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[[Image:Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Peter Jackson]] and Guillermo del Toro.]]
[[Image:Guillermo del Toro.jpg|thumb|250px|Guillermo del Toro in [[2008]].]]
'''Guillermo del Toro''' ([[9 October|October 9]], [[1964]]) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican director. He was originally set to direct the upcoming [[New Line Cinema]]/[[MGM]]/[[Peter Jackson]] [[The Hobbit (film series)|adaptation]] of [[The Hobbit]], but dropped out after legal matters delayed the shoot. He remains as one of the writers, though.
'''Guillermo del Toro''' ([[9 October|October 9]], [[1964]]) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican director. He was originally set to direct ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit (film series)]]'', but dropped out after legal matters delayed the shoot. He remains as one of the writers, though.


Del Toro is known for his imaginative visuals; his major works include comic-book adaptations ''Blade II'' and ''Hellboy'', and the critically acclaimed ''El Laberinto del Fauno'' (Spanish, lit. The Labyrinth of the Faun. Released in English-speaking countries as ''Pan's Labyrinth'').
Del Toro is known for his imaginative visuals; his major works include comic-book adaptations ''Blade II'' and ''Hellboy'', and the critically acclaimed ''El Laberinto del Fauno'' (Spanish, lit. The Labyrinth of the Faun. Released in English-speaking countries as ''Pan's Labyrinth'').

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Guillermo del Toro in 2008.

Guillermo del Toro (October 9, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican director. He was originally set to direct The Hobbit (film series), but dropped out after legal matters delayed the shoot. He remains as one of the writers, though.

Del Toro is known for his imaginative visuals; his major works include comic-book adaptations Blade II and Hellboy, and the critically acclaimed El Laberinto del Fauno (Spanish, lit. The Labyrinth of the Faun. Released in English-speaking countries as Pan's Labyrinth).

Although he has stated he 'loved' The Hobbit, Del Toro's lack of knowledge about Tolkien's works has already worried some fans:

"I tried my best to read Lord of the Rings [sic], the trilogy. I could not. I could not. They were very dense. And then one day, I bought The Hobbit. I read it and I loved it."[1]
When asked to what extent has the work of Tolkien influenced him:
"Not at all. I could barely finish "The Hobbit". Curiously, that kind of fantasy, never called out to me. I think that fairy tales are in themselves a different genre. Heroic fantasy, in general, leaves me cold. I am more interested in Robert E. Howard's work of terror than his novels about the muscular Conan. Although there are two writers of fantasy that I think are sublime: Clark Ashton Smith and Lord Dunsany. [Translated from Spanish]"
― Guillermo del Toro [2]
"I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don't like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits -- I've never been into that at all. I don't like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff."
― Salon.com, October 2006 (Interview from May) [3]

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