moviesblog.mtv.com - 6/6/2009
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The journey of J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” to the big screen has taken yet another turn, MTV News has exclusively learned. For quite a while after Guillermo del Toro signed on to direct the adaptation, there had been talk that the project would actually consist of two films, one based fully ...
moviesblog.mtv.com - 6/5/2009
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In what’s becoming something of a tradition between
MTV News and Guillermo del Toro, every time we...
have a chance to chat with the Mexican-born director, we harass him for news about who’s been cast as Bilbo Baggins in his upcoming adaptation of ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Guillermo Del Toro ‘Very Close’ To Annoucing ...
scifisquad.com - 6/11/2009
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Filed under: News/Reactions , Discussion Posts Don't ask
me how Guillermo del Toro works on four hundred...
projects at once, because it always amazes me to see how much he's got going on, and it's also inspiring to see a filmmaker that passionate ...
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Guillermo Del Toro Casts His 'Frankenstein' and 'The ...
slashfilm.com - 6/11/2009
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Hobbit Round Up - How Will the Two Films Be Divided, Will They Bridge to Lord of the Rings, and Who is Going to Play Bilbo?
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... In order to publicise The Strain, his new vampire novel written by with Chuck Hogan, Guillermo del Toro has been doing an awful lot of interviews. The best, perhaps, have been with MTV - at least in terms of the off-topic news they’ve managed to squeeze out of the fella. Not only have they had him all but spell out where the split between two films is going to come in his telling of The Hobbit, they’ve even ...
Guillermo del Toro Updates on The Hobbit
FirstShowing.net —
... ). While talking to press, the topic obviously drifted to The Hobbit, and Guillermo gave the inevitable "not much has changed" update that is only worth mentioning for those anxiously awaiting every last detail? The two biggest updates both come from MTV. The ...
Del Toro Talks ‘The Hobbit’ Yet Again - Cast Announcement Imminent
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
... You can hear the enthusiasm and love for the craft that del Toro has when he speaks, particularly when the subject up for discussion is The Hobbit. Del Toro is directing the two movies which are due to tell the story of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, and he recently spoke to MTV Movies about how the two are going to fit together. He also mentioned that the casting of Bilbo Baggins is close to being announced. ...
Newsbites: The fantasy edition!
FilmChat —
... and Elrond, respectively. Del Toro also says he is "very close" to announcing who will play the young Bilbo Baggins; the older Bilbo was played in The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) by Ian Holm. And while The Hobbit is being split into two films, Del Toro says he will not direct any so-called "bridge" film, i.e. a film that would bridge the gap between the two Hobbit movies and the three Rings movies. -- BBC Radio, MTV Movies Blog (x2) 3. A lawsuit filed by J.R.R. Tolkien's heirs against the ...
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