Yesterday, we had a chance to visit with director Guillermo del Toro to talk about his latest film, "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," but we couldn't resist the opportunity to go digging for news on "The Hobbit" as well. So we put out the call to fans, asking them to submit their questions and we'd bring 'em along. And boy did they ever. Read Part I about what del Toro had to say regarding "The Hobbit."

But the biggest news? It came from a question I thought would be a joke.

"Who do I have to kill or sleep with to get a role as an extra?" user Mike Moore asked.

"Oh my god, well that's a good question only in that it's asked often," del Toro said, chuckling. "[But] I believe as the film comes to happen, in either of the two films, [fans] have a good chance of being there." Read more...

Recently, we solicited blog readers to submit their own questions for "Hobbit" helmer Guillermo del Toro, and dozens of you did. Well now we have the results of that conversation; the first part went up here -- wherein he discusses when we'll find out a title, which familiar faces may return and more -- and now we have the second part of our fruitful interview. Below, find out which dwarf is closest to his heart, where Ron Perlman could fit and other delightful tidbits. (And don't forget to check out more from our interview with Guillermo Del Toro here.)

Q: Can we expect that parallel events, such as the siege of Dol Guldur and the meeting of the White Council, events alluded to but not seen in "The Hobbit," will occur in your second film. In other words, is there anything you can definitively point to and say, "Yes, that is in my outline?" -- Gustavo Braga Read more...

She's a feminist ideal, a fierce warrior as capable with a sword as any man, spurred by love to do battle with the deadliest of enemies, a soldier who sometimes needs to conceal her true identity from even those closest to her.

You wanna know what else The Bride (from "Kill Bill") and Eowyn had in common?

They were both almost played by Uma Thurman.

"Yeah, I was asked," Thurman confirmed to MTV News of an offer from Peter Jackson to play Eowyn in the second and third films in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. "I had a small child at the time and I couldn't go away for a year. I was just too attached to home. It just caught me at the wrong moment." Read more...

The word just came in from New Line. There is peace in middle earth at last! Jackson won't be directing BUT he will be overseeing not one, but TWO films as an executive producer.

Details straight from New Line below!

* MGM and New Line will co-finance and co-distribute two films, “The Hobbit” and a sequel to “The Hobbit.” New Line will distribute in North America and MGM will distribute internationally. Read more...

Since he doesn’t actually appear anywhere in the book, hardcore fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth legendarium might scoff at the notion of seeing Aragorn in a “Hobbit” film.

Not “Lord of the Rings” star Viggo Mortsensen who has at least left the door slightly ajar.

“I’m curious about it,” he told MTV News about his potential involvement in a long rumored “Hobbit” flick. “LOTR’ borrowed from other sources. There was dialogue and set pieces that came from work outside of ‘Lord of the Rings,’ or took from the appendices. You never know.” Read more...

Fantasy franchises sure are all the rage today, aren't they? And why not, when series like "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" walk away with Oscars and cash and sometimes, both?

Come this fall, there's a new budding franchise on the block that, like its predecessors, is based on a popular series of books. We haven't heard much about "The Dark is Rising" yet but this poster exclusive to MTV has our interest piqued with just the right amount of magic and mystery.

See the full poster after the jump.

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