Article: Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit'

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Washington, April 25 -- Director Guillermo del Toro has signed on to helm 'The Hobbit', based on JRR Tolkien's book of the same name.

The director will not only helming the movie, which centres on Bilbo Baggins taking the Ring of Power from Gollum, but also its planned sequel.

The announcement was made jointly from the pic's exec producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich, and Mary Parent, newly named chief of MGM's Worldwide Motion Picture Group on April 24.

Del Toro will direct the two films back to back, reports Variety.

The sequel will deal with the 60-year period between "The Hobbit" ...

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