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Consider this best case scenario.? There probably isn’t a director who can live up to the majesty of director Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy.? However, I’d argue that if any director is bold enough to try, and certainly understands fantasy and storytelling and has visual flair, that director would be Guillermo del Torro.? He’s the director best known for Pan’s Labyrinth and even in certain circles moreso for Hellboy.? Jackson has picked del Torro to shepherd both of the Hobbit movies to the big screen.

I’ve been arguing with friends that del Torro should have been given a shot to direct just one of the Harry Potter movies, but this is even better news.? Peter Jackson and del Torro will be working on a script as soon as the writer’s strike ends.

All I want to know is what role will Doug Jones have in these films?? Cause he’s so damn good in everything del Torro puts on screen.

IGN has gotten their hands on some stills from the upcoming Guillermo del Torro (Pan’s Labrynth) Hellboy sequel.? Even better than these pictures, which are sort of … okay, is the news that the teaser trailer for the film will debut on Thursday at 3 p.m.

Based on these images it doesn’t seem that the overall design of the film or characters are a radical departure from the first film, though Selma Blair as pyrokenetic Liz Sherman certainly looks to be channelling her inner Joat Jett and Sarah Connor fetish.

The gentleman on the left is a new addition to the BPRD, or the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Development, named Johann, a psychic who exists in the form of a sentient cloud and is forced to wear that self-containing suit.

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