Guillermo Del Toro speaks about Smaug, approaching actors, and other details about the Hobbit in an interview with MTV.
MTV: Do you have the picture yet of the Smaug you want to create?
Del Toro: I discussed the Smaug appearance with great detail with [Tolkien illustrators] John Howe and Alan Lee, and there’s some illustrations that John did [...]

Guillermo del Toro recently spoke about The Hobbit in The Directors Guild of America. Also he talked about the dragon Smaug.
“All my life I’ve been fascinated by dragons. I was born under the Chinese sign of The Dragon. All my life I’m collecting dragons. It’s such a powerful symbol, and in the context of ‘The [...]