Guillermo Del Toro has said that an announcement about his role in a reported ‘Hobbit’ film will be made this week. Del Toro has said that he wants to direct the film. Producer Peter Jackson said he wants Del Toro to direct the film.
Del Toro made the following announcement to IGN: “We’re all in agreement on what we want to do creatively… we are coming to the point where the deal either will happen or not happen…Right now, I haven’t booked any planes yet… If it happens I would be coming in with humility and hard work.”
Del Toro then went onto the OneRing.net website and posted the following poem. Make of this what you will…
A riddle for you all-
Half familiar, half unknown.
A thing it is, ¨It almost is-¨
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
The day of the moon will be
when all is revealed to thee
Questions will cease
Answers will please
We´ll learn of the Shire
and all you desire.
At ten minus Three.
Joining to be
Ten minus Eight
Add to the slate
of the two dozen princes
that die without winces.
And add to each day of
the week.