Tolkien Enterprises To Film Hobbit With Jackson?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday November 23, 2006 @02:14AM 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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Re:Should LOTR not be public domain? by xoyoyo · 2006-11-23 03:36 · Score: 5, Informative

70 years after the death of the author in the UK, so you'll have to wait until 2043.
MGM may override New Line by TheSHAD0W · 2006-11-23 03:54 · Score: 4, Informative

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entry id=381433

Looks like Tolkien Enterprises isn't the only one who wants to let Jackson do the job.