Guillermo del Toro talks about not directing The Hobbit and 3D

Guillermo del Toro is no longer directing The Hobbit. That much has been established. In a recent interview, he confirms that he is still very actively involved in the project and Jackson's attempts to get it shot amidst MGM's financial woes. He also speaks a bit about 3D. 

From Ain't It Cool News:

Capone: I’ll link to it. Can we talk a little about where you have just come from and where you are going next? I’m sure you have been asked variations of this, but how heartbreaking, really, was it for you to have to walk away from THE HOBBIT.

GDT: Very, very. But you know, I have no uncertainty. I have no doubt about why I did it and I have no doubt that I made the right decision for myself and the project, by the way. I believe that. I tried to keep… My life was in progress when THE HOBBIT landed on my lap, and things were very complicated, but we juggled them around enough to create a space for me to shoot the movie and be able to re-engage. And in the [timeline] that we originally had traced, the time when I should have been done with shooting we were still writing, and many obligations came clashing in a horrible way, in a very difficult way, and I thought “Look, I cannot give the movie half of my attention or a quarter of my attention or three quarters. I’ve got to give this movie 110 percent of my attention,” and I could not do that. I think the time came where I needed to do that.

The writer/director also reiterated that he doesn't think The Hobbit should be filmed in 3D, saying it would take a "little bit away form the classicism of the tale," but has nothing against 3D. His next project will be 3D.

Other projects on del Toro's plate include Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, The Haunted Mansion (yes, a movie based on the Disney ride), and At the Mountains of Madness.