Del Toro To Helm "Hobbit" Movies

In a decision that is bound to have fan-boys all over the world drooling, Director Guillermo Del Toro has been named as the new director of the upcoming “Hobbit” movies.

Prequels to the Lord of the Rings trilogy (directed by Peter Jackson, who is Executive Producing the “Hobbit” films), the two movies will be shot back-to-back in New Zealand over the next four years. New Zealand also served as the location for the Lord of the Rings shoot.

Del Toro is the director of such popular genre films as Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, Blade II, and this summer’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army.