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Guillermo del Toro Will Direct "The Hobbit"

Posted by Soulskill on from the passing-the-reins dept.

jagermeister101 tips us to news that Peter Jackson and the Lord of the Rings production team have officially selected Guillermo del Toro to direct the upcoming Hobbit film and its sequel. del Toro's resume includes films such as Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, and Blade 2. This confirms rumors which began after the controversy between Jackson and New Line Cinemas was resolved last year.

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  1. Re:What's the draw? by ChinggisK · · Score: 5, Funny

    You, sir, are brave.

  2. Sequel? by mashuren · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...to direct the upcoming Hobbit film and its sequel." Its sequel? You mean "Lord of the Rings"? Again?

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  3. Re:What's the draw? by Secret+Rabbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    But, if it's anything like Blade 2...

  4. Re:Sequel to the Hobbit by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. There.
    2. And Back Again.

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  5. Re:What's the draw? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The books are pretty damn good for something written, when, like in the late 40s-early 50s?"

    What? You say that like most old books use to be crappy before the invention of hi-def printing and surround sound grammar.

  6. Adam Sandler to direct The Hobbit by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

    HOLLYHELL, Monday - In an admirable display of synergy between hard-headed business sense and sensitivity to artistic rightness, New Line Cinemas has hired Adam Sandler to direct The Hobbit, the prequel to The Lord Of The Rings.

    "Peter Jackson may have made us three billion dollars and paved our goddamn driveways with Oscars," said a spokesdroid, "but when he dared question the three nickels and a gum wrapper payment, well. We knew we just couldn't work with someone so risibly unprofessional."

    Sandler is likely to be working under renowned producer Uwe Boll. "Okay, here is what I am thinking, ja? Your Bilbo Baggins will be a WOMAN in Nazi Germany. A naked woman. And the One Ring will not show up. And she gets raped by Hitler! Gandalf will be played by Keanu Reeves. I AM THE DIRECTOR! I mean programmer. PRODUCER."

    Jackson has lost weight, shaved his feet and gone back to his roots to make a warmhearted New Zealand-based family film in the style of his earliest works, under the working title Zombie Cancer Bukkake Pus-Nodules, with a budget in the range of over forty New Zealand dollars.

    Work at New Line continues. "We at New Line are convinced that Professor Tolkien would have agreed with us that Adam Sandler will realise her artistic vision eleventy-one percent. We've bought three years' worth of shark futures."

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  7. It makes perfect sense by DrXym · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all Guillermo del Toro is more or less the non-union Mexican equivalent of Peter Jackson.