And The New Front Runner To Direct THE HOBBIT Is …

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1. GAPS 01/28/2008 @ 6:29am

   Between this, a new Tsukamoto film, and the potential bounce-back of Parnassus, this has been a very positive day for early-days rumours. Rad.

2. Tuan Jim 01/28/2008 @ 6:42am

   Dammit, when will this man make “At the Mountains of Madness”?!?

3. Arch Stanton 01/28/2008 @ 10:52am

   I hope he does it. Don’t know where he’ll put in the insects and clock gears but he’s the best choice after Jackson.

4. Mike 01/28/2008 @ 11:41am

   Damn, I’d forgotten he’d been planning on trying “At the Mountains of Madness” at some point. I’m with Tuan Jim on this. Screw The Hobbit, somebody give the man just enough money to get some good Lovecraft made.

5. Airchinapilot 01/28/2008 @ 12:22pm

   Let him do the Hobbit with real people in costumes. As much practical effects as possible.

6. Andrew Cunningham 01/28/2008 @ 1:12pm

   To hell with this and Lovecraft; I want to see more of his original scripts.

7. InCoNTRoL 01/28/2008 @ 2:17pm

   does anyone else consider Del Toro to be severely overrated?

   if Pan’s Labyrinth was his best it was good for a whopping ten minutes.

8. ChevalierAguila 01/28/2008 @ 6:57pm

   Pan is overrated for sure, but Del Toro has actually done good stuff. Watch Cronos to see what the guy is capable of.

9. Andrew Cunningham 01/28/2008 @ 9:33pm

   The Devil’s Backbone has it all over Pan’s Labyrinth.

10. Garth 01/28/2008 @ 11:31pm

    So this is, what, about the 65th thing he’s currently working on or considering?

    Guy’s worse than Tarantino.

11. Momo the Cow 01/29/2008 @ 12:07am

    As much as I’d love to see a Del Toro Gollum of old… I’ve already seen Gollum. What I haven’t seen is more from the tomes of illustrated notes that Del Toro funnels his grand and sticky imagination into, and from which came Pan’s Labyrinth.
    Tolkien as filtered through Del Toro sounds great, but I’d much rather see Del Toro realising Del Toro.

12. Swarez 01/29/2008 @ 7:32am

    By making The Hobbit Del Toro might get the cloud to make At the Mountains of Madness.

13. Ard Vijn 01/29/2008 @ 10:41am

    Hmmm…

    Why do I think Gollum’s cave will suddenly contain evidence of a mysterious ancient civilization?

14. MechaYakuza 01/29/2008 @ 9:31pm

    The book was intended to be a children’s story. The geek in me is insanely excited, but the parent in me hopes they don’t make it too dark.

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