After such epic films as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I couldn’t be more excited for the upcoming two-film prequel The Hobbit, which are set to release in 2011 and 2012.

Wired has posted a great Q&A with the film’s director on the future of his films. Here’s an excerpt of what went on:

Wired: You’re pretty busy these days. What made you want to write vampire-themed horror novels?

Guillermo del Toro: I originally wrote a very long outline for a TV series I wanted to do called The Strain. And then the network president at Fox said to me, “We do want something with vampires—but could you make it a comedy?” Obviously, I responded, “No thank you” and “Can I have my outline back?”

Wired: So you turned a TV show into a novel, which you cowrote with best-selling crime author Chuck Hogan. Why a collaboration?

del Toro: I’ve written short stories in Spanish and English. I’ve written screenplays. But I’m not good at forensic novels. I’m not good at hazmat language and that CSI-style precision. When Stoker wrote Dracula, it was very modern, a CSI sort of novel. I wanted to give The Strain a procedural feel, where everything seems real.

Check out the rest of the interview over at Wired.com.

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