Posted: July 20th, 2009 by: Quinn Bender
By Quinn Bender
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The Los Angeles Times has it on good authority that director Guillermo del Toro will drop in to the San Diego Comic-Con to announce the leading man for his highly anticipated adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s, The Hobbit.
Rumor has it the leading candidates to play the famous Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, have been whittled down …
Posted: June 12th, 2009 by: DJDavid
Set for a 2012 release, “The Hobbit” is the first installment in the Tolkien series for “The Lord of the Rings”
Filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro chatted today about his new book The Strain, during which time we also had the chance to get a status update on the director’s highly anticipated two-part adaptation of The Hobbit.
Citing …
Posted: June 10th, 2009 by: Quinn Bender
By Quinn Bender
Famed horror and fantasy filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is striking balance in the vampire underworld. The Oscar-nominated director’s first novel, The Strain, puts the undead back in what he feels is their rightful place in mythology, as terrifying, remorseless entities, comforted by despair and tragedy. His dark muse, dredged up from vampire lore …
Posted: October 9th, 2008 by: Movie Set
As mentioned before here at MovieSet, Guillermo del Toro (seen left), director of Pan’s Labyrinth, is currently writing the screenplay for the film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s, The Hobbit, with Lord of the Rings helmer Peter Jackson.
However it appears as though directing duties will be the solo responsibility of directing duties will go to del …
Posted: August 20th, 2008 by: Movie Set
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro are writing The Hobbit themselves.My twisted little brain immediately went here:
Although I know the comparison has been made numerous times it’s far too funny not to repeat. At least Jackson’s no longer, as the great Smeagol says, “The fat one…”.
I can’t help myself I …
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