Peter Jackson On The Hobbit Movie Progress
Posted by A Hobbit on Jul 28, 2009
Peter Jackson has told IGN that he didn’t want to direct The Hobbit because he didn’t want to compete against himself. He says he chose Guillermo Del Toro because he believes he will do a ‘terrific job’ and The Hobbit is not suitable for a novice filmmaker.
In the interview (which you can watch in the video below) the new look slim line Jackson goes on to explain why they decided to split The Hobbit into two parts and his plans for Gandalf and the Necromancer.
The confusing thing for me about this interview is that PJ says ‘everyone assumes we are casting which we are not’ and he goes on to say they are a ‘couple of months’ away from starting the process.
Yet at the beginning of June we have GDT giving a video interview (here) saying they have narrowed the part of Bilbo Baggins down to 3 actors and an announcement was due ‘within weeks.’
Is it any wonder we are confused?
Source: IGN
Thanks go to Show for the news alert.
