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Post by sharpie marker on Apr 25, 2008 8:51:39 GMT -5
Then this is some damn fine news. Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' and sequel LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Guillermo del Toro is directing "The Hobbit" and its sequel, New Line Cinema announced Thursday. The 43-year-old filmmaker will move to New Zealand for four years to make the films back-to-back with executive producer Peter Jackson. Del Toro wrote and directed "Pan's Labyrinth," which earned six Oscar nominations in 2006 and won three awards. He is also the director of the upcoming sequel "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," whose monsters bear the unmistakeable surreal vision of the Mexican-born filmmaker. "I am indeed blessed to become a part of the filmmaking community that Peter, Fran and their extraordinary team of collaborators have created in New Zealand," del Toro said in a statement. "Contributing to the 'Lord of the Rings' legacy is an absolute dream come true." Jackson and Walsh called del Toro "a cinematic magician who has never lost his childlike sense of wonder." "We have long admired Guillermo's work and cannot think of a more inspired filmmaker to take the journey back to Middle-Earth," they said in a statement. Jackson co-wrote, co-produced and directed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which won 17 Oscar and 30 nominations. ---- (By "sequel" I think they mean they'll split the book into two movies.)
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Post by debster on Apr 25, 2008 9:52:15 GMT -5
nice. count me as a geek then.
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Post by sharpie marker on Apr 25, 2008 9:52:54 GMT -5
Right? I'm hoping this turns out even half as awesome as Pan's Labyrinth.
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Post by debster on Apr 25, 2008 10:15:05 GMT -5
i have a love/hate relationship with that movie. it was so freakin' good, yet so sad. if he does half the job he did with pan's though, it will be an incredible movie! stoked!!
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Post by sharpie marker on Apr 25, 2008 10:17:34 GMT -5
I'm wondering where they'll split the story. Right after the forest? Around the time he meets up with Gollum?
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Post by Robbie on Apr 28, 2008 14:59:01 GMT -5
Fuckin sweet
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