Jackson to exec produce 'The Hobbit'

[Looney]

Watched one and two for the second time in a month and going to see the third again tomorrow.

[Dr Maturin]

After LotR, I remember hearing a rumor that they were going to do The Hobbit as well as a sequel trilogy to LotR that was not based on any of the canon, unless it was some of the "history" books. I am not sure if Tolkien's son was going to be involved.

I have plans to see the movie in the theater sometime soon.

"They're splitting The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies into five movies: one for each army." - Mike Nelson, paraphrased

[Looney]

WOW! Is this right?! Can this really be the most recent thread that mentioned Peter Jackson's Hobbit movies?!

Anyway I just saw The Battle of The Five Armies. I thought it was great. I got so depressed during the end credits because I realized there will never be another movie related to these books. Yes I thought this trilogy wasn't as good as the original, but it is still pretty damn good.

[AaronB]

My fullest convictions on this are that they will be dividing The Hobbit into two films and flushing out the the story visually somewhat. At the end of the 2nd film they may add some minor narration that sets up LoTR, but that will be about it.

CE

not that you need it, but I have been thinking the same thing about the formation of the two movies. So I think it's an outstanding idea.

[colonyearth]

Well, as some people across the net have already said Lord of the Rings is the sequel that Tolkien wrote to The Hobbit.

I wonder what this "sequel" to The Hobbit will be called. "The Hobbit 2"? "Lord of the Rings: The Phantom Menace"?

I don't see how much hobbit presence could be in a bridging the gap film that isn't completely invented by Jackson/Walsh/Boyens in writing the script.

My fullest convictions on this are that they will be dividing The Hobbit into two films and flushing out the the story visually somewhat. At the end of the 2nd film they may add some minor narration that sets up LoTR, but that will be about it.

CE

[vacantlook]

Well, as some people across the net have already said Lord of the Rings is the sequel that Tolkien wrote to The Hobbit.

I wonder what this "sequel" to The Hobbit will be called. "The Hobbit 2"? "Lord of the Rings: The Phantom Menace"?

I don't see how much hobbit presence could be in a bridging the gap film that isn't completely invented by Jackson/Walsh/Boyens in writing the script.

[WorkerCaste]

The adventures of Aragorn might be some of the more cinematic stuff, along with the White Council, but could you then call it a sequel to The Hobbit. Maybe a prequel to LotR.

[vacantlook]

If they do one Hobbit movie and one bridging the gap movie, my guess is the bridging movie will have some stuff about the White Council in it and have a lot of Aragorn running around Middle Earth under the guise of Thorongil. I don't know how much information about said journeys of Aragorn is in the appendices, but I think that would be the easiest to inflate into a film.

[WorkerCaste]

I had automatically assumed that they were dividing the Hobbit into two parts. I really couldn't conceive of anything that could fill that gap. Now the concept has cropped up, I still can't think of anything. I suppose there was the action of the White Council against the Necromancer, but that didn't involve any hobbits. There were many visits to the Shire of "strange folk" including Gandalf and dwarves, but that doesn't make for a very thrilling movie. There was Frodo's childhood and eventual adoption by Bilbo, but again, not something that would fit with the tone of all the other movies. Maybe Lifetime or ABC Family.

Anyone have any thoughts on what could fill in if it isn't just a division of The Hobbit?

[vacantlook]

...2 movies that will cover "The Hobbit"

And the question all over the net seems to be will the two movies cover The Hobbit, or will one movie be The Hobbit and the other movie be some construct purporting to "bridge" The Hobbit and LotR. And if it is some bridge, what exactly could they put in there that'll actually hold the weight and structure of a film as such a narrative between the two books isn't exactly highly detailed compared to the narratives of the two books -- aka there are some information in the appendices but a lot will have to be made up.

[Talwyn]

well what ever sum of money was paid out or deal struck, it's just good that Peter & Fran will be putting together 2 movies that will cover "The Hobbit"

[frulad]

I think it was the NY Times that stated that New Line paid out about $40 million to Jackson as part settlement. But whatever the amount is, it hasn't been officially announced.

[colonyearth]

I'm very glad to hear that Peter Jackson will be involved in the Hobbit project. I just wonder what sort of deal he struck with New Line Cinema as from what I understood, he was really peeved at them for ipping him & cast members off over certain royalty payments. Lets hope he gets a better deal from them this time around

It was never about the deal per-se, it was about the accounting of that deal.

I'm very excited about this! I have faith that Peter will find a brash and visionary director to helm both films with the same passion he brought to the LOTR trilogy. As for the sequel thing, I had read that Jackson felt The Hobbit was too big of a book for one film and wanted to expand it.

I hope he and Walsh write them as well since it was their writing that made the LOTR films so incredible to start with!

Here's to keeping the faith!

CE

[Talwyn]

I'm very glad to hear that Peter Jackson will be involved in the Hobbit project. I just wonder what sort of deal he struck with New Line Cinema as from what I understood, he was really peeved at them for ipping him & cast members off over certain royalty payments. Lets hope he gets a better deal from them this time around

[frulad]

Merry early Christmas everyone!!!