The making of The Hobbit may be on hold due to a lawsuit filed by Christopher Tolkien, the 83 -year-old son of J.R.R. Tolkien. The younger Tolkien is in a court battle trying to keep The Hobbit from being made.
According to Christopher Tolkien, his family is still owed money from New Line Cinema — over […]

Well, honestly. Could anyone other than Sir Ian McKellen take on the role of Gandalf in the upcoming film The Hobbit (and its sequel), directed by Guillermo del Toro?
Ian McKellan confirmed the news, saying, “Yes, it’s true. I spoke to Guillermo in the very room that Peter Jackson offered me the part and he confirmed […]

It’s been confirmed: The Hobbit will be directed by Guillermo del Toro.
New Line Cinema made the announcement yesterday that Guillermo del Toro will be taking over The Lord of the Rings legacy from director Peter Jackson. The Hobbit is J.R.R. Tolkien’s pre-Lord of the Rings masterpiece. Guillermo del Toro will also direct a sequel to […]

It appears that Guillermo del Toro has not in fact been confirmed for the two upcoming The Hobbit movies. At least considering that the Hollywood Reporter is saying that he’s in talks to direct them back to back. He’s on the shortlist., and considering what he’s done with at least Pan’s Labryinth, Hellboy and Blade […]

MTV has posted their choices for casting for the upcoming two The Hobbit movies, and they’re not all what I would have expected. I guess you get so used to the characters in the LOTR (Lord of the Rings) movie trilogy, but The Hobbit takes place long before. Some of the characters appear in both […]

Since Peter Jackson has other obligations, he’ll not be directing the two upcoming “The Hobbit” movies. He will executive produce The Hobbit, now that he’s settled his lawsuit with New Line Cinema. Directing duties are falling to Sam Raimi, who’s probably best known for directing the first three Spiderman films, Evil Dead, The Messengers, 30 […]

Lovers of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings books or even the acclaimed trilogy of movies directed by Peter Jackson should be happy to hear that another Tolkien novel, 1937’s The Hobbit, will be turned into a live-action movie. Unfortunately, Jackson will not direct, but he will be the executive producer.
There are actually going […]