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calisuri
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Jan 30 2008, 12:49am
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"Guillermo will direct 'The Hobbit'.."
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The following YouTube video confirms that Guillermo Del Toro will be directing 'The Hobbit' films. We hope to have additional confirmation within the next few hours - stay tuned!
The important part starts around :40
Female Translator: Today it is our pleasure to announce something that everyone was hoping for, Guillermo will direct 'The Hobbit'
(Clapping)
Female Translator: And he will give a small role to (the Spanish translator)
The Mysterious Calisuri
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entmaiden
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Jan 30 2008, 12:57am
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I wonder who their sources were
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and why someone in France has this information but no one in the US or New Zealand doesn't. Could their source be Del Toro himself? Maybe he's doing a little politicking?
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks?' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
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Compa_Mighty
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Jan 30 2008, 1:02am
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I can't reply to calisuri's post directly!
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It can't have been fabricated. It was indeed said (both in Spanish and in French) without any doubt that Del Toro would be directing The Hobbit.
Bayona says: "Today is a great day, because it's finally been announced what we all wanted, that Guillermo is going to direct The Hobbit." which is turn translated by the woman. Bayona continues: "The first great creative decision is that he is going to give me a cameo."
I posted this in the other thread:
http://www.dvdrama.com/...toro-nous-repond.php
De passage à Paris pour la promotion de L'Orphelinat de Juan Antonio Bayona que Del Toro produit, le réalisateur mexicain nous a répondu avec sa gentillesse et sa bonne humeur légendaire : « Réaliser Bilbo le Hobbit ? Ca va se faire ! » nous dit-il avec un large sourire. « Il y a encore quelques détails à définir, mais j’espère que ça va se faire ! Ce seront bien deux films qui sortiront aux alentours de 2011 et 2012. » Du coup les autres projets qu’on lui accorde semblent en retrait, notamment la réalisation du dernier chapitre de la saga Harry Potter : « Je ne sais pas encore quelle tournure cela va prendre, mais Bilbo le Hobbit va m’occuper pendant 4 ans et je doute que Warner attende autant de temps pour finir Harry Potter ! »
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Passing through Paris, for the advertising of Juan Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage, that Del Toro produced, the mexican director answered our questions with his legendary amability and good humor:
"Film The Hobbit? That will be happening!" he tells us with a large smile on his face. " There are still several details to define, but I hope that will be happening! They'd be two films that will open around 2011 and 2012."
Suddendly,his other projects seem postponed, notably the realization of the last chapter of the Harry Potter saga: "I don't know how that will turn out, but The Hobbit will keep me busy for 4 years, and I doubt Warner will wait that long to end up Harry Potter!"
So there! 2011 and 2012? Different from 2010 and 2011 we had heard of!
Let it be heard! We want Jackson to direct The Hobbit!
Essay winner of the Show us your Hobbit Pride Giveway!
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deej
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Jan 30 2008, 1:31am
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Now if only they can get the writer's strike settled and get a script started...
It's all happening!
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Xoanon
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Jan 30 2008, 1:36am
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The dude on the right of the screen IS Guillermo Del Toro...I imagine he knows what he's up to :)
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entmaiden
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Jan 30 2008, 1:40am
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it's inappropriate for him to make this type of announcement without the Executive Producer or the studio.
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks?' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
NARF since 1974.
Balin Bows
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Diezmann
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Jan 30 2008, 1:41am
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It's awful. It was a shock to me to learn of this decision - now Del Toro is the director of The Hobbit films. I'm crying.
Peter Jackson, why did you leave us?!
I will say no more.
Ich stehe hier und kann nicht anders
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Bilbo the Rover
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Jan 30 2008, 1:54am
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I'm hoping this is true ! PJ and he will do a great job ! We have to remember that PJ probably had alot of, if not total imput on choosing Guillermo !
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deej
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Jan 30 2008, 2:00am
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Don't worry - Peter Jackson hasn't gone anywhere.
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He and Fran will still have a VERY active role in this film, as well as the 'bridge' film.
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Oremar
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Jan 30 2008, 2:23am
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i think it's an amazing choice! I am SO happy, think it's so cool :D
he even kinda looks like pete.... heheh
(of course PJ is my first choice)
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Patty
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Jan 30 2008, 2:52am
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My goodness. I'm gone for a week and you guys let this happen!
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Well. Here's hoping PJ's touch will be apparent.
For Gondor!
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diedye
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Jan 30 2008, 3:18am
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... so much for watching the production diaries.
I can't imagine this project being as fun as LOTR... unless Peter's on set every day, I doubt there will be the same camaraderie that there was on LOTR and it will no doubt show in the performances.
But... despite my HUGE reservations... I suppose I will get around to seeing it...
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Elven
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Jan 30 2008, 3:33am
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I hope we hear news very soon!!
Arrgghhh - the suspense is killing me! 
Cheers
Elven
The Shire was never the same after
Barbra Cartland moved into Bagshot Row.
Tolkien was a Capricorn!
The Hobbit!!
Its a Happening Thing!!
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Sauruman: "Do know how the fan girls/boys first came into being? ... they were Tolkien scholars once ... Taken by the Dark Director, tempted to hold moots & dress up like Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves and Wizards ... A ruined & terrible form of life, not to mentions bad grades ... and now perfected at TORN ...
Whom do you serve!"
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WhiteAslan
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Jan 30 2008, 4:04am
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*does happy dance*
I'm so excited Del Toro's interpretation!
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elentari3018
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Jan 30 2008, 5:13am
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 IF he hasn't even read the books? This is horrible news! If we had some director who actually KNOWS the movies it would be better. I've not seen any of his movies but imean, from his initial interview from a month back, it didn't seem that he would know about The Hobbit at all and he was just looking for another project. This is a surprise to the whole world and me, as a hardcore fan, is not pleased at all. :(
"By Elbereth and Luthien the fair, you shall have neither the Ring nor me!" ~Frodo
"And then Gandalf arose and bid all men rise, and they rose, and he said: 'Here is a last hail ere the feast endeth. Last but not least. For I name now those who shall not be forgotten and without whose valour nought else that was done would have availed; and I name before you all Frodo of the Shire and Samwise his servant. And the bards and the minstrels should give them new names: Bronwe athan Harthad and Harthad Uluithiad , Endurance beyond Hope and Hope Unquenchable.." ~Gandalf, The End of the Third Age , from The History of Middle Earth series
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Finding Frodo
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Jan 30 2008, 5:18am
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I did read that he said he couldn't get through LotR, but I can relate because it took me many tries (I was 12 at the time, but no matter). Pan's Labyrinth was pretty awesome. Let's give him a chance.
Where's Frodo?
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 30 2008, 6:03am
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Pan's Labryinth was beautiful, and Hellboy had BLUE FLAME lol
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Pan's Labryinth was a beautiful, enchanting film. Too Dark for what the Hobbit should be, but I am sure all the adequate adjustments in approach will be made.
Del Toro also doesn't seem to hate magical flame, which is good for Gandalf's dramatic intrusion upon the Goblin King's party.  As much as I loved most of what Peter did with LOTR, I would be angrier than any wet hornet if Gandalf's astounding moment in the mountain caverns, so precisely described by Tolkien, went from a flame to a fizzle, or from a conflagration to a smokers cough, just to suit Jackson's personal prefference.
He also seems, from what I saw in Pan's Labyrinth, to have a proper feel for sentiment. The death of Thorin shall move all. Now I wonder as to his sense of humour. . .
He has read the Hobbit. That is the main thing for doing that film properly. It may be better for him not trying to overweight with Rings sub-text. Now for the Bridge film, he is not yet shoed in anyway. Either way, I think his next major project needs to be sitting down and reading ALL of the books. Then reareading The Hobbit five times, chapter for chapter for chapter, and every line.
If he moves on to do the second film, he must be locked and bound in a room, under the stern tutelage of Saruma. . . Christopher Lee, in full Saruman raiment, as I have said before "Do you know why the Istari came into Middle-Earth. . . So Gandalf, you seek to lead Glorfindel, Galadriel, Elrond and the rest against Dol Guldur. . . and if your bid fails? What then will you do? If I overrule you, will you risk the more dangerous road?" LOL " You must Join with me Guillermo. . . It would be wise, my friend. . . I give you the chance of aiding me, willingly. . . do not choose the way of pain."
There are other directors I would have been interested to see involved. . . Wolfgang Petersen, Chris Columbus, Ron Howard, Ridely Scott. . . Henson has been dead since I was a boy, so that was never on the table . . . I wasn't eager for Rami, but when I heard he studies all source material with a passionate drive, I became more hopeful for him. . . but maybe Guillermo will do so well he makes me forget about all of these others. I hope so.
"Hear me, hounds of Sauron, Gandalf is here! Fly if you value your foul skins, I will shrivel you from tail to snout if you step within this circle!"
"Do not be to eager to deal out death in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."
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Sunflower
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Jan 30 2008, 6:07am
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You need to rent the DVD of "Pan's Labyrinth", watch the film, listen to the Commentary, and THEN (most important of all) watch the hour-long, uncut Charlie Rose interview with Del Toro, Cuaron, and Inarritu from 2007. I have dubbed them "The Mexican Inklings." Just watching this round-table interview gave me shivers up my spine, and this was back during the summer. In fact, I am going to rent it tomorrow...hack, I'll have to BUY it now.
ANY reservations I had about Del Toro's ability to create the same on-set magic and cadamanderie died a swift and deserving death. NZ's "native son" might not be there every day, but I think Del Toro will be welcomed with open arms, much more so than an American director. He'll probably have the entire Mexican film industry show up in one wat or another to watch over the course of the shoot:).
This is the best thing about this: Del Toro's close relationships with the other directors, in every aspect, and they are such a FUN bunch, and literary giants of cinema. As a result of this interview, I have begun using the phrase "The New Mexican Cinema", a dynamic scene every bit as electric and vibrant as the Spielberg/Lucas/Scorcese/Coppola "Film Brat" culture of the '70's. He'll have their ideas, expertise, vision, and passion for film. And Del Toro is a really nice man. He's a lot like PJ in more ways than appearance (lol).
FYI, I was probably the biggest skeptic on TORN, I wanted Our Three to do everything. I still deep down do. But this is an arrangement that suits me well. PLEASE, don't give up on this yet!
(Plus we'd miss you!:)
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hobbitgoddess
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Jan 30 2008, 6:30am
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You know me. I'll all for it. And I'm happy to finally be getting one worry about these films off my back. Unless this isn't a reliable source. In which case I will be have even more worried then before.
Have you hugged your hobbit today?
For pony
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wilsonst541
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Jan 30 2008, 7:10am
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We obviously still have a looooong way to go, but I think del Toro is a great choice. He has a flair for fantasy that rivals anyone's in the business right now. Two thumbs up!
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Starling
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Jan 30 2008, 7:17am
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if this is the case. Of course I wanted PJ, but I never really thought he would direct, with everything else he has going on.
Anyway, I adored Pan's Labyrinth, so feel quietly confident.
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SandWitch King
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Jan 30 2008, 8:11am
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Does He/She read the message boards now? {NT}
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I wish my name was "Barrow Wong". Maybe I should change it. And now for my quote:
"Please note, we have added a consequence for failure. Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your official testing record, followed by death. Good luck."
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Garfeimao
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Jan 30 2008, 8:54am
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Del Toro is a very engaging director, with cast and with fans. He'll be about as much fun, if not more so, than PJ, count on it.
And PJ has given this his blessing, so who are any of us to gainsay that? Like with LOTR, he's going to make a complete team, one that will work well together, and that includes cast, crew and director. It had to be someone PJ could work with, not just someone with the directing skills, but a true collaborator, and GDT has always struck me as such. He really is a fanboy at heart, anyone who saw any of the press on Hellboy knows that. There is a reason Ron Perlman did Hellboy and all that heavy make up, and it's the fact that they worked together so well in Chronos. Can you imagine someone like Perlman handling Thorin?????
... so much for watching the production diaries. I can't imagine this project being as fun as LOTR... unless Peter's on set every day, I doubt there will be the same camaraderie that there was on LOTR and it will no doubt show in the performances. But... despite my HUGE reservations... I suppose I will get around to seeing it... . . . . . ... on YouTube.
Peace, Love and Rock & Roll,
Garfeimao
The orange stripey One
Cruise to Middle earth
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gracie
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Jan 30 2008, 10:35am
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I agree,
Del Toro, will be under the guidance of PJ and Fran, it'll be fine guys you wait and see!
Lets not forget the Hobbit is a different story to LOTR, so Del Toro will do just GREAT!
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