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Hey, guess what: We still don’t know who’s going to direct The Hobbit](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-hobbit/28832/main?icid=movsmartsearch)! Ever since Guillermo Del Toroditched directing duties on the two-part Lord of the Rings prequel, a number of different names have been popping up as different sites look to their super secret sources in the hopes someone will slip them a worthwhile contender. The latest name to pop up by way of TheOneRing.net (who originally broke the Del Toro news) was that of District 9 helmer Neill Blomkamp.
Blomkamp made sense because of his close relationship with Peter Jackson, but what didn’t make sense was the fact that Blomkamp was supposed to be working on a new sci-fi film that was announced earlier this year. Did that project suddenly disappear? Well no, it didn’t – according to Vulture(who spoke with Blomkamp’s agency), he’s still hard at work on the new sci-fi flick, titled Elysium, and he won’t be directing The Hobbit. In fact, he was never offered the position, nor has anyone from MGM/United Artists or Warner Bros. contacted his agency regarding the project.
So now we’re back to square one. Look for a new director to climb onboard *The Hobbit *in July, and we should probably expect an announcement to come during Comic Con. Until then … anyone know any Hobbit games we can play?