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Peter Jackson Says "Hobbit" Movie In The Works

Posted by timothy on from the that's-what-bilbo-baggins-hates dept.

Patik writes "'Lord of the Rings' Director Peter Jackson is planning to film 'The Hobbit,' according to this Associated Press article. Jackson, who is currently filming 'King Kong', is waiting for New Line and MGM, the two studios with rights to the film, to battle it out for rights to make the prequel. Jackson also mentions wanting the movie to feel just like the LOTR trilogy, including having Ian McKellen return as Gandalf." (This is better than just hinting.)

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  1. Uh oh.. by HullBreach · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just so they dont make the Simalarion. That was freaking painful!

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  2. Let's hope Jackson keeps his movies straight. by mikeophile · · Score: 5, Funny

    While the thought of Bilbo climbing the Empire State Building holding Fay Wray is rather entertaining, I think it might disturb the purists.

  3. Re:rar by grungebox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good job, genius. Ian Holm is the guy who played Bilbo in the trilogy. Ian McKellen played Gandalf. I know it's hard to grasp that more than one person in the world can be named "Ian," so I sympathize with your idiocy.

  4. Re:Can he (or anybody) repeat it the glory though? by smkndrkn · · Score: 5, Funny

    *cough* he's not lucas *cough*

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  5. smog by n0nsensical · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, yes, I just love what L.A. is doing with smog lately. It's simply incredible. Words can't describe it. Far better than Houston or Mexico City could ever hope for.

  6. Re:Ian Holm returns as Bilbo? by Roger+Keith+Barrett · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about Hobbits: The Battle for Endor?

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  7. The Elvish transition by geekoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Hobbit elves:
    "Fa, la, la, la lolly"

    LoTR elves:
    "Are time is done, woes."

    Las Vegas Elvis:
    "Do you take the woman to be your lawfully wedded wife"

    San Fransisco Elvis:
    "Do you take the woman to be your lawfully wedded husband"

    Elvis Costello:
    "Hey man, leave me out of you dumb Elvish thing."

    Abbot and Castello:
    "Who's on first..."

    and so on

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  8. changes for movie by acvh · · Score: 5, Funny

    if Liv Tyler lives in Laketown and is given credit for killing Smaug I'm out of there.....

  9. Re:Ian Holm returns as Bilbo? by teh*fink · · Score: 5, Funny

    At the end when Bilbo returns to the Shire he encounters a number of Hobbits in the process of auctioning off his possessions.

    well hell we can just cut the ending short like we did with the scouring of the shire. ;)

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