Del Toro says we will know the fate of THE HOBBIT this week
Will it or won't it happen? And the director has also left an interesting riddle online which Edward Nygma would be proud of...
Guillermo del Toro is DESPERATE to do The Hobbit. Peter Jackson is desperate for del Toro to do The Hobbit. Warner Bros. (they bought New Line remember) are desperate for del Toro to do The Hobbit. WE are desperate for him to do The Hobbit. According to the man himself who spoke to IGN, we should finally find out this week if the film is actually happening under his direction...
Were all in agreement on what we want to do creatively we are coming to the point where the deal either will happen or not happenRight now, I havent booked any planes yet If it happens I would be coming in with humility and hard workPresumably the only thing stopping the movie right now is the legal issues with the Tolkien estate and also whether WB can come up with the necessary budget. But del Toro is so keen. And just listen to the amount of research he is actually looking forward to under-taking. This is a dedicated guy and this kind of work ethic should be a role model for any director wanting to adapt a huge universe for the big screen. This from Coming Soon...
"I fell in love with "The Hobbit" but I'm marrying an entire mythology. It's like meeting the family of a girl you're going to marry you get them all, and I fell in love with "The Hobbit" and now I'm familiarizing myself with not only the trilogy--the trilogy I only finally read--but every single thing I can read that Tolkien generated about Middle Earth or about him I'm reading, and in terms of the visuals. In order for the two movies to seamlessly involve into the trilogy, I have to literally put myself through the biggest "making of" ever assembled. I'm going to watch all the dailies of "Fellowship" and I'm going to watch most of the dailies of "The Return of the King." I'll watch as much material as I possibly can take, the camera reports... everything. By the end of the second ("Hobbit") movie, you have to be able to have evolved towards "The Lord of the Rings" and feel that it's a complete continuation".Very strangely and possibly as a joke, del Toro left this little riddle on the message boards of The One Ring... A riddle for you all-Half familiar, half unknown.A thing it is, ¨It almost is-¨This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.The day of the moon will be when all is revealed to thee Questions will cease Answers will please We´ll learn of the Shire and all you desire.At ten minus Three. Joining to be Ten minus Eight Add to the slate of the two dozen princes that die without winces. And add to each day of the week. What the hell does that mean?