Why production on Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy was plagued by chaos
production, the path toward filming, for once, looked clear.By 2008, famed fantasy director Guilleromo Del Toro had been locked in and pre-production got underway.
Del Toro, having already spent 18 months working on the project in New Zealand, was now looking at having to extend his time there from the previously agreed three years to a period that would probably wind up being double that length.“There cannot be any start dates until the MGM situation gets resolved,” the director told reporters.
“I wish the production nothing but the very best of luck and I will be first in line to see the finished product. I remain an ally to it and its makers, present and future, and fully support a smooth transition to a new director.”It was a huge blow for Jackson, but he still offered up a firm show of support to Del Toro.
Instead, he and his team were left doing 21-hour days in a desperate bid to reshape Del Toro’s unique vision to fit Jackson’s. “You’re going on to a set and you’re winging it. You’ve got these massively complicated scenes, no storyboards and you’re making it up there and then on the spot … I spent most of“Even from a script point of view, Fran , Philippa and I hadn’t got the entire scripts written to our satisfaction, so that was a very high-pressure situation.
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