empireonline.com - 4/17/2009
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And the world exclusives from our 20th birthday issue guest-edited by Steven Spielberg continue to pile up We ve known for a while that Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro s eagerly-awaited adaptation of the Lord Of The Rings prequel, The Hobbit , would comprise two movies, due in December ...
getthebigpicture.net - 4/18/2009
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With the first Hobbit movie now only three
years away, director Guillermo del Toro tells Empire that...
plans have changed for the two-film franchise. Word was, del Toro and Peter Jackson would make a film based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit with a second film to be based on other ...
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Jackson, Del Toro Announce 'Hobbit' Changes
getthebigpicture.net - 4/20/2009
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Even though we've got two months of summer
movies to weed through before we get to it,...
I'd have to say Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen just stole the spotlight away this weekend. Director Michael Bay posted some great new footage that was first shown a few weeks ago at ShoWest, and it's all ...
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Weekend Recap: 'Transformers,' 'The Hobbit,' Crowe as ...
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The Hobbit Gets Room to Grow
Latino Review —
The Hobbit Gets Room to Grow By Genevieve 'Scarletscribe' Blaber on April 17, 2009 [image] It seems like ages that we've been waiting around for The Hobbit to get its big screen adaptation, and in that time there's been plenty of speculation about how the movie would turn out especially once we found out that there would actually be two films slated for late 2011 and 2012 releases. But now Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro have spoken to Empire Online about what exactly they plan to do with the Lord of the Rings prequel. We decided it would be a mistake to try to ...
'The Hobbit' Will be 'The Hobbit' and Not Include a 'Lord of the Rings' Bridge
RopeofSilicon.com —
Some good news has arrived as Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro have revealed to Empire Magazine news that the upcoming ...
Jackson and Del Toro Talk a Little ‘Hobbit’ Format
We Are Movie Geeks —
... of the Rings’ trilogy. That, apparently, is not the case, and the story played out in ‘The Hobbit’ will span two films.
What do you think? Is there enough story in ‘The Hobbit’ to span across two different films? Should they have set the second film to tell an original story that bridged the two different stories? What are you overall thoughts on Del Toro taking over the reigns from Jackson? Let us know by commenting below!
Source: Empire Online ...
Big New Hobbit Update Straight from Guillermo del Toro!
FirstShowing.net —
... In the upcoming 20th anniversary issue of Empire, the Brits have another big announcement to make, this time from Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson about the very highly anticipated The Hobbit. "We've decided to have The Hobbit span the two movies, including the White Council and the comings and goings of Gandalf to Dol Guldur," del Toro reveals. It was ...
Jackson, Del Toro Announce 'Hobbit' Changes
Get The Big Picture —
With the first Hobbit movie now only three years away, director Guillermo del Toro tells Empire that plans have changed for the two-film franchise. Word was, del Toro and Peter Jackson would make a film based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit with a second film to be based on other writings by the author that would serve as a bridge between this series and Lord of the Rings. ...
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Debunking Those 'Hobbit' Rumors, In Peter Jackson's Own Words
moviesblog.mtv.com 8/19/2009 — I really hate to step up on my digital soapbox and be "that guy" right now, but some wild rumors concerning the Peter Jackson -produced, Guillermo del Toro -directed adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's " The Hobbit " popped up yesterday and the record ...
'The Hobbit' Not Yet Green-Lit, Peter Jackson Says
mtv.com 7/30/2009 — 'Unless we can write a script that the studio likes and present a budget that they like, there won't be any 'Hobbit' film being made,' producer says. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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'The Hobbit' May Extend to Become a Trilogy
cinematical.com 4/2/2009 — If you can't get enough of hobbits, elves, dwarves, and trolls, we have good news for you. A fan site has heard "a report that negotiations are under way for a third film," meaning that The Hobbit , already slated to be released as two separate ...
'The Hobbit' to Become a Trilogy?
getthebigpicture.net 4/1/2009 — Even some Tolkien fans think a two-movie arrangement for The Hobbit is one too many,
and now there's word that Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson are interested in stretching out the story to three
films. Can the story hold out that long?
Assuming it's not an April Fool's ...
Del Toro talks ‘Hobbit’ in Live Chat
bilbohobbit.com 11/28/2008 — In a live chat, Guillermo Del Toro talked about the upcoming Hobbit movie:
Q:Universal announced a pretty busy slate for you after “The Hobbit.” Will we see a Hellboy 3?
A:If its up to me- yes!! But it is a corporate decision and regimes ...
Guillermo del Toro on The Hobbit and Frankenstein
comingsoon.net 10/6/2008 — The filmmaker formally known as Guillermo del Toro, now referred to ubiquitously as Guillermo "I'm making The Motherf****** 'Hobbit'" del Toro, appeared tonight at the Director's Guild of America in midtown Manhattan as part of The New Yorker Festival ...
Another Big Update on The Hobbit from Guillermo del Toro
firstshowing.net 23 days ago —
"I was calmly laying out the next decade of my life when The Hobbit appeared. I was preparing all these things and all of a sudden The Hobbit shows up and takes over my life." Total Film has published an epic 10-page Q&A with director ...
'The Hobbit' is One Movie in Two Parts?
cinematical.com 10/9/2008 — Middle Earth fanatics have long debated what the heck this whole "second Hobbit movie" would entail. Arguably, there's enough material for a prequel , with Gandalf leading battles into Mirkwood to fight Sauron, who was slowly rebuilding his dark ...
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