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Hobbit Movie in Four Years?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the there-and-back-again dept.

Antarctic Lemur writes "At the Powerhouse Museum LOTR Exhibition in Sydney, Peter Jackson has said a film version of The Hobbit is three years away at least. Reasons for the delay include the sale of MGM, which part-owns the movie rights to The Hobbit, and Jackson's recently filed suit against New Line Cinema, the other part-owner. Jackson is currently filming King Kong at his new facility in Wellington, NZ. Slashdot readers will also be interested in the high security planned for King Kong's pre-release screenings."

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  1. Unlike Windows Longhorn... by Nova+Express · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...I suspect all of the parts to The Hobbit will be there when it finally ships...

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  2. Just what we need by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Another King Kong movie.
    We need it as much as another Police Academy movie.

  3. Whats next... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, King Kong vs. the Shire, coming soon to a theatre near you, Spring 2010

  4. In Other News... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My plans to kill myself have been postponed by at least 4 years.

    1. Re:In Other News... by iminplaya · · Score: 3, Funny

      In more other news...
      The MPAA boyccot commitee decided to not take any action against the industry for at least 4 more years. "We have a room full of lawyers deciding our next step as we speak.", a spokesman said.

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  5. All the security in the world... by CtrlPhreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can have all the security in the world and you can't keep king kong down, the chains, the fences. Nature always will find a way, he just likes climbing tall buildings grasping girls in his clutches. We just need to accept that and move on.

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  6. Wrong by Picass0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    There will be a "Special Extended Director's Service Pack" on DVD.

  7. Yet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pirate copies are already available in China.

  8. Jackson... by flumps · · Score: 5, Funny

    sits down and starts singing about Gold.

    l

    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.
    Jackson.
    Gandalf gives the curious map to you.
    Jackson waits.

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  9. Out of the way...... by darth_silliarse · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. I ,for one, welcome our new hobbit overlords.
    2. In Soviet Russia the hobbits own you.
    3a Make LOTR Trilogy
    3b Sue New Line Cinema
    3c Make Hobbit
    3d ?????
    3e Profit!
    4. Imagine a beowulf cluster of Hobbits!
    5. Hobbits? Do they run Linux?
    6. Hobbits are real, Netcraft confirms it.
    7. Didn't you RTFA??
    8. All your hobbits are belong to us.
    9. I have no hobbits, you insensitive clod!

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  10. Re:I reckon trying to blend in in a movie theatre by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 3, Funny

    well you have 2 years and 3 months to find a girl and get her pregnant.

  11. For great security by CPgrower · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Motion Picture Association's New Zealand representative, Kevin Holland, said the industry took seriously the job of keeping movies secure from pirates.

    They hired an 800 lb. gorilla.

  12. Just keep me in the loop, ok? by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Before each show, strip search every single visitor"

    Just make sure to let me know about it when Halle Berry is going to the premiere.

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  13. Re:You laugh by ckaminski · · Score: 3, Funny

    So she killed herself, then?

  14. Re:You laugh by zulux · · Score: 4, Funny

    A friend of mine really did put off suicide until she knew how Star Wars turned out

    You could say it gave her.. ... .. a new hope.

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