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Guillermo Del Toro drops out of directing the 'The Hobbit'
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Wow! Talk about disappointing! After effectively putting the James Bond franchise on indefinite hold, the madness of the MGM ownership battle has claimed another victim. Guillermo Del Toro, acclaimed director of films like “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “The Devil’s Backbone” and the “Hellboy” films, announced today that after two years of prep work, he will no longer direct “The Hobbit” – the highly anticipated two-part prequel to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

 

Del Toro made the announcement via the following press release on the official “Lord of the Rings” fan-site TheOneRing.net:

"In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming "The Hobbit," I am faced with the hardest decision of my life. After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien's Middle Earth, I must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful pictures. I remain grateful to Peter, Fran and Philippa Boyens, New Line and Warner Brothers and to all my crew in New Zealand. I've been privileged to work in one of the greatest countries on earth with some of the best people ever in our craft and my life will be forever changed. The blessings have been plenty, but the mounting pressures of conflicting schedules have overwhelmed the time slot originally allocated for the project. Both as a co-writer and as a director, I wish the production nothing but the very best of luck and I will be first in line to see the finished product. I remain an ally to it and its makers, present and future, and fully support a smooth transition to a new director."

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Del Toro’s departure comes after he spent more than two years writing the script and completing pre-production work on the project in New Zealand alongside co-writers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the Academy Award-winning writers of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. As tragic as this development is for Del Toro, Jackson and movie fans, I can’t say it’s completely shocking as the MGM problems have been progressing from bad to worse. Originally scheduled for release in December 2011 and December 2012, the two parts were each moved back a year after the financial troubles of MGM came into spotlight.

Jackson added in a statement via TheOneRing.net:

"We feel very sad to see Guillermo leave the Hobbit, but he has kept us fully in the loop and we understand how the protracted development time on these two films, due to reasons beyond anyone's control – has compromised his commitment to other long term projects. The bottom line is that Guillermo just didn't feel he could commit six years to living in New Zealand, exclusively making these films, when his original commitment was for three years. Guillermo is one of the most remarkable creative spirits I've ever encountered and it has been a complete joy working with him. Guillermo's strong vision is engrained into the scripts and designs of these two films, which are extremely fortunate to be blessed with his creative DNA."

"Guillermo is co-writing the Hobbit screenplays with Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh and myself, and happily our writing partnership will continue for several more months, until the scripts are fine tuned and polished. New Line and Warner Bros will sit down with us this week, to ensure a smooth and uneventful transition, as we secure a new director for the Hobbit. We do not anticipate any delay or disruption to ongoing pre-production work."


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Del Toro is an immensely talented filmmaker and as the statement above illustrated, spending six years on a project that was originally expected to be completed in three would have been completely unreasonable – especially since Del Toro has at least half a dozen high-profile projects on hold. Since no production work can start until MGM’s indefinite legal problems are settled, Del Toro was forced to leave the project.

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With Del Toro out of the director’s seat, the focus will return to who Jackson and company will hire as his replacement. The first two names that will undoubtedly be tossed around will be “Spider-Man” and “Evil Dead” trilogy creator Sam Riami who according to Empire Online, was very vocal on taking on the job before Del Toro was hired. With his involvement in the “Spiderman” franchise over, this could easily be his next big project. The other possibility could be Jackson protégé and “District 9” creator Neill Blomkamp.

May I suggest Alfonso Cuaron? With “Children of Men” and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” Cuaron definitely has the chops for this type of material and his style.

As for those asking about the possibility of Peter Jackson returning to the director’s chair, that possibility seems quite unlikely considering the MGM legal battle was the reason Jackson dropped out of directing the pictures in the first place. Additionally Deadline Hollywood managed to coax the following statement out of Jackson’s manager Ken Kamins:

"Peter has and has had obligations and commitments to other films that would make it impossible for him to direct The Hobbit at this time, even if it was offered, which it hasn't been. "I've been quietly working on setting up a film for him to direct while Guillermo would have been directing The Hobbit. What you saw in their respective statements must be taken at face value. All of that said, Peter and Fran's commitment to The Hobbit is total and they will do everything necessary to protect the franchise and the investment made by New Line, Warners and MGM."

More on the history of the bumpy road to bring “The Hobbit” to the big screen can be found via the film’s Wikipedia page.

Read more about this on-going developing story at Deadline Hollywood.

 

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SOURCES: Deadline Hollywood, Empire Online, TheOneRing.net
 

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