Fantastic news to start the otherwise boring weekend!

[windemere]

Guillermo del Toro says the plan is no longer to adapt The Hobbit into two movies plus a "bridge" movie. Instead, the new plan is simply to adapt the book into two movies, adding in some subplot material. What subplots, you ask?

"There is a whole other chapter, so to speak, which is the comings and going of Gandalf which are dealt with, people that know the lore know that Gandalf was delayed with a crisis… with a character that is very shady called the Necromancer that proves to be Sauron."

Also, he says Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen and Hugo Weaving are back in their roles from the earlier films.

Yeah, I added the bold highlight. ::grins and dances::

Comments

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

That is all excellent news! Do you think Cate is busy? Because you can't have the White Council without her! (Or Christopher Lee, but I care less about him.)

[eldanna.livejournal.com]

If they extend the Gandalf stuff they'll have to do the White Council, won't they? I'm sure Cate can be unbusy for a week or two.