GDT Sounds Off On HOBBIT

MTV has posted a great interview with Guillermo where he comments on THE HOBBIT, casting, and also talks about his other films slated at Universal, including FRANKENSTEIN and DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. Watch the interview below:

If you don’t want to sit through the whole interview, here are the highlights:

WWI and THE HOBBIT
“…when I re-read “The Hobbit” to start writing the screenplays, I had an inkling of an idea that it was a book that reflected [J.R.R.] Tolkien’s generation’s experience on World War I. Peter Jackson is a huge fan of World War I books