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The Hobbit to be moved to 4Q 2012

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I’m pretty sure that a lot of people are eagerly anticipating the film adaptation of The Hobbit. Count me in as one of those people. I’m a huge Tolkien fan so It’s already a given but with the adaptation to be directed by Guillermo del Toro, who is one of my favorite directors, my excitement for the movie has doubled.

The initial release schedule for The Hobbit was already pegged for December 2011, and that’s just a little less than two years away. But then, this is Hollywood and schedules are sometimes meant to be broken. According to Warner Bros., it looks like The Hobbit will only be ready by the last quarter of 2012. A full year after the initial 2011 scheduled release.

Where does the movie — two of them, actually — stand in terms of its work schedule? The script for the second film is still being finished by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Del Toro. Only after this has been submitted and approved would a budget for both movies be locked in along with the start of casting.

Looks like we’re in for a longer wait, Tolkien fans.

The Orphanage remake announced

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Yet another remake has been announced.

I knew that when The Orphanage, the Guillermo del Toro – produced and Juan Antonio Bayona directed horror film was released and gained great reviews from critics worldwide that Hollywood won’t be able to keep its talons off this beautiful film.

New Line / Warner Bros. has announced that it will embark on a remake of The Orphanage. Instead of hiring original director Bayona, the studio has announced that it has signed Mark Pellington to direct the English language remake.

Even though Bayona will not be sitting on the director’s chair for this remake, Guillermo del Toro will still be involved as one of the producers (along with Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson). Del Toro will also co-write (along with Larry Fessenden) the script for the remake. With Del Toro’s close involvement in the remake there is hope that this is not going to suck as much as the other Hollywood remakes that essentially just butcher the source material for the sole purpose of Americanizing it.

Director Pellington’s previous credits include Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies and Henry Poole is Here. He also directed the concert movie U23D. So in the directorial front, it looks like there is a bit of promise too. Let’s hope that the Hollywood version of the The Orphanage is a refreshing interpretation of a wonderful Spanish horror movie.

McKellen talks The Hobbit

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Sir Ian McKellen recently shared some news about The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of The Rings trilogy, which will be helmed by Guillermo del Toro.

In an interview with Empire Magazin, McKellen said the scripts for the two films (yes, it will be divided into two movies) will be submitted very soon. The next step will be budgeting the movies and then finally casting can begin. He did reveal in a latter interview that the Lord of The Rings cast whose characters were included in The Hobbit will be returning. Of course, this includes McKellen who will reprise his role of Gandalf.

McKellen shared that Del Toro plans to shoot the movie for 383 days, which is quite a long time.

Del Toro into Pinocchio

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Guillermo Del Toro is one busy director. Even though he is in the midst of preproduction for The Hobbit, the director is also concurrently developing a stop-motion movie with the Jim Henson Co.

The project is a retelling of the Pinocchio fairy tale, but this time with a darker theme.

The project, to be produced by JHC, will have Del Toro executive produce. The directors for the film are Gris Grimley and Adam Parrish King.

Del Toro talks Hobbit

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Guillermo Del Toro gave more updates on the upcoming The Hobbit movies.

Del Toro said that casting for the movie has not yet started. He said that until the script is finished they can’t begin casting because the whole vision changes every time the story changes.

He also said that more creatures will be explored in the two Hobbit movies. Del Toro already said that he wants to do two muscle-driven radio-controlled suits.

Del Toro said that he is quite excited about making Smaug especially since it will be a chance to do a great looking dragon.