YES! Jackson to make Hobbit film

[Traycor]

WOOT!

I doubt he will write, because he will be busy still with "Lovely Bones" and "Tintin" during the time when the films will be written.

And they won't be breaking the one book into two. They will do the Hobbit, then they will cover the gap in time between Hobbit and LotR

 

[Darkwolf71]

And they won't be breaking the one book into two. They will do the Hobbit, then they will cover the gap in time between Hobbit and LotR

That's an interesting approach. Myself, I'd rather see the book in two parts. Less cut out that way.

Oh well.

Jackson's doing The Hobbit! Jackson's doing The Hobbit!

*Bad white-boy dance

 

[qstor]

I think it is possible perhaps to lengthen it out they might feature the side trek of Gandalf at some point. Been too long, had something to do with Aragorn and the Necromancer a.k.a. Sauron, right?

I think it would work better if it was a Hobbit prequel. I forgot the dates but I found Wikipedia "In 2850 Gandalf again entered Dol Guldur, finding the dying Thráin, and was entrusted with the map and key to give to Thorin Oakenshield, although Thráin could not tell him his own or his son's name before he died. Gandalf confirmed that Sauron was the master of Dol Guldur at that time."

maybe the 2nd part is on: "In 3009, Gandalf grew suspicious of the ring belonging to the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, which later turned out to be the One Ring, the source of the Dark Lord Sauron's evil power. Aragorn went at his request into Rhovanion in search of Gollum, who had once possessed the Ring. He caught the creature in the Dead Marshes near Mordor, and brought him as a captive to Thranduil's halls in Mirkwood, where Gandalf questioned him."

But I don't think there's much written on this.

Mike

 

[messy]

allo

i hope he makes "the hobbit" a solid, 2-hour movie, rather than another 3-hour epic. :\

messy

 

[Traycor]

maybe the 2nd part is on: "In 3009, Gandalf grew suspicious of the ring belonging to the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, which later turned out to be the One Ring, the source of the Dark Lord Sauron's evil power. Aragorn went at his request into Rhovanion in search of Gollum, who had once possessed the Ring. He caught the creature in the Dead Marshes near Mordor, and brought him as a captive to Thranduil's halls in Mirkwood, where Gandalf questioned him."

I remember reading a blurb months ago (back before PJ released his "they don't want me anymore" letter about Newline). The blurb basically indicated that the 2nd movie would be about what you just described above.

But in truth, I bet even PJ doesn't quite know yet what they will do with the 2 movies. They are probably busy figuring that out right now.

 

[Traycor]

And they won't be breaking the one book into two. They will do the Hobbit, then they will cover the gap in time between Hobbit and LotR

I could be wrong. This old interview with PJ on Aint It Cool News indicates otherwise. You'll have to skip down to the Hobbit bits of the interview, but PJ liked the idea of fleshing out and splitting The Hobbit to give it more of an adult feel like LotR

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30085

 

[Angel Tarragon]

allo

i hope he makes "the hobbit" a solid, 2-hour movie, rather than another 3-hour epic. :\

messy

That would be good. That way when the extended edition dvds come out it'll only take a quarter of a day to watch both. Plus, assuming you didn nothing but watch the entire Middle Earth saga, you could do it in a period of one day.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

I haven't read the Hobbit in a good long time, but two movies? There's only one book... and it's not a terribly long book at that.

 

[EricNoah]

There might be some Smaug, dwarf and Laketown backstory that could make for some excellent "padding" if such is needed.

 

[Pinotage]

Well, that's excellent news. Don't care much about how many movies they make - the more the better. I just wish that, somehow, in some way, they could turn the Silmarillion into a film!

Pinotage