Greetings Guillermo

[The Restless Shadow]

Well I locked up the other topic, asking which director you'd all like, since now we have no say in the matter ;D
(not like we had much say to begin with,lol)
So here you may talk about the director, Guillermo del Toro!
His previous work, if you're a fan or a hater.
Or to find out a bit more about him if you've never heard of him

[The Restless Shadow]

I'm gonna put this in the Directors topic, it seems most fitting here.


Elijah Wood Calls Guillermo Del Toro Perfect for ‘Hobbit’!
Click here to read about that and more!

[Lady Elbereth]

I'm like everyone else...I want Peter Jackson to direct! But I guess Guillermo Del Toro won't be too bad if Peter Jackson's going to be helping him. But wouldn't it be a shame if they don't make The Hobbit because of all the money issues with New Line?

[The Restless Shadow]

Guillermo Del Toro on The Hobbit - "We are all in sync and eager to move forward"

hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/04/del-toro-hobbit.html

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ladyelbereth said:

wouldn't it be a shame if they don't make The Hobbit because of all the money issues with New Line?

I believe that shouldn't be an issue, with the whole New Line/Warner Bros Merging thing

[Faramir]

yay!!!!!!
I mean I would have like alfonso cuaron to direct but this guy seems to be good too
and hey i'm just glad that the movie seems to be moving foward!

[The Restless Shadow]

Guillermo was interviewed recently, and he was asked breifly about the Hobbit, here's what he said-

Of course, there's been a lot of talk about "The Hobbit" lately, but you have so many projects on the slate either in development or attached to. Are you ready to get involved something like that which is so big and time-consuming? Do you have other directors you want to line up to make these other movies?
GDT: Yeah, well I'm very conscious that doing "The Hobbit" demands four plus years of my life where I will not do anything else as a director, and as far as producing is concerned, I think we have a good year and a half of pre-production, so I can always be available but concentrating on "The Hobbit."


Do you think you'd get involved with Peter on the writing of that?
GDT: We are still talking about how to go, but I will be involved with the writing, yes.


What's the most daunting thing with taking on a project of that size besides the time involved?
GDT: There's the scope, and the learning curve, because the amount of things I've gotta learn. I fell in love with "The Hobbit" but I'm marrying an entire mythology. It's like meeting the family of a girl you're going to marry… you get them all, and I fell in love with "The Hobbit" and now I'm familiarizing myself with not only the trilogy--the trilogy I only finally read--but every single thing I can read that Tolkien generated about Middle Earth or about him I'm reading, and in terms of the visuals. In order for the two movies to seamlessly involve into the trilogy, I have to literally put myself through the biggest "making of" ever assembled. I'm going to watch all the dailies of "Fellowship" and I'm going to watch most of the dailies of "The Return of the King." I'll watch as much material as I possibly can take, the camera reports... everything. By the end of the second ("Hobbit") movie, you have to be able to have evolved towards "The Lord of the Rings" and feel that it's a complete continuation.

Personally, the way he talk's about the process in third answer.
It make me SO much more sure then I already was that he'll be amazing in this job! ;D ;D
He really is a director get's soo deeply involved in his projects.
He becomes like part of them!
I'll explain more in another post later

[Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood]

I definitely agree with you on the dedication part! He seriously sounds like he's 120% ready to tackle what may become the biggest film production of all time (second only to the LotR trilogy). And with PJ watching his back at every turn, how could he go wrong? ;D







*KNOCKS ON WOOD*










Couldn't hurt.

[The Restless Shadow]

knock on wood, throw salt over your shoulder, and DON'T step on cracks until the movie is out!

[Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood]

And don't forget...

*crosses fingers, eyes, arms, and legs*



But there's been no news about the status of the lawsuit, right? They better work something out soon or else most or all of us are going to storm the gates of the Tolkien estate with torches and demand a sacrifice.

[The Restless Shadow]

I haven't heard any news, but yeah tell me about it!

[Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood]

Here's a little news, possibly what we have been waiting for! Well, maybe not entirely, but it's something! This was just posted today, so at least it's the LATEST!! In Del Toro's own words, we could know the fate of "The Hobbit" in less than FOUR days!!!



www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/04/21/28704-28704/

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which means today is ONLY THREE DAYS

[Nienna Greenleaf of Mirkwood]

EXACTLY!!


May the force be with us!

[The Restless Shadow]

Time to start group prayer!