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Director, Producer, and writer of films. Guillermo del Toro made a splash at the Oscars with several nominations for
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AceShowbiz (blog)'The Hobbit' Director Guillermo Del Toro Makes Ian McKellen 'Shiver'MTV.com"Gandalf is a fantastic part and I long to do it," McKellen told MTV News, adding that both he and "LOTR" director Peter Jackson prefer the earlier Gandalf ...Guillermo del Toro Talks Creatures of 'The Hobbit'AceShowbiz (blog)all 17 news articles »
- Another Big Update on The Hobbit from Guillermo del Toro (feedburner.com)
Ever since Guillermo del Toro signed on to direct two movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for producer Peter Jackson, there has been various casting rumors about who may or may not return to reprise their roles from Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
One of the cast members who seemed to be up in the air was Viggo Mortensen who played one of the most popular characters in the trilogy, the warrior Aragorn, a character who...
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- MGM Retains The Hobbit (reelzchannel.com)
- The Hobbit To Take A Year To Film (femalefirst.co.uk)
In an in-depth interview with Total Film, Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro lays out his vision for The Hobbit in detail and talks about how he plans to take creature design out of the shadow of The Lord of the Rings. In conceiving these creatures, he says he will "keep the DNA in the same gene pool as the Rings trilogy," but with some critical differences.
...in the trilogy most of the creatures are brutish or inarticulate. In The Hobbit...
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From reelzchannel.com
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It's no surprise that Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro will journey together back into The Shire with The Hobbit, none whatsoever considering that the original Lord of the Rings trilogy made a boatload of money while maintaining first-rate visuals and performance.
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Thanks to message board member Theodred for alerting us to this story from scifiwire.com: Ian McKellen, whom we expect will put on Gandalf’s gray robes in director Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Hobbit movies, tells us he’s finally read the script for the films. And, no, he won’t tell us much about it, except that producer Peter Jackson [...]
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Cinematical is reporting that the Bobbit will be split up into two films, according to Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson. Del Toro: "We've decided to have The Hobbit span the two movies, including the White Council and the comings and goings of Gandalf to Dol Guldur."Jackson: "We decided it would be a mistake to try to cram everything into one movie. The essential brief was to do The Hobbit, and it allows us to make The Hobbit in a little...
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From ferretgeek.com
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Talking to Sci Fi Wire, Ian McKellen (Gandalf) says that he has finally had a chance to read the script for Guillermo del Toro's live-action adaptation of The Hobbit ... and he "couldn't be happier" with it. And why shouldn't he be, since the part was written specifically with him in mind:
As Peter has said, they loved writing Gandalf [for The Hobbit] because they knew who they were writing him for. ... There are a lot of characters in The...
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