It turns out that I posted that Hobbit update a little too soon. Over the weekend Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro held an online chat answering public submitted questions. Here are a few juicy details-
*Del Toro will help them write the script for both movies. Excellent. He wrote the script for Pan's Labyrinth by himself so that is a plus.
*They will basically take all the actors who had a part of LOTR if they are interested, and will only recast the roles if said actors/actresses are not interested. On that note there is a great debate going on right now about who should play Bilbo. My vote is for James McAvoy, and I've heard that he may be their top choice right now. Apparently they all magically said the someone's name at the same time according to Del Toro, so that sounds promising.
*I was a bit hasty in projecting a 2010 and 2011 release. They divulged in the chat that they will release the first film in 2011, and the second in 2012. Along the way they will focus and complete the scripts this year, start pre-production and finish casting next year, and film during all of 2010, doing both films back-to-back.
*Alan Lee and John Howe are confirmed to be working on the film again. They were the two principal conceptual artists that worked on LOTR, so this is a big plus.
If you want to read the full chat transcript here's the link-
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/05/24/28882-hobbit-chat-peppered-with-big-news-and-little-details/
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