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Apr262008

Looks like the Hobbit has found it’s director

Posted by Gene in News

Amid fan speculation and all sorts of rumors on the internet, today we got the news that Guillermo del Toro is going to direct the next Lord of the Rings franchise movie “The Hobbit” and Peter Jackson will produce.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guillermo del Toro is directing “The Hobbit” and its sequel, New Line Cinema announced Thursday. The 43-year-old filmmaker will move to New Zealand for four years to make the films back-to-back with executive producer Peter Jackson.

Del Toro wrote and directed “Pan’s Labyrinth,” which earned six Oscar nominations in 2006 and won three awards. He is also the director of the upcoming sequel “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” whose monsters bear the unmistakeable surreal vision of the Mexican-born filmmaker.

Speaking of Hobbits, have some fun and generate your own Hobbit name or if you find yourself in the Montpelier area check out the live production of our favorite halfling…