Don’t Believe Anything You Hear Until MGM Is Sold

Speculation on the internet emerges from time to time on exactly when THE HOBBIT will start shooting. The last report was from Ian McKellan, who mentioned on his website that they would start shooting around June or July.

Don’t believe it, kids – everything hinges on the sale of MGM, which owns part of the rights to THE HOBBIT. No assumptions can be made until then.

In case you didn’t know, MGM is in debt. Big time. Like $3.7 billion. Yikes.

Anyway, THE HOBBIT can’t get the official greenlight until MGM auctions off its properties. How close are they? Well, according to Variety, Lionsgate just dropped out of the bidding war, leaving only Warner Bros. and Access Industries. It’s like watching an NCAA bracket…only slower. That said, think of it as being in the final round.

So what is a Del Toro fan to do? I suggest you sit back, relax, and start thinking about another DTF project coming your way – namely, THE FALL – the second book in THE STRAIN trilogy.

So, DTF fans, your assignment is this: Visit the THE STRAIN official website. If you haven’t read the first book, buy it now. Join the THE STRAIN Facebook group.

THE FALL will be released September 21, 2010. Go ahead and Preorder it!

…And get ready to satisfy your GDT fix in 6 months.