The Madness of Mountains

This is ancient news by now, but Guillermo del Toro is off The Hobbit. As an avowed del Toro fan (though we don't talk about Hellboy 2), I think this is good news. The Hobbit was a stalled project, at best, that was guaranteed to eat up several more years of his time, and I'd just as soon see him move on to other things. If The Hobbit ever does finally go before cameras (there's rumors of David Yates and possibly even Sam Raimi taking over the vacated director's chair) I'll be eagerly looking...