Peter Jackson to be involved in Hobbit movie after all

I imagine Bilbo will be recast (and the prologue for the Fellowship of the Ring will be 'tweaked' for some future edition of the film!) and I had seen gossip that Martin Freeman was being considered. Interesting choice but probably just baseless rumours and I'd be surprised if any decisions had been yet; they need a director first!
 
Martin Freeman has the right look, and is a good actor (and I believe he could play a young Ian Holm/Bilbo quite well). The thing is, however, they might get a complete unknown.

More recently, Ian McKellen said he'd replay Gandalf. Woohoo!

-D
 
Good good. Sir Ian Sir, Ian, Sir Ian. I am Gandalf you shall not pass. Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian.
 
In retrospect, the 1977 version was overly short but, two movies? One slightly longish one should do it. I'm sure Beorn will be cut, so unless they add a ton of back story, what will the added material be.
Will they do a scene of Bilbo's version of chapter 5? So we will know that he lied?
 
Wiglaf said:
In retrospect, the 1977 version was overly short but, two movies? One slightly longish one should do it. I'm sure Beorn will be cut, so unless they add a ton of back story, what will the added material be.
Will they do a scene of Bilbo's version of chapter 5? So we will know that he lied?
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Thats an interesting thought. I think that they will do the non-lie and he will tell the lie, as in the book.
 
As far as I'm aware, the first film will tell the story of the Hobbit, while the second will link it up to LOTR (including scenes from the White Council, attacking the Necromancer, etc.). Remember how Gandalf basically says "I did this stuff" at the end of the Hobbit? The stuff he said he did would most likely make up the bulk of the second film. Indeed, it may be called The Necromancer.

Oh, and something you guys might be interested in:

Guillermo del Toro will direct both. The contract isn't signed yet, but it's 99% certain, and should be officially announced from PJ's party soon.

-D
 
I still think its fascinating how the ring was such an innocent little thing that made you go invisible and that was found by chance in The Hobbit, but in LOTR it became the be-all and end-all.

Anyone else find that interesting, or is it just I?
 
hmm - there is more to it in the Hobbit - but at that time the Dark lord was not fully prepard to return to power - so he and the ring were lying low. Once he came to power and made this known to the world, the ring started to wake up as well and affect its barer
 
I'm a little disappointed that there aren't any really good books written using another author's world, such as Middle Earth. Oh wait, except for Dragonlance. I really like that.
 
personally, I cann't wait for the movie... hobbit... I saw the dragonlance movie and I am itching for it to be told with as much flair as lord of the rings... peter jackson would do well to tackle the dragonlance series... he has the room to work and he definitely has the chops...
 
just read on AOL entertainment section that The Tolkien Estate and HarperColloins are to sue Newline cinema for unpaid royalties from the LOTR films, This may scupper any plans to make the proposed two prequels based on the Hobbit.
 
Unpaid royalties were the original problem with Peter Jackson and Newline last year. A little too creative with the accounting perhaps?

The way that studios screw people over is just amazing. Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, signed a contract with the studio stating that he would get a percentage of the Net profits. After 240$ million in worldwide sales the studio reported that the movie didn't make a profit. The studio changed several ways of accounting for the costs of the movie. There is no one generally accepted way to account for movies that are shot in many different countries and under many different laws. The lawsuit is still going I believe.
 
Del Toro is directing, PJ is producing. Should be good if they get Sir Ian to do Gangalf again. I'm sure they will.
 
Ultra Culture I read this is the paper today, how much better can it get.... Del Toro is brilliant. As Maj says as long as Sir Ian steps back into Gandalf's shoes, well things couldn't get any better..............
 
As said above, mixed reactions to this possible film and, another one to follow? Is this the book in two parts or will it be spun out with extra script to make the two films?

This could work better than the LOTR trilogy films of course as long as it doesn't deviate from the book much, or indeed at all.

Halfway point to split the films? Part way through The chapter Flies and Spiders would be my guess.
 
Mallorn said:
As said above, mixed reactions to this possible film and, another one to follow? Is this the book in two parts or will it be spun out with extra script to make the two films?

This could work better than the LOTR trilogy films of course as long as it doesn't deviate from the book much, or indeed at all.

Halfway point to split the films? Part way through The chapter Flies and Spiders would be my guess.
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quoting from the above link:

"According to studio New Line, the first will be an adaptation of The Hobbit, the novel Tolkien published before his Lord of the Rings cycle. The second will be an original story focusing on the 60 years between the book and the beginning of the Rings trilogy."
 
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