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Tolkien Enterprises To Film Hobbit With Jackson?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rumors-keep-milling dept.

cyclomedia writes "TheOneRing.Net has a new scoop on the ongoing Hobbit Movie saga, sourced from elbenwald.de. Apparently the rights to make the Hobbit film fall back to Saul Zaentz 'next year.' He claims that, under their stewardship, The Hobbit will 'definitely be shot by Peter Jackson.' For the whippersnappers amongst you: Mr. Zaentz is the head honcho of Tolkien Enterprises, which originally acquired exclusive rights to productions of the LOTR and Hobbit material in 1976, prior to overseeing the Bakshi animated version of LOTR."

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  1. Hooray! by Hubbell · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Another classic that is near and dear to all our nerdy hearts is about to be butchered by Jackson. To be quite honest, he ruined the Lord of the Rings trilogy in my mind, every idea I had about mordor was torn asunder and beaten like baby seals.

  2. Depressing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can't we find some other crap like another King Kong movie that would be much more suited to Jackson's 'competence' and find someone who's actually read the subject mater to direct this fourth time?

    I shudder to think how Jackson will butcher the story...