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Del Toro in talks to direct The Hobbit.

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Jeffrey Overstreet

28 Jan 2008 • 1 min read
Filed under: On Movies & Media

 

Wow. It's no longer just a rumor. Del Toro is in talks to direct The Hobbit!

That pretty much seals the deal that it won't be anything like this...

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