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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. Can he (or anybody) repeat it the glory though? by Bryan+Gividen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, Jackson has set a huge standard for himself here. He has the three movies that progressively got better, ending in a movie that won 11 awards. People's expectations will be high (cough*EpisodeOne*cough) and if he doesn't deliver, it won't matter how good of a movie it is, he's going to get ripped a new one.

    1. Re:Can he (or anybody) repeat it the glory though? by tuffy · · Score: 5, Insightful
      People's expectations will be high (cough*EpisodeOne*cough) and if he doesn't deliver, it won't matter how good of a movie it is, he's going to get ripped a new one.

      The difference is, people *do* know what to expect from "the Hobbit", having read the book and seen the LotR films. And this one is much more conductive to film than those were, which should make his work even easier. All PJ has to do is not foul things up and the fans will be back like they were for the previous movies.

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  2. Re:Perfected? by damiam · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That fact that you noticed only a few out of many hundreds of CG enhancements show just how good a job Weta did.

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