| Well I am massively pleased that Guillermo del Toro will be the director for this. One of his previous movies Pan’s Labyrinth was fucking awesome.
The Hobbit (for me) was a book very much in the style of simple cultural fairy tales, and as such, does have a lot of moments that will not translate easily onto screen (i.e my fear is that some scenes will be too corny if the makers are too faithful). Based on Pan’s Labyrinth I believe he has the ability to deliver the right atmosphere/direction to this type of movie.
I notice on IMDB that this will be made in two parts, Part 1 released in 2009 and part 2 in 2010. He also has the following:-
Doctor Strange 2010
At the Mountains of Madness 2010
Hellboy 2 2008
If any are shit, I resevere the right to turn on him… | 