As you know,
Guillermo Del Toro recently stepped down from directing the big screen adaptation of The Hobbit, leaving the project in complete limbo. Warner Bros has been searching for a replacement, talking to directors
David Yates (
Harry Potter)
, David Dobkin (
Wedding Crashers, Fred Claus), and
Brett Ratner about the job, but rumor had it that Warner Bros and MGM were still trying to talk
Lord of the Rings director
Peter Jackson to return ...