Seems “being in talks” sometimes does mean, er, “being in talks”.
Guillermo Del Toro was announced as directing The Hobbit” a few weeks back by the trades. Seems the announcement was a little premature. Del Toro tells TheOneRing.Net although talks are advancing, he’s not yet onboard the project.
"At this stage anything I say is of no consequence for I am not yet signed to do 'The Hobbit.' Negotiations advance but are still ongoing," he said.
He added, "All I can say is that I am diligently going through all Tolkien material related to Middle-earth but only as a way of bridging a gap in my reading. I still respond the strongest to 'The Hobbit,' but as an avid reader of Mythology I find a lot of his other writings fascinating. A perfect Cosmology forged from very eclectic sources."
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