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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. Re:Tolkein? by BeeBeard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't you mean "Who are you Tolkien about?" :)

  2. New scoops coming soon by Rastignac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Peter Jackson will write a book "If I Did It". He will also sing a reggae song "I shot the Hobbit" (featuring Gollum as a CGI Bob Marley).

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    1. Re:New scoops coming soon by BeeBeard · · Score: 5, Funny

      "No precioussssss I did not shoot stupid, fat deputy!"

      I'd buy it!

  3. I just wanna know... by cronot · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... what all these guys have against the Hobbit? I mean, this Saul guy is hiring that thug Peter to have the Hobbit shot... That Hobbit should have banged his wife or something...

  4. Stewardship by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, if there's anything Return of the King taught us, it's the value of a good Steward.

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  5. Re:Does this explain New Line's decision? by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Let's be really nice to him so he'll keep making these financially successful films for us."

          But, but, after you account for all the 5 star hotels, first class air tickets, german cars, party girls and cocaine, the film actually lost money! "What - you mean we have to buy our OWN coke?" - A random New Line executive

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  6. I dunno.... by srhoades · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tolkien, Hobbits, Elf's??? All of this sounds as if it has a bad ring to it.