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Peter Jackson Hints At The Hobbit
Hellboy0101 writes "News.com.au is reporting that New Line Cinema is currently in talks to purchase the rights to the film adaptation of The Hobbit. There are apparently some difficulties with getting the go ahead from Tolkien's son Christopher, who is executor of the estate. When asked if New Line has approached him about the project, Jackson said he has not ruled it out, but not until after King Kong is done. 'New Line, which spent $US300million ($415 million) making the films, is already planning to continue its Rings success with an adaptation of Tolkien's novel The Hobbit.
More difficulties with the Tolkien estate were looming, said Jackson, who added that he would be keen to get involved after he finishes remaking King Kong in 2006. "New Line haven't actually talked to me about The Hobbit. I know there's difficulty about the rights, certainly if they want to talk to me about it I'd be keen," he said.'"
Learn from the mistakes of others and leave while you're on top! Besides, the animated version of The Hobbit is already a gem.
(Although if you must... you have my sword)
Like beating the Bishop?
It seems really strange that The Hobbit, a story about a 3 foot tall theif, is considered a bigger event than the story of a 50 foot tall gorrilla.
I Guess size doesnt matter.
When life gives you crap, Make Crapade.
Sluggy Freelance.
The 50's called. They want their lingo back.
As long as LOTR doesn't EVER become a crappy tv series (probably a cartoon or anime at that)...
I won't have to kill myself.
Esoteric reference.
Do not let that guy with the prehensile uvula mangle the song The Road Goes Ever On like he did in the Rankin/Bass cartoon.
Now I wasn't clear from the summary, but are you saying there's some sort of difficulty with getting the rights from the estate? Or that he'll wait until after King Kong? I think you need to repeat it maybe 6-7 more times, just to be sure.
The Hobbit story happens before the Rings story, so maybe they could get Ewan McGregor to play Obi-wan.
I have been pwned because my
well, Bilbo would seem to be another, but he's really not important to the story.
When life gives you crap, Make Crapade.
Sluggy Freelance.
a few I can think of offhand, Bilbo (!!), Agent Smith^W^W Elrond, Gollum (Andy Serkis!!!!!!!!)...
NO CARRIER
Yea, and then... the Silmarillion.
Tolkien's rewrite of the bible, spoken in elvish. Mel Gibson is slated for involvement, I hear.
The key to the enjoyment of pop music is to replace any instance of "love" with "C.H.U.D."
Who do you get to be an expert to tell you something's not obvious? The least insightful person you can find? -J Roberts
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The fabled new character from Return of the King would be an ideal inclusion on this new Hobbit movie. 8)
Karma Whoring for Fun and Profit.
Maybe they could get Leonard Nimoy to pen the songs for the Hobbit movie.
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He could use this as his resume for the job:
http://homepage.mac.com/evanbaumgardner/iMovieThe
> I wonder if they can all get... Andy Serkis
if?
i think he's already waiting in the studio carpark.
prof.
"Gandalf is not a man -- he is istari, an immortal Maya"
I didn't realize that wizards were from Mexico.
(...It's Maia.)
GL
Bring on Leonard Nimoy to do the theme song; or better yet, we could get Wil Wheaton to do a hip modern cover of the ballad of Bilbo Baggins. CleverNickName, are you up to the challenge?
- Cath
threw the book down and ran out of the room shrieking like a little girl.
;)
As long as you shrieked in Quenya, you have nothing to be ashamed of.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Shome thingsh in here don't react well to arrowsh!
Ent draught - shaken, not stirred.
And I can just picture gandalf with a dragon-hilted katana...
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
You are in a comfortable tunnel like hall.
to the east there is the round green door.
you see:
the wooden chest.
Gandalf. Gandalf is carrying
a curious map.
Thorin.
Gandalf gives the curious map to you.
Thorin says " Hurry up "
> HIT THORIN
You attack Thorin.
But the effort is wasted. His defense is too strong.
Thorin attacks you.
With one well place blow Thorin cleaves your skull.
You are dead.
You have mastered 0.0% of this adventure.
READY.
PRINT ""+-0
Actually, he's too busy filming the MTV Movie Awards parody of ROTK to involve himself in another project.
Like the keymaker...
I think there is a world market for maybe five personal web logs.
They are making it because Hollywood has turned introspective, looking at itself for plots. They're obviously on a 100 year cycle, and are starting the second iteration. Every 100 years is going to be just like the last 100 years, but updated. If you are lucky, improved medicine will let you stand in line in the year 2077 to see a cool little movie about a guy in a galaxy far, far away. Except, you'll smell the wookie.
This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!
Yeah, Juliet has nice tits.
like butter that has been scraped over too much bread
One of Tolkien's most powerful similes.
I personally blame the Japanese
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I'm afraid that you've caught me on this. I don't remember the source. I definitely remember reading it and being just stunned.
It very likely could have been Variety magazine within the past two months.
Of course, if this film actually does get made, the production may be reduced to realistic levels that can generate a profit. But in the present Hollywood climate, it doesn't seem likely.
I had dismissed the King Kong remake rumor as Hollywood vaporware until I saw the reference to it in the article that generated this Slashdot topic. Now it seems quite possibly true.
If so then I think that Hollywood in 2003 is in the same position that the Dot-Com industry was in 1998. Obsessed with bigger and bigger projects that in the light of day stand no real chance of ever being profitable. And having each success encourage a wilder grander more expensive project.
Sort of like a gambler doubling his bet on each successful roll of the dice.
And they want their monkey back.
They saw what happened to Godzilla.
Ben
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...who develops an obsession about a tiny blonde human woman pet. (Hollywood metaphor anyone?).
Yeah man, that's soooo King Kong.
Errr wait...
And you can not have me. On the behalf of the estate of the Axe, I refuse.
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Silly, by the time it's released, ticket prices will be $15 each, so they'll only need to rope in 30 million people...
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D00dz! It's on Kazaa today! Save your 400 million, and snag it today!
"Are you sure that's not $400 million New Zealand dollars? (That's about $US200 million.)"
And if I download a ripped copy of that movie from Kazaa, even if I own the DVD, that money won't go to buy a gaffer's glasses.
"Derp de derp."
In which Bilbo and the band of heroic dwarves are joined by Legol'c, a reformed Elf who wears a lot of lipstick, and travel time and space to discover other civilisations that also look suspiciously like hobbits and dwarves and mostly use the Common Speech (it all keeps the budget down).
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
Ah yes, but there's going to be a great scene in which the CGI Kong argues with himself about whether or not he loves the girl or just wants to eat her. ("You're a liar! And a chimp!" - "Not listening!")
Ade_
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Big Bubbles (no troubles) - what sucks, who sucks and you suck
No Gimli, I would not want to go through Moria unless there were no other choices. You see, I will die in Moria, and then come back and act real stupid for a few minutes in film 2. I will see Merry and Pippin first in film 2, and end up with Treebeard saying "Gandalf said to protect you". Later on I will see a man, an elf, and a dwarf (fresh from the Riddemark), and act surprised when they call me Gandalf. Yet, I'd already seen Merry and Pippin, and they sure as hell would have called me Gandalf already. So, load another bong full of Longbottom!
Except, you'll smell the wookie.
You'll probably experience about the same experience into the 7th or 8th hour of LOTR marathons....
(for a *very* fun combination, try reading Do Cyborgs Dream of Electric Sheep? and watching Blade Runner)
Is that the sequel to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- Gandalf for president!
What! If that's not a spoiler I dont know what is? (ie that Middle Earth is in fact a Republic and not a Monarchy as the title suggests).
28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds... that is when the world will end.