Del Toro to direct Hobbit prequel flics

In case you hadn't heard. Apparently he's moving to New Zealand for four years after Hell Boy 2 opens.

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/04/del-toro-set-to.html

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hobbitt25apr25,1,6111273.story

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/25/0143212

And if you're a glutton for punishment, the article has a link to Leonard Nimoy "singing" The Ballod of Bilbo Baggins in all it's 60's flower power glory.