Our friends over at TORn have announced the departure of Guillermo del Toro from his directing role of the two 'Hobbit' movies:
http://www.theonering.net/
Everything seems huggy/kissy regarding GDT's abrupt departure after a couple years of pre-production, but, as I am inherently cynical, I don't believe this bodes well.
I was really looking forward to someone other than Peter Jackson directing The Hobbit. Bah.
P.S. The site is pretty overwhelmed currently, so I am directing you to the main page and not necessarily the article, which is on the 1st page at the moment.