Del Toro and Jackson have a positive working relationship, where they will compromise on disagreements to the benefit of the film.[16] Del Toro believes he will be able to shoot all of the films himself,[38] although Jackson noted he had similar hopes for filming all of his trilogy, and has offered to help as second [...]

Hobbit films direcotr Benicio Del Toro describes how the first Hobbit film will be the Hobbit book sotry, but the second film will be a ramp up to the LOTR film series imitative of Jackson’s shooting style, making a seamless nod to the LOTR trilogy fr a five film symphony.