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It's about darn time!
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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=40300
It's about darn time!
Good! I would be surprised if finding "common ground" meant anything other than New Line paying Wingnut what it owed. OTOH, it's Hollywood and you never know.
I'm not sure about that: I mean, Peter Jackson is going to be an executive producer, not the director? And what does 'a sequel' to The Hobbit mean?
Will they shoot the Lord Of The Rings all over again in a shorter Version?
I hope they bring Ian McKellen back to play Gandalf once more :D
With sequel they mean that there will be a two part story of the one book. Maybe they plan to do two shorter movies, especially since the Hobbit is more a children's book than LOTR.
Sweet :)
Also a possibility that they will use the information from later works, ie Lost Tales, and bring it more to pair with Lord of the Ring. After all, not much of LotR and ME was planned, if anything at all, at the time he wrote The Hobbit.
I wouldn't mind having a few minutes of the movies about when they drives out the necromancer from Dol Guldur.
Well, as I understand the licensing stuff, only films drawing directly from the Hobbit and LotR may be made. Other books are off limits. This likely means that the two films will cover the Hobbit proper and lift from the LotR appendices, while I'm sure there will also be a generous sprinkling of creative subjectivity a la the LotR films. I'd guess that each film will pull in just under two hours.
P.S. Thank you to whomever moved this thread. I'd forgotten about this particular forum! :)
Not sure, but wasn't the description on how Gandalf escaped from Saruman from Lost Tales, and not in LotR?
That's in LotR alright :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cpt. Lundgren
Jackson To Produce The Hobbit
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=46530
Good news indeed, it's been in limbo long enough.. now they better get a move on, half the principle cast are in their 70's :D
The Hobbit films could be in two parts easy based on the films of LOTR.
Part 1, the Book there and back and again (the Hobbit book as we know it)
Part 2, is based after the Return of the King and covers the scouring of the shire, the last 1/3 of the third book that they missed.
Nah. It'll cover the 70-odd years between the Hobbit and LOTR, and hopefully some mods and changes and some clear ties to the LOTR movies, so that we get a full saga from Hobbit I to Return of the King.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tanty
Well for #2 to be true, they would have to break Peter Jacksons continuity, or have the Shire scoured by Saruman the Dead :)
Not sure if it will work or not, but I am looking forward to it nontheless! :)
An undead saruman crawling around would be pretty cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tobian
I just hope Beorn is done well.
An Unexpected Party Chat -- A chat regarding the Hobbit movies with Peter Jackson and the director that implies the second movie will take place as sort of prequel to LOTR like Ineti indicated.
Old news. I hear they're in pre-production stage now and are calling up some of the principle actors from the LOTR films, including Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen.Quote:
Originally Posted by spshu
It'll probably involve the Necromancer of Mirkwood or something.
I kinda want a movie from the orcs' perspective.
REG, It was not confirmed. If it was old news, why did you not let us know? It is even older news that Ian McKellen is involved with the Hobbit as Gandalf once again.Quote:
Originally Posted by REG
I thought it was already mentioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by spshu
Yeah it has to be said, I read these rumours all over, I can see how people thought it'd all been mentioned here before. I'm with Reg, I thought it had too LOL
Anyone seen any news about the movies? The last I have heard is that Tolkien Estates has sued New Line, because they have not got paid for Lord of the Rings, and besides monetary compensations are they seeking to revoke the license to make The Hobbit.
Nothing on the movie, but a trial date is set for the lawsuit: October 19, 2009.
Still enough time for Tolkien Estate's lawyers to file an injunction order, effectively shutting down production of the new films.
The Hobbit films are tentatievly set for Decembers 2011 and 2012.