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The Hobbit

Starring: ?

Director: Peter Jackson

Release Date: 2012
Release Date: 2012

Synopsis: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the writing team behind “The Lord of The Rings” trilogy, have joined forces with new director Guillermo del Toro and have begun the drafting process. The decision was made early on that “The Hobbit” would be cut in to two films – one based on J.R.R. Tolkien‘s source novel and the latter acting as a bridge in to the original trilogy. Both films are targeted for December 2011 and December 2012 release slots respectively.

About the Movie

The Hobbit is the working title for a planned two-part film yet to be produced. The film is intended to be based on the novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. The film is in development and Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy will serve as executive producer and co-writer. Guillermo del Toro worked with Jackson for over two years on the pre-production of the film, with a view to directing, but left the project in May 2010. Originally, the first part would have been an adaptation of the novel The Hobbit and the second part would have bridged the gap between this and The Lord of the Rings. It was del Toro’s intention to instead split and expand the narrative of The Hobbit into two parts. In July 2010 it was reported that Peter Jackson had signed on to direct both parts of “The Hobbit”. Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, and Hugo Weaving, who played characters in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy that also appear in The Hobbit, are attached to reprise their roles of Gandalf, Gollum and Elrond respectively.