Guillermo Del Toro On Making The Hobbit
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BY Oct 29th 2009 0:00AMFILED UNDER: Features
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Are you OK with the real spiders?
No. I adore insects, and I’m completely fascinated by spiders… But I am completely and absolutely horrified by them, too [laughs].
It’s something that Peter and I share!
How about the scale of The Hobbit? You’ve done big action sequences in Mimic, the Hellboy movies and Blade II, but you’ve never tackled anything like the climactic Battle of Five Armies…
No – and I think that I’m really quite eager to go and do that. But at the same time there were so many battles in the trilogy. So one of the first things is how do we make the battles or the action in The Hobbit feel different from that?
Because it was fresh when the trilogy came out, to see those enormous valleys or fortresses being invaded by warriors.
But then after the trilogy you had Troy, Narnia, everything. It has become quite common seeing two massive CG armies attacking each other.
So we came up with a good solution, I think. It will make the battles stand out.
Next: Respect the rings
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1: Motley says
I AM SO EXCITED BY THIS - I JUST CAN'T WAIT!
I love Mr Tolkien, Mr Del Toro and Mr Jackson and am really looking forward to seeing who has been cast as Bilbo, who is Smaug's voice, whether it has the warmth and humour of Tolkien and can effect like LOTR did. *squeeeee*
Posted: Oct 29th 2009 // 11:10AMAlert a moderator
2: Looseball says
Del Toro and Peter Jackson are two of the greatest filmmakers ever, I have tremendous faith they'll make an amazing film just like LOTR was and hold up to everything that he said in this interview. If I were going to cast Smaug, it would definitely have to be James Earl Jones.
Posted: Nov 7th 2009 // 4:35PMAlert a moderator
3: lonelymountain says
I do hope we get to see a bit of old Bombadil!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZbA6nMqV1g
Posted: Nov 7th 2009 // 11:48PMAlert a moderator
4: labrat says
I like the idea of a JEJones voice, but Smaug needs to be something no one has ever heard, and I hope it is not snake like (slitherin-like). But that JEJ quality. I don't know how the dragon will be able to talk without looking hooky. Same for Beorn and his animal talk, and his pets, I hope it doesn't turn into a child's cartoon.
There are so many important things that need to be in the movie. Examples: Thorin's father, GFather and Dain, were involved in the goblin wars in Moria, and Thrain and Thror were bearers of the one of the Seven. Bolg was killed by them, but one of his relatives (son, brother?) was the Great Goblin. I also think that the One Ring left Gollum, not so much because of Bilbo, but because Thorin a ring heir, and Gandalf who bore one the Three, were nearby in the caves.
How did the Trolls get Glamdring and Orcrist-were they in Moria or some goblin hoard for millenia? Also, I think that when Gandalf encountered friends from Rivendell during the Troll episode that these friend could have been Elrond's sons and maybe a very young Aragorn. And surely the Dwarves stayed at Bree during their trip to Rivendell and passed by Weathertop.
Thorin's father was kidnapped in Mirkwood (Gloin was his companion, but was not kidnapped, luckily) and taken to Dol Guldur where he was tortured and his ring taken from him. Gandalf found him there, but was unable to save him, but Gandalf did learn about Sauron. And during Bilbo's travel year, the White Council drove Sauron out of the Dol Guldur, the same year the Ring was found by Bilbo.
More as it occurs to me
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