Del Toro Quits as Director of ‘The Hobbit’
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Over the weekend the filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said he was departing the project as its director, amid uncertainty about a start date for shooting and the future of the studio releasing it.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guillermo del Toro is directing The Hobbit and its sequel, New Line Cinema announced Thursday.
The 43-year-old filmmaker will move to New Zealand for four years to make the films back-to-back with executive producer Peter Jackson.
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He wrote and directed Pan's Labyrinth and directed the upcoming sequel – Hellboy II: The Golden Army.