Del Toro said that he interpreted The Hobbit as being set in a "world that is slightly more golden at the beginning, a very innocent environment", and that the film would need to " you from a time of more purity to a darker reality throughout the film, but in the spirit of the book".
Del Toro sade att han tolkade Hobbiten som att den utspelade sig i en "world that is slightly more golden at the beginning, a very innocent environment" och att filmen måste " you from a time of more purity to a darker reality throughout the film, but in the spirit of the book".