I tried my best to read The Lord of the Rings, the trilogy. I could not. I could not. They were very dense. And then one day, I bought The Hobbit. I read it and I loved it. So it would be a privilege.
— Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro confirms rumours he’s in talks to direct the two Hobbit movies for Warner Bros, and that Peter Jackson’s writing team will be involved in some capacity at the script stage.
