Source: The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/hobbitnews.php?id=41329
The director of the Oscar-nominated ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’, Guillermo del Toro, is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the prequel to the highly successful “Lord of the Ring’s”trilogy.
LOTR trilogy director Peter Jackson could not take on writing and directing roles due to other commitments, opting instead to become an executive producer with approval over creative elements of the pair of films.
Because of the strike, no writer has been hired as of yet to adapt Tolkien’s children’s classic.
Principal photography for the films, which will be shot simultaneously, is tentatively set for 2009. The release of the first film is slated for 2010 and the second in 2011.
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How cool would that be? Del Toro is a true filmmaking artist.
And fyi, If you are a fan of PAN’S LABRYINTHE then you should have in your current plans, a trip to the theater to see Guillermo del Toro’s most recent movie ‘EL ORFANATO’ (THE ORPHANAGE). It’s fantastic!
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