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Friday, April 25

Giving the Hobbit Direction

Well, any LOTR fan by now knows that today it was announced that Guillermo del Toro was named to direct The Hobbit and it's follow on sequel. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh aren't far away though as they'll be working with Guillermo and overseeing everything. Based on what we've seen from Guillermo, I think it's safe to say that we're in good hands...I know everyone's looking forward to seeing the films. For anyone not familiar with the plans, The Hobbit covers Bilbo Baggins and the sequel will cover the 60 years that run between the period of Bilbo's adventures and the LOTR series.

Naturally, New Zealand will play a pivotal role as it did in the LOTR films since WETA will be creating Middle Earth again, which means we're probably going to see some fantastic props in keeping with the high quality Lord of the Rings Swords we've had for a few years now. I suspect we'll see some familiar things, but I also think we're going to see a great many new things to feed our Tolkien collection diet! No matter what, it's good to see that The Hobbit has untangled itself from all the legal webs that shrouded it for a few years and will be allowed to add to the magical world Jackson's managed to put together for us so far.