As a creative person already living in close proximity to the Weta studio, I think I'd be the ideal candidate to replace mr Del Toro. All I need is a megaphone.
"You. More elf! You. Too much elf! You. Get your boobs out."
A Del Toro Hobbit could have been interesting, but I'm not sure whether we would have got 'good' Guillermo (Pan's Labyrinth, Devil's Backbone) or 'bad' Del Toro (Hellboy 1+2). I kind of feel like in the more mainstream films he's done that his visual style (as accomplished as it is) has gotten in the way of telling a decent story. I really think he misunderstood the appeal of the Hellboy comics as well.
I don't know if Jackson still has the chops these days. The Lovely Bones was so far off the mark and King Kong looks pretty flabby and self-indulgent in hindsight. Maybe he could get Neill Blomkamp or another director who's still young and hungry. I'm still pretty nervous about what Jackson and Spielberg have done with Tintin to be honest.
Being a massive fan of LOTR, I think, personally, that Jackson took the LOTR in the right direction. Somehow, call me crazy, I feel really at home and secure with the possibility of PJ directing the Hobbit.
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Well this sucks.
It's quite sad, but hopefully del toro's next movie will be something to look forward to, whatever it might be.
"You. More elf! You. Too much elf! You. Get your boobs out."
"Brilliant" seems to be the general consensus.
I can't wait to see splice, seems to be a masterpice.
I don't know if Jackson still has the chops these days. The Lovely Bones was so far off the mark and King Kong looks pretty flabby and self-indulgent in hindsight. Maybe he could get Neill Blomkamp or another director who's still young and hungry. I'm still pretty nervous about what Jackson and Spielberg have done with Tintin to be honest.
me too...asterix has been ruined...just gotta kill tintin for me now