Won’t you take me to … Hobbit Town!
Oh, glad tidings and great joy! The Hobbit will soon be on the big screen!While the IMDB page for The Hobbit still says that Peter Jackson and New Line are still in talks, Yahoo! Movies has this:
Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy "The Lord of the Rings."
Jackson, who directed "Rings," will serve as executive producer for "The Hobbit." A director for the prequel films has yet to be named.
I so so hope that Jackson decides to also direct the film; his work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy was absolutely brilliant. I read the books many, many years ago, before they were widely popular. I even did my major author paper in high school senior English on J. R. R. Tolkien, once I was able to convince the teacher that Tolkien should qualify as a major author. (My theme was "Tolkien: A 20th Century Epic Writer" and I earned a very rare A from that teacher for it!) When the LOTR movies came out, I was reluctant to see them, thinking that they could not do justice to the majesty and beauty that the books held. I did encourage my kids to see them though, and my son was even inspired to read the books after seeing the first movie. It was not until the winter of 2006 that I finally watched the movies. To say that I was enchanted and obsessed is only scratching the surface. I watched the movies over and over, buying the regular versions on DVD for every day watching, and the 12-disc Extended Version box set for special. I'm now thinking that a LOTR marathon is now in order!
Now we shall have Hobbit-y goodness! Unfortunately, the wait to see The Hobbit will be measured in years. Wonderful things as this are worth the wait though! Come on, Mr. Jackson ... work your magic!
The Dominion Post has more on the details of the deal and the conflict that was behind the delay.
Posted by LissaKay on 12/18/07 at 12:40 PM in
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A new set of actors, please. Peter Jackson did a fine job putting together relative unknowns for LOTR.
Since the Hobbit is a much shorter work, he can pay more attention to detail...of course, that means Smaug. His choices for that 'little' beast will be very important...let's hope there's nothing leftover from King Kong, which I found forgetful. What a waste of time...he should have been working on the Hobbit!
Remember the butter(?) casks (or kegs)? Some comedy, there. And Mirkwood Forest...wow. PJ has to really show us something.
Since the Hobbit is a much shorter work, he can pay more attention to detail...of course, that means Smaug. His choices for that 'little' beast will be very important...let's hope there's nothing leftover from King Kong, which I found forgetful. What a waste of time...he should have been working on the Hobbit!
Remember the butter(?) casks (or kegs)? Some comedy, there. And Mirkwood Forest...wow. PJ has to really show us something.
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Posted by Craig T. on 12/20 at 12:18 PM
To be released in 2010 ? Wow :( we have to wait a long time for this promising great movie. Also I see in 2011 is to be released the movie 2011 so it will be worth the wait.
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Posted by Movies on 02/06 at 02:38 AM
I did encourage my kids to see them though, and my son was even inspired to read the books after seeing the first movie. It was not until the winter of 2006 that I finally watched the movies.
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