Del Toro leaves Hobbit movie

pestibug · May 2010

http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/del-toro-leaves-hobbit-movies-3573559

bah, I was so excited for this, dammit!

ZacD · May 2010

I liked the Hobbit, the animated film was awesome.

KhAoZ · May 2010

I wonder why Peter Jackson doesn't want to just direct it himself...if it ain't broke, don't fix it

Andreas · May 2010

Because he didn't sleep for 3 years the last time...

Well this sucks.

eld · May 2010

this sort of reminds me of how the halo movie ended up

It's quite sad, but hopefully del toro's next movie will be something to look forward to, whatever it might be.

Purplepaint · Jun 2010

I really hope they push forward with The Hobbit, its still one of my favorite novels.. and i did love the animated movie aswell..

Junkie_XL · Jun 2010

When did this switch from New Line's hands to MGM?

KhAoZ · Jun 2010

Has anyone seen Splice yet? Wonder if its any good.

rolfness · Jun 2010

I hear Speilberg might step in.. that would be a tragedy .. Tom cruise as Bilbo baggins... wheres my shotgun ...

Steve Schulze · Jun 2010

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."

KhAoZ wrote: »

Has anyone seen Splice yet? Wonder if its any good.

"Brilliant" seems to be the general consensus.

pestibug · Jun 2010

jackable, I'd sooooo go see your The Hobbit!

I can't wait to see splice, seems to be a masterpice.

Nick Carver · Jun 2010

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.

Taylor Hood · Jun 2010

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.

ZacD · Jun 2010

I'd rather not have another 2 LOTR movies, it would of been cool to see Del Toro take the movie in his direction.

glynnsmith · Jun 2010

rolfness wrote: »

Tom cruise as Bilbo baggins... wheres my shotgun ...

To be fair, he's the right height. Would save on having to bluescreen him

SHEPEIRO · Jun 2010

Nick Carver wrote: »

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

Del Toro leaves Hobbit movie

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