Die traurigste Nachricht des Jahres für alle Tolkienfans. Nach zwei Jahren des Tauziehens um "Der Hobbit" hat Guillermo DelToro die Nase voll und gibt seinen Posten als Regisseur auf.
In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming The Hobbit, I am faced with the hardest decision of my lifeÂ, says Guillermo. After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkiens Middle Earth, I must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful pictures. I remain grateful to Peter, Fran and Philippa Boyens, New Line and Warner Brothers and to all my crew in New Zealand. Ive been privileged to work in one of the greatest countries on earth with some of the best people ever in our craft and my life will be forever changed. The blessings have been plenty, but the mounting pressures of conflicting schedules have overwhelmed the time slot originally allocated for the project. Both as a co-writer and as a director, I wlsh the production nothing but the very best of luck and I will be first in line to see the finished product. I remain an ally to it and its makers, present and future, and fully support a smooth transition to a new directorÂ.
latinoreview.com
SCHOCK! :uah:
Jetzt bleibt uns nur noch zu hoffen, das Peter Jackson selbst die Zügel in die Hand nimmt, wenn das Projekt endlich mal grünes Licht bekommt.
DelTorofans dürfen sich nun vielleicht früher über "Hellboy 3" und/oder "At the Mountain of Madness" freuen.