del Toro will remain faithful to the spirit of The Hobbit
Guillermo del Toro, the director of the planned two-film adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, says thay he will try his uptmost to remain faithful to the spirit of the work.
In an interview with SciFi Wire, del Toro said “I’m trying to be faithful. I’m trying to re-create on the screen the feeling I had when I was 11 in my bed reading the book. How excited I got. How great I thought it was. That’s what I’m trying to honor.”
del Toro also went onto say that, although most fantasy does little for him, The Hobbit “echoes with me very strongly”. The first film will begin shooting later this year in New Zealand.
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Posted: June 26th, 2008
Author: Lee
Categories: JRR Tolkien
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