books and respected Tolkien.

screams · Posted: 01/29/2008, 07:00 Post subject:

It might be hard for them to hire a writer for a while.
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Smaug · Dragon Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 327 Location: Erebor

In my opinion, he should at least read the LOTR appendices, The Quest for Erebor from the Unfinished Tales and the last Silmarillion chapter. Oh, and The Hobbit again. And again.
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Smaug · Dragon Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 327 Location: Erebor

News: http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2008/01/word-from-sources-in-jackson-camp.html

Nothing finalized yet.
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Anduril · Goblin Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 5

Unfortunately, I don't like Toro one bit. I don't feel that he wields the kind of sensibility to understand and love Tolkien's work. In my oppinion, that was the biggest thing that Jackson achieved. It took wast courage to make the movie so old-fashioned - both emotion-wise and regarding the accent on "true values" in the story.
We know that the movie is a very different medium from the book, but it's wery important that the director reads the book right and choose the right story from it to retell.
I would personally vote Ang Lee Wink

, but Sam Reimi would be great as well. I hope Toro says no - let it be another film made by fans for fans.

Eliana · Dwarf Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 191

I tend to agree with those who feel de Toro needs to do his homework in order to make The Hobbit and the sequel movies come out as true to Tolkien's vision as possible. Nothing would be worse than having these next movies fall short
of the fans' expectations, after all the waiting and wondering. Perhaps Sam Rami would get closer to the mark that we are all looking for. This is a very tall order for any director to fill, after Jackson's stunning work on LOTR.

screams · Posted: 01/29/2008, 20:38 Post subject:

One note on Raimi, I just read at comingsoon.net that he is finally moving forward with production on Wizard's First Rule. They are going to film Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, starting with First Rule, and adapt it into a series for TV. This has been in talks for a while, but hasn't taken off yet. This could mean Raimi is not available, but who knows. I'm not sure how busy he'd be on a TV series, I don't know much about that, or whether he is even going to direct it.
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diamondblast · Troll Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 11