Did Guillermo del Toro REALLY just quit The Hobbit?!?!?!!

[Jessie Scott]

del Toro just quit directing, and Peter Jackson won't repace him!! Oh no, who else can direct The Hobbit?

[sugartits]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Better not delay it anymore :( It's already set to come out 11 years after FOTR... and that's just Part One...

[sugartits]

He would've been pretty awesome, too, if Pan's Labyrinth is any indication...

[Brett]

yeh it's pretty big news, entertainment-wise. He's awesome, one of my favorite directors. But, you can't really blame him. He's already been working on it for 2 years, there's no start date for shooting anywhere in sight until the mess with MGM is worked out- and who knows when that'll be- and he's got numerous other projects with his name on them that he pushed aside for The Hobbit that he could be making instead.

[Jessie Scott]

But who will replace him?

[Brett]

that's the question eh? I'd say go with someone kinda unknown but then they may not have the skills to do a good job with something of this scope and magnitude. I'd say Joe Dante, who directed Gremlins or Ivan Reitman. Or Diablo Cody. lol no jk. Sam Raimi I think would be do a good interesting take of it as well.

[Jessie Scott]

hmm, Raimi would be interesting, or Alfonso Cuarón....Neil Blomkamp?

[Kenny]

Awesome! Now Michael Bay can take over and make the movie good :D

[sugartits]

"But, Mr. Bay, there wasn't even any gunpowder in The Hobbit!"

"I said, MORE EXPLOSIONS. AND GET SOME FUCKING RPG'S IN THERE TOO."

[Jessie Scott]

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