MGM has been hard pressed to find a director for the two installments of The Hobbit ever since Guillermo del Toro decided to drop out. After del Toro left, other directors considering the movies were David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers), David Yates (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), and Brett Ratner (Rush Hour). However, none of them signed a contract.
That leaves Peter Jackson, who said he would direct the prequel films if MGM couldn't find anyone else. He is currently negotiating a deal with them. Hopefully he won't run into the same problems that del Toro faced. Part of the reason del Toro left the project was that the cash-strapped studio kept delaying the starting date. However, sets are already being built in New Zealand, and Sir Ian Mckellen has tried to assure fans that shooting would begin by the end of the year.
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