As a director, Guillermo Del Toro is accomplished at utilizing high-tech special effects in his films. As a communicator, he’s comfortable in chat rooms and message boards. When adapting a book to a screenplay, however, he prefers good old-fashioned “low tech” methods that include highlighter pens and 3×5 index cards:
“In the age of computers, the CARDING system for structural purposes may seem like an archaism. I have actually used it most every time I adapt a BOOK. It is a GREAT second exercise in excerpting AFTER the Highlighter pass…
…I promise to scan and make accessible the entire card set and EVERY available piece of adaptation paperwork we generate and can clear with the DVD department when The Hobbit is finally released in the home video format.”
As Guillermo has found bits of free time, he’s been kind enough to share this and other exciting revelations with us on our Hobbit Movie Discussion Board. Go here to read the rest of his entry on adapting books, and go here to register on the Message Boards and join in the discussions with Guillermo!
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Message board member Elven found this interesting tidbit in a piece by the BBC’s “Newsbeat”. Seems Elijah Wood attended the Black Ball in New York, a charity event to raise money for children affected by HIV/Aids in Africa, and was asked about the possibility of an appearance in The Hobbit:
Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood was there with girlfriend Pamela Racine. When Newsbeat asked about whether he might appear in a Hobbit movie he said that it was “conceivably possible”. Read the entire article
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Update! Board member Dive Twin found more comments from Elijah at this event on MTV’s Movies Blog:
“The secondary film would bridge the gap between ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ chronologically,” Wood said, “so conceivably, it could be possible.” Since the films are still being written, “it’s a ways away” before he would know, Wood said, but the trick is to have Frodo’s appearance not seem like an anachronism, since he wasn’t a part of “The Hobbit” adventure. Read More
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