News Rick on 24 Apr 2008
After literally years of intrigue, then months of speculation, it’s finally official: Guillermo del Toro will direct the two Hobbit pictures for New-Line MGM. As reported by Dave McNary in Variety,
The widely expected announcement — which had been rumored for several weeks — came Thursday afternoon jointly from exec producers Peter Jackson and [...]
Tags: Guillermo del Toro, Hobbit, Peter Jackson
News Rick on 29 Feb 2008
New Line is no more. Variety reports that parts of its operation will be folded into parent company Warners, but it will mean the ouster of contentious studio heads Bob Shaye (right) and Michael Lynne, as well as most of its 600 staffers.
Time Warner said New Line would continue to have development, marketing, business [...]
Tags: Bob Shaye, Hobbit, New Line Cinema
News Rick on 29 Jan 2008
From the Hollywood Reporter
“Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” which is being co-financed by New Line and MGM. Del Toro’s name was on a short list of directors who could tackle the project, one of the most anticipated literary adaptations of the past decade. An ill-chosen [...]
Tags: Guillermo del Toro, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Pan's Labyrinth
News Rick on 21 Dec 2007
It’s been a twisty, turny time, my precious, but it’s all come out ok in the end.
Well, sorta. After three years of wrangling and fighting and back-biting, Peter Jackson and New Line Pictures have finally agreed to go ahead with the Hobbit together, with Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh producing. It’s uncertain [...]
Tags: del Toro, Fran Walsh, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, Raimi
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