{"id":35886,"date":"2010-04-03T21:56:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T02:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=35886"},"modified":"2010-04-03T22:09:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-04T03:09:53","slug":"guillermo-chimes-in-with-mgm-hobbit-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/03\/35886-guillermo-chimes-in-with-mgm-hobbit-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Guillermo chimes in with MGM \/ Hobbit delays"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>TheOneRing.net message board member (and <\/em>director of films that win like – you know – Academy Awards) Guillermo del Toro chimed in today to elaborate a bit on the seemingly eternal pre-pre-production state of a pair of “Hobbit” films and the MGM situation.<\/p>\n

Chatting up the regulars he said:<\/p>\n

But know these facts:<\/p>\n

-NO delays have been caused by “discussing” or “adapting” 3-D.
\n-Can’t close deals with actors without a green light.
\n-Can’t give a green light to the project when one of the studios is going through a “to be or not to be” auction moment.<\/p>\n

For good or bad this project has demanded for so much to be solved before it gets going. So, the Phil Connors syndrome is met with great empathy.<\/p>\n

Best
\nGDT <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yep, he referenced the “Groundhog Day” movie while confirming and elaborating on this report<\/a>. The MGM situation and the two “Hobbit” films’ fate are bound together like Frodo, Gollum and soul-stealing jewelry. (We are hoping they avoid the whole volcano thing though.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TheOneRing.net message board member (and director of films that win like – you know – Academy Awards) Guillermo…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[497,435,4,498,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-production-directors","category-guillermo-del-toro","category-hobbit-movie","category-production-studios","category-hobbit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t