Comments on: Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro Dish About Middle Earth

By: Mike B

Mike B — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:10:53 +0000

@ DJJ: Del Toro will most certainly right the ship, at least get it to land closer to the right spot. I feel like he has better results when he takes chances and has the freedom like with Hellboy.

Though, does anyone know what Peter Jackson is like in the producer role with something this huge? I’m just curious, I have no idea. I just figured he’d be on the set constantly, checking the shots and trying hard not to yell CUT.

btw, this is Guillermo Del Toro’s calendar:

-Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
-The Hobbit (2010)
-Untitled The Lord of the Rings prequel (2011)

Possible future projects:

-3993 (2009)
-At the Mountains of Madness (2010) (announced)
-Doctor Strange (TBD)
-Saturn and the End of Days

…that’s a busy dude.

By: Steven Carroll

Steven Carroll — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:05:36 +0000

@Gerry

He was referring to returning to work with him on these movies as he just had on Hellboy I believe.

By: Gerry Alanguilan

Gerry Alanguilan — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:32:50 +0000

I just found this bit weird…

“Ron Perlman will return; most likely not as the voice of Smaug.”

Return from what? He wasn’t in any of the LOTR movies.

That said, I’m feeling better now about the undeniable fact that Peter Jackson won’t be directing it. It seems the Hobbit is in good… very good hands with Guillermo.

By: Phil Gee

Phil Gee — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:18:34 +0000

I apologize; you know i’m a classier person than that.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:13:01 +0000

Eww…sticky keyboard:(

By: Phil Gee

Phil Gee — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:05:50 +0000

Please don’t reply to my comments Kristina, it means i have to take my hands ‘outta ma pants’ to type something back:p

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:57:35 +0000

@Phil Gee

There’s always masturbation.

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:39:48 +0000

Man, we have to wait another 3-4 years

By: Phil Gee

Phil Gee — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:11:09 +0000

Three years? THREE YEARS? What am i gonna do with myself for three fucking years? Live a prosperous life? Aquire wealth and treasures? Find the love of my life? It’s like Jackson is challenging us to see how many of us can achieve that by the time ‘The Hobbit’ comes out. Hell, i’m up for the challenge PJ.

Ahem, seriously though, i’m so glad Howard Shore will be back.

By: djj

djj — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:15:52 +0000

From reading over the transcript it sounded pretty positive. I was hoping that there would be a strong continuity in style and characters between the LoTR and the Hobbit. It would have been unfortunate to deviate too much from the trilogy since they created such a rich and accurate feeling world.

I am worried about the second film though. There is material to work from but there will be a lot of ad libbing so to speak. The problem with this is that the weakest parts of LoTR were always when they tried to deviate from the written work. So I worry about too much freedom. Perhaps Del Toro will be able to right the ship where Jackson could not.