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Why Guillermo Del Toro Should Not Adapt The Hobbit

Lord of the Rings grandmaster Peter Jackson and New Line announced yesterday that Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro will take on a two-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in New Zealand under Jackson's supervision. If this sounds like positive news for those who have been waiting for the kids-oriented prequel to come to the big screen, it's not. Since Peter Jackson took on the mother of all literary adaptations in adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, the idea that he would bring his epic vision to The Hobbit loomed on the periphery. Don't get us wrong: Del Toro is a talented director whose last films have been critical and commercial successes. The trouble begins once you seriously consider the details of the two-part project and its execution: New Line, which is still feuding with Jackson over the funding of the original trilogy, didn't make the right move in going ahead with this version of The Hobbit. We explain why after the jump. More »

11:04 AM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By carnevale
3,452 views, 36 comments

Latest by Sulky Girl: This post is as convoluted as 'the Silmarillion'. more »

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Gandalf Is The Only Gay in Middle Earth

Sorry slashers and fan fiction enthusiasts, but none of it's real. Ian McKellen, the only openly gay man thought to be "cool" by fourteen year old boys, says that there was no homo hanky panky going on during Lord of the Rings filming. On the adorably named "E-Post" section of his website McKellen answers a reader's question about rampant rumors of hot Orlando Bloom-on-hobbit action by saying: "This gossip is all news to me. Elijah, Dominic and Orlando introduced me to their girlfriends during shooting." The gays were convinced the whispers were true! But Sir Ian wouldn't lie. Ah well. I guess the fantasies will just have to live on in my writing. Like that Bilbo/Gollum 'ship I'm working on that starts so promisingly: "It was nearly time for elevenses in the Shire, but Gollum had already been nibbling on his precious all morning." Delightful! [Towleroad] Two more romantic slash images after the jump. More »

12:10 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Richard
2,128 views, 25 comments

Latest by In Other News...: @kingsquiddish: "Don't worry, edits don't hurt." more »

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Two Towers opens

The [potentially Oscar-winning] Lord of the Rings flick, The Two Towers opens at midnight.
· The Two Towers [Fandango]
· Metascore [MetaCritic]
· Two Towers Press Coverage [Google News]
· Early Critic Reviews [Rotten Tomatoes]
· MovieStocks: LRDR2 [Hollywood Stock Exchange]

8:44 AM on Tue Dec 17 2002
By Gawker
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