[Lotr_announce] BREAKING NEWS: It's Official! Del Toro to Direct Hobbit Films!

[Michael Regina]

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/04/24/28739-its-official-del-toro-to-di
rect-hobbit-films/

Variety and Stuff.co.nz are reporting that the deal is done, and
fan-favorite director Guillermo del Toro will take on the ‘Hobbit’ films!

>From Variety.com: In a major step forward on “The Hobbit,” Guillermo del
Toro has signed on to direct the New Line-MGM tentpole and its sequel.

The widely expected announcement came Thursday afternoon jointly from exec
producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich and
Mary Parent, the newly named chief of MGM’s Worldwide Motion Picture Group.

Del Toro’s moving to New Zealand for the next four years to work with
Jackson and his Wingnut and WETA production teams. He’ll direct the two
films back to back, with the sequel which will deal with the 60-year period
between “The Hobbit” and “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of the
“Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

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