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But... is he still doing Mountains of Madness?
I'm actually kind of mixed-feeling about this. While GDT is an awesome director, i'm not sure he's very Tolkien, if you know what i mean. Lovecraft, yes, absolutely... but Tolkien... not so sure. And The Hobbit is the small-scale end of Tolkien, not the grandiose end, and is probably the Tolkien work which features least mysticism and psychological symbolism, because it was written a) for his kids and b) before he had fully worked out the overarching Middle-Earth project.
Del Toro also seems to reach the really stellar heights when he's pursuing his own ideas, rather than adapting someone else's. Which doesn't explain why i am convinced that his AtMoM will be utterly awesome, but i think that's more because i think Del Toro is about the only director who could really pull off Lovecraft (as genuine creepy, head-bending cosmic horror, rather than as standardised gore/monster stuff)... whereas i think there are probably more directors out there who could do The Hobbit well - probably more than could have done LotR well, TBH, as it's a much shorter and simpler story.
So, i guess, while i'm pretty certain that GDT could do a good Hobbit film, i'd rather someone else do it if it would keep GDT from doing more, well, Del Toro-ish stuff.
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