We’re a bit belated in picking this up, but at the end of April Guillermo del Toro won a major fantasy prize: The Nebula Award for best movie script in 2007, for Pan’s Labyrinth! This award came just before Guillermo confirmed he would be joining Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens in writing the film scripts for The Hobbit and F2. Congratulations Guillermo! (The full list of Nebula Award winners is available from Locus Magazine.)
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On Sunday, June 8th, TheOneRing.net was proud to be part of the premiere episode of the ‘Fictional Frontiers’ radio show. This show, which focuses on pop culture and the artists/creators behind it, is streamed online at the WNJC 1360 AM, Philadephia website every Sunday at 11AM ET. TORn will be continuing to provide a Tolkien segment on a bi-weekly basis, with our next show on June 22nd. Hope you can join us! If you would like to read the transcript of the Radio Interview, Ringer Elven has kindly typed it up and it appears on the full page view of this article (use the link below to read the full article)! [Fictional Frontiers] [Press Release] Continue reading “TORn on ‘Fictional Frontiers’ – Transcript Posted”
Spanish site Fantasy Mundo has an article on an exhibit titled Guillermo del Toro: Maker of Stories, which ran from May 9 to June 6 in Avilés, Spain.
The exhibit focused on the concept art of Guillermo del Toro’s films, and includes drawings from artists such as Drew Struzan (Star Wars and Indiana Jones) and Mike Mignola (Hellboy’s author).
The article is in Spanish, but you can scroll down for 70 pictures of the pieces of art that were displayed. [Fantasy Mundo]
ITN Headline News has posted a video on YouTube discussing the James McAvoy rumors with ‘Hobbit’ director Guillermo del Toro. Thanks to YouTube’s wonderful embed feature, you can watch it right now!
EW.com has posted an article addressing the prevalence of spoilers on the internet, and Guillermo del Toro chimes with a comment about the upcoming ‘Hobbit:’
“Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro plans on being pretty transparent as he embarks on The Hobbit. “It’s easier to protect the 20 percent of a project that’s really sensitive if you’re open about the other 80 percent,” he says. “I think that’s the way to go, especially with a project like The Hobbit, which is a holy book for so many people. People should know the path you’re walking.””
A quick note about TheOneRing.net and spoilers – we do post them but give you ample warning to choose not to read them. Please read the full article at EW.com. Thanks to Silverlode for the heads up on this story. [Read More]
Director Guillermo del Toro recently posted a ‘heads up’ to Tolkien fans in TheOneRing.net’s forum. In the post, Del Toro outlines why his upcoming film ‘Hellboy II’ and last year’s ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ should not necessarily serve as examples of the tone and theme of the upcoming ‘Hobbit’ films.
“It is my dearest hope that this message will prevent speculation of what in “Pan’s Labyrinth” or “Hellboy II” will indicate what the HOBBIT will be. In time there will be definite aesthetic choices that will guide the film towards a yuxtaposition of PJ’s and my visual proclivities but I think it will only be visible in retrospect and it would be almost impossible -and rather perverse- to try and divine it at this stage.“
The post is a lot more extensive than that simple quote, so jump on over to our forum to read the complete entry! And isn’t it great to have Guillermo participating so early in our community? [Forum]