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Who was the original director of The Hobbit?
Guillermo del Toro
The Hobbit (film series)
| The Hobbit | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Jackson |
| Screenplay by | Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Guillermo del Toro |
| Based on | The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Produced by | Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Carolynne Cunningham Zane Weiner |
Did Guillermo del Toro direct The Hobbit?
In April 2008, del Toro was officially hired to direct the Hobbit films, which he would co-write with Jackson and his Lord of the Rings collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
Did Peter Jackson want to direct The Hobbit?
The reason Jackson initially opted not to direct The Hobbit was to avoid the problem of competing with his Lord of the Rings trilogy, but if production had started from scratch after he did find himself in the director’s chair, or if the issues with del Toro had been resolved, The Hobbit may have been more on par with …
Why did Del Toro not direct The Hobbit?
Why Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit Movies Didn’t Happen Guillermo decided to step back from The Hobbit in 2010. Because MGM had not yet greenlit the project, he was afraid all his hard work would be thrown away if the studio got too frustrated. He kept putting off quitting, but ultimately he was unable to stay.
Who directed The Hobbit 2?
Peter Jackson
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug/Directors
How is The Hobbit connected to Lord of the Rings?
In the new film there are many nods or foreshadowing to adventures or characters seen in LOTR, and connections to be made. The Hobbit takes place 60 years before the Lord of the Rings adventure, save for the new film’s prologue, which unfolds about twenty minutes before The Fellowship of the Ring begins.
Why was Peter Jackson chosen to direct LOTR?
A combination of qualities convinced Zaentz, together with producers at both Miramax and New Line, that Jackson alone might be able to deliver the impossible. His obvious talent for fantasy and highly visual filmmaking, his command of cutting-edge special effects, and devotion to Tolkien’s work played major parts.
Was The Hobbit a failure?
The artistic failure of The Hobbit is one of the great tragedies of modern cinema. After the huge success of Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, the world was expecting something far grander than the tired and bloated fanfic we ended up with.
How is the Hobbit connected to Lord of the Rings?
Who directed The Hobbit 3?
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies/Directors
Why did they make 3 Hobbit movies?
Jackson, however, claims that the idea to split The Hobbit into three parts came from him alone, with the director wanting Bilbo’s story to not feel any less epic in scale compared to his original Lord of the Rings trilogy and proposing the adaptation of Tolkien’s appendices and wider notes.