Master Smith Guillermo Del Toro has begun to pen The Hobbit adaptation! We get wind of this news from our friends at the movieweb:
The process of creating the “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” prequel has gotten under way. A scooper wrote in to TheOneRing.net with word that the Guillermo del Toro has begun writing the script for The Hobbit. Here’s what the scooper had to say:
“Ive just got home from an early screening of “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” hosted by PopcornTaxi at the Greater Union Cinema in Sydney, where Guillermo did a telephone Q & A from Berlin after the film…The last question though related to The Hobbit - and Guillermo said that although there was nothing to add at the moment - he can say that scripting has started - and he described the process as something ‘beautiful.’”
The wheels of glory have begun to turn! I, like many of you am very excited to see this project and to hear that the process has started does me good. This is a time of celebration and merry making. I plan on sleeping more so the film will speed towards my wet, supple eye balls.
12 Comments, Comment or Ping
AjaxLou
Woot! Great to hear!
Aug 19th, 2008
David
I was really hoping that he wasn’t writing it. Hellboy had a terrible plot and the dialogue was even worse. I thought Peter Jackson would write it at least, he knows the book and the way around Tolkien’s work, whereas Guillermo Del Toro is overrated in both the directing and writing department.
Aug 19th, 2008
HDpunk
so are they splitting the hobbit in to two movies or is the second hobbit movie not based on the books?
Aug 19th, 2008
Jon H
Isn’t this report old, as it mentions an early screening of Hellboy 2?
Aug 19th, 2008
George
Jon H - This happened in Australia. The film isn’t out there yet or has just come out this week or something.
Aug 19th, 2008
Dragonslayer
Yes! Del Toro’s got this one sold. I’m expecting it to be like Pan’s Labyrinth meets Tolkien.
Aug 19th, 2008
Dragonslayer
@Hdpunk
The second one has nothing to do with the Hobbit. It is just based off of ideas that Tolkien had.
Aug 19th, 2008
Slushie Man
Del Toro is co-writing the script with Jackson and Walsh, as revealed in an online chat with Del Toro awhile ago.
Aug 19th, 2008
Mr. Chris
Considering all the news stories on this movie, I thought they were already filming. They better get their butts in gear.
Aug 19th, 2008
Giren
Yesss!!! Finally. Good to hear…
Aug 19th, 2008
gracie brazilian jiu jitsu technique
awesome, i can’t wait to see the trailers, or read about the latest news.
Aug 20th, 2008
Supernetuser
I didn’t read The Hobbit as a book. This is because the book didn’t work very well.
Aug 20th, 2008
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