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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 3948557" data-attributes="member: 20741">I would agree. I expect the backstory that takes place during the Hobbit, namely, the White Council's attack on the Necromancer of Dol Guldur will be more front and centre.PJ is not going to go towards making a children's film after copping a best picture for RotK. I expect their spin will be: "Tolkien had a devil of a time finding a publisher for serious adult fantasy and so he was forced to package the Hobbit as a children's book - obscuring the much deeper and more adult tale that lurked within. The adult tale had to wait to appear in LotR. The adult tale that was always within The Hobbit is the one Tolkien always wanted to tell - and one we think the fans in the 21st century now want to see.  But as always, we'll respect the original vision and maintain the same feel for Middle Earth that we always have." (Mind you, if one of those dwarves becomes cute, female, beardless and a Bilbo love interest, Jackson will have to join Rushdie in hiding.)If it was anybody other than PJ and FW - I'm looking for the fire exits. But I think its pretty clear they love this material as much as anybody on this - or Middle- Earth.</blockquote>