empireonline.com - 4/18/2009
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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' To Now Span 2 Films
FlicksNews.net —
... Peter Jackson & Guillermo Del Toro talked to Empire about 'The Hobbit' and revealed that Lord Of The Rings prequel adaption will now span two films and that the originally ...
Jackson and del Toro Reveal Truth About ‘The Hobbit’ Movies
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
... According to Empire, the pair recently openly admitted the change of plan. The Hobbit will still be in the form of two movies, but the pacing and structure has altered a great deal. Guillermo del Toro said: ...
Del Toro & Jackson Confirm Structure Of ‘The Hobbit’ Films
Screen Rant —
... or form, to the character roles they perfected in the trilogy.
Who knows, maybe a third film can be made to act as a bridge movie? Doubtful considering story implications and how busy the two masterminds behind this project will be by then, let alone the cast.
What do you think of this news and which format do you prefer?
The first of The Hobbit films is due out in December, 2011 and the second in December, 2012.
Source: Empire
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Hobbit book split between films
Filmstalker —
... between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings stories, made up from short stories and notes from J.R.R. Tolkein. However word has arrived that this isn't going to be the way that The Hobbit is going to reach our big screens, and Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro have said just that. "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..." That's the announcement by Guillermo Del Toro through Empire and JoBlo , and Peter Jackson confirmed it right after. "We decided it ...
Newsbites: The fantasy edition!
FilmChat —
... ." Adds Jackson: "We decided it would be a mistake to try to cram everything into one movie . . . The essential brief was to do The Hobbit, and it allows us to make The Hobbit in a little more style, if you like, of the trilogy." -- Empire ...
Del Toro And Peter Jackson Drop "Bridge" Between 'LOTR' - 'The Hobbit' Will Be Two Films On Its Own
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... Speaking with Empire, Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson have revealed their new, updated plans for the upcoming adaptation of "The Hobbit," prequel to the "Lord Of The Rings" series. ...
Confirmed: 'The Hobbit' Will Be Two Films
Cinematical —
... , but now we have confirmation of the plan by the filmmakers themselves, and they doled out a few small details to Empire Magazine in honor of the publication's 20th birthday. And those quotes go a little like this: ...
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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
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"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 ...
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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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