According to The Hollywood Reporter, Guillermo Del Toro is in talks to direct the movie of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Although studios New Line and MGM didn’t want to risk losing moviegoers due to Peter Jackson not being involved in the movie, Jackson will not write or direct the movie due to scheduling conflicts with other projects he’s been working on. However, Peter Jackson will be executive producer and both he and Del Toro will oversee the writing and creative elements of the movie. It’s not yet decided who will adapt Tolkien’s 1937 fantasy novel for the big screen and turn it into a screenplay.

Currently, Del Toro is in post-production of Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Other movies Del Toro has directed are Mimic, Hellboy, and Pan’s Labyrinth, which was, in my opinion, among the best movies released in 2006.