Guillermo del Toro, ezisola kakhulu ngokuthi ekugcineni usenqume ukuwuyeka umsebenzi wokudubula "I-Hobbit", ngenxa yokubambezeleka okuqhubekayo ekuqaleni kokuqoshwa ngenxa yesimo sezimali esingesihle se-MGM.
Ngakho, umqondisi waseMexico ushicilele incwadi elandelayo ukuze axazulule lolu daba:
“Ngenxa yokubambezeleka kwamanje ekubekeni usuku lokuqala kokuqoshwa kwefilimu ethi ‘The Hobbit’, ngibhekane nesinqumo esinzima kunazo zonke empilweni yami,” kusho uGuillermo etshela ingosi.
“Ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe mibili ngiphila, ngiphefumula futhi ngiklama umhlaba ocebe njenge-Tolkien's Middle Earth, kufanele, ngokuzisola okukhulu, ngiyeke ukubamba la mafilimu amahle. Ngihlala ngibonga uPeter, Fran Walsh noPhilippa Boyens, New Line, Warner Brothers kanye neqembu lami lonke eNew Zealand.
“Ngibe nelungelo lokusebenza kwelinye lamazwe amakhulu eMhlabeni kanye nabanye abantu abangcono kakhulu emsebenzini wethu wezandla, futhi impilo yami yashintsha unomphela. Izibusiso ziye zaba ziningi, kodwa izingcindezi ezivela emazingeni aphansi ekuhleleni izingxabano ziye zadlula isikhathi engangisibekele lo msebenzi ekuqaleni. Kokubili njengombhali kanye nomqondisi, angifisi lutho ukukhiqizwa ngaphandle kwenhlanhla futhi ngizoba ngowokuqala emgqeni ukubona umkhiqizo oqediwe. Ngizohlala ngingumngane wephrojekthi kanye nabenzi bawo befilimu, manje nasesikhathini esizayo, ukuze ngisekele ukushintshela kumqondisi omusha.