Warner Bros wants to make Lord of the Rings films. Not remakes, fyi.

[Enevhar Aldarion]

hobbits going into stealth mode

No, they grew up and became humans. Remember the part where Gandalf points out each generation is a bit taller than the last? They eventually blend in with humans and become them. Dwarves go into "stealth mode", or die off altogether, due to their very low birth rate.

 

[ValamirCleaver]

Remember the part where Gandalf points out each generation is a bit taller than the last?

This is in the Rankin/Bass Return of the King animated special with John Huston as Gandalf delivering the line.

 

[pukunui]

There aren't any left. Sauron had a bonfire.

Sounds to me like a great story hook! “Everyone knows the entwives all died when Sauron burned their gardens down but actually …”

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

This is in the Rankin/Bass Return of the King animated special with John Huston as Gandalf delivering the line.

Pretty sure it is in the live-action movie too, maybe only the extended version? And I thought it was a direct quote from the book.

 

[ValamirCleaver]

 

[darjr]

Peter Jackson Is 'In the Loop' On Those New Lord of the Rings Movie Plans

An ambiguous response from the Lord of the Rings trilogy director and his co-writers have revealed nothing.

gizmodo.com

 

[WayneLigon]

Once they have some cast and a director, etc, on board, it might be worth paying attention to. Otherwise, with all the money problems WB is having lately, this sounds much more like hand-waving to placate the nervous investor class, and keep them from dumping WB stock. This is something it would take 3-4 years to get moving, and by then WB will have completely new owners, etc etc.

 

[Zaukrie]

Once they have some cast and a director, etc, on board, it might be worth paying attention to. Otherwise, with all the money problems WB is having lately, this sounds much more like hand-waving to placate the nervous investor class, and keep them from dumping WB stock. This is something it would take 3-4 years to get moving, and by then WB will have completely new owners, etc etc.

No one is going to keep stock based on this news. At least not in numbers that matter. I agree with the rest of your post one hundred percent.

 

[Dausuul]

No, they grew up and became humans. Remember the part where Gandalf points out each generation is a bit taller than the last? They eventually blend in with humans and become them.

That's purely an invention of Rankin-Bass.

Tolkien laid out the present-day state of hobbits in the prologue to LotR ("Concerning Hobbits"). Their numbers have dwindled; they are "estranged" from humans and avoid us with dismay. Their height today rarely exceeds three feet, and by their own account they used to be taller than they are now. The tallest hobbits in their records were Bandobras Took and "two famous characters of old" (i.e., Merry and Pippin).

Tolkien also notes that hobbits are "relatives of ours." Although he doesn't say so, the implication to me is that hobbits are descendants of humans of the First Age who grew smaller -- not taller -- over the generations, a trend which continued through the time of LotR and into the present day.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

It is.

I don't think it is, and I challenge you to find where in the text it is, if so. It's been discussed at length on various Tolkien forums, and literally not a single person managed to come up with a quote from the books to support it. It's possible they all just missed it, but I think if you're going to claim that, you need to back it up.

Unfinished Tales suggests hobbits are around in later eras, just in fearful hiding, note, not hiding in plain sight as humans or something.