News from Middle Earth

[qos]

I just read a report on CNN.com that Guillermo del Toro, director of Pan's Labyrinth, has been selected to direct The Hobbit. Peter Jackson will be the executive producer.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, Pan's Labyrinth is a gorgeous film that beautifully expresses myth and magic. On the other hand, del Toro's style and vision is very different from Jackson's. I can't help but think this new movie will be distinctly different from the first three. But that might end up being a delightful surprise.

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[spring-heel-jim.livejournal.com]

Hey hon, how's you ?

I saw this article too - and must admit, my thoughts were the same as yours. Much as I love Pan's Labyrinth, it has a very different style to the LOTR films.

But like you say, that might be a good thing. Is Ian Holm still up for Bilbo ?

[qos.livejournal.com]

Well, I've been mixed, as my last few entries (here and elsewhere) show.

I don't know if Holm is still up for Bilbo. Serkis seems on board as Gollum, and McKellan as Gandalf, but TheOneRing.net didn't say anything about Holm.

[spring-heel-jim.livejournal.com]

I've actually met Andy Serkis. Interviewed him when I was on the university paper, and he was in Cabaret. Nice guy. Very accommodating.

If only I'd known he was going to be Gollum then I would have got his autograph. Or asked for a bit part as an Orc...