LOTR Alumni sign on for The Hobbit

New Zealand film-makers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens have signed on to “collaborate on "The Hobbit" and its sequel with director Guillermo del Toro”, says the industry news resouce The Hollywood Reporter.

The announcement came from “Jackson and Walsh and New Line president Toby Emmerich, four months after del Toro confirmed he had signed on to direct both pics”.

All three collaborated on the LOTR flicks

The JRR Tolkien’s rivetting novel ‘The Hobbit’, which will be produced as a two part film, is expected to be released 2011 and 2012. For more on The Hobbit, please go over to our Upcoming Flicks Shed