As buzz is building over The Hobbit, the filmmakers have finally confirmed that The Hobbit will, as rumored, be split into two films. This comes from directors Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson, who say of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, “We’ve decided to have The Hobbit span the two movies, including the White Council and the comings and goings of Gandalf to Dol Guldur.”

Peter Jackson also commented that “We decided it would be a mistake to try to cram everything into one movie. The essential brief was to do The Hobbit, and it allows us to make The Hobbit in a little more style, if you like, of the [LOTR] trilogy.”

What do you think of the plan to span The Hobbit over two films? Better than cramming it into one?