Guillermo Del Toro Talks 'Hobbit' Casting, Creatures

He's the face of Mexican cinema, an Oscar-nominated director and the visionary behind films as touching and diverse as "Pan's Labyrinth,""Hellboy" and "The Devil's Backbone."

But more than anything right now, Guillermo del Toro is simply the man behind "The Hobbit."

Thank goodness, then, that he's ever so ready to talk about it. With just a few weeks left before he heads to New Zealand for several years del Toro checked in with MTV News to discuss his plans for "The Hobbit" and beyond, including news on Smaug, Doug Jones as an Elvin King, Guillermo Navarro, Elrond, his re-imaginations of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Frankenstein" and more.

(For del Toro's thoughts on Bilbo, see the Movies Blog.)

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