Guillermo Del Toro drops The Hobbit and rambles on to other work

Over two years ago, Guillermo Del Toro, the director of Pan’s Labyrinth and also the Hellboy series among other films, was attached to direct The Hobbit. The Hobbit was written by JRR Tolkien as the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Peter Jackson got Guillermo Del Toro to move to New Zealand to help him bring the book to the big screen. A new director is needed as the financial woes of MGM studios has caused too numerous delays, and Del Toro’s role as director has been put on the killing floor.

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Guillermo Del Toro attached after long struggle

After the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a Hobbit film was all but inevitable. The hitch was the rights to The Hobbit were owned by United Artists and parent Metro Goldwyn Mayer, whereas Peter Jackson is under contract with New Line, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. An agreement between the camps was reached to make The Hobbit film a reality, but a director other than Jackson was needed. They were seeking to invest quick payday in a director with an intense eye for visuals, and Guillermo Del Toro fills that bill with ease.

No quarter from troubles in development

When MGM became plagued with financial troubles, work on The Hobbit slowed. The film can be in two installments scheduled for release a year apart, and at first the first was due in 2010, but now won’t debut until at least 2012, as outlined by CNN. Del Toro confirmed that him leaving the project has anything to do with the financial difficulties of the studio, but he will remain in no matter what capacity he can, as so much pre-production has already been done. He relocated himself and his family to Wellington to make the film.

An additional director left dazed and confused by the studio system

Issues like plague The Hobbit put it in what is called development hell. This is where numerous projects languish, sometimes for years, before the project, be it a film, album or video game, is either released or dies. Due to the intense haze of smog around The Hobbit, 2012 is looking unrealistic.

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