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The Hobbit On Hold
Flea of Pain writes "Director Guillermo Del Toro has confirmed upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit has been put on hold indefinitely because the movie has been caught in a 'tangled negotiation' over the future of the MGM movie studio. The film, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's first book in the fantasy series, was reportedly due to begin shooting this summer, but has been mired in delays. Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, who will act as producer on the new film, recently dismissed rumors of trouble with the picture, insisting, 'It's not really been delayed, because we've never announced the date.'"
Now what will I do?
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Bond 23 has also been delayed because of MGM's legal issues. http://www.imdb.com/news/ni2143090/
I was looking forward to seeing Mr. Craig shoot some guns, drive some fast cars, and flirt with some girls.
I remember the book containing a lot more botany.
Personally, I'm glad Peter Jackson didn't make it all about pipe-weed. The only thing worse than a LoTR Fanboi is one who smokes up every day.
Given Jackson's track record with LOTR the Hobbit movies are worth a couple billion dollars in revenue. There is absolutely no possibility they won't get made. There have been several fits of "on hold" while the rights were negotiated with the Tolkiens. There will be more "on hold" moments while more parties wrangle for their cut. In the end it will make it to the screen because everyone, absolutely everyone, wants this.
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We actually performed The Hobbit in a play on stage, a musical no less.. What could a movie possibly add? Besides my list of movies to boycott is already full. I'm afraid I just can't squeeze any more in.
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But there is little better than partaking and reading LOTR or watching the movies.
Enough with putting this movie on hold... they need to sort out their dispute now. I mean, personally, I really want to see this movie... but aside from my interest, this movie will be a blockbuster and it will make a lot of money. They are retarded for letting it be put "on hold"... get over it and make this damn movie.
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Over rock and under tree,
But not by a movie studio.
They can't wait too long. Ian McKellen just turned 71.
maybe now they can start work on avatar porn /nt
Slashdot has covered the leak a number of times, most recently yesterday.
And I thought our discussion of who was the best bond was off-topic.
US senators will move to restrict access to this and other films like it, as it may induce notions of freedom and provocative thought amoungst an otherwise docile, ignorant and perverted American populus.
I think it's very important that they use the same producers, studio, staff as much as possible so that the look and feel aspects of the production are consistent and in line with the wonderful epic triology. It should really fit seemlessly in with the LOTR. I'm not sure Ian Holm is young enough to play the part of Bilbo however, they did pretty good making him look young in the cave scene, finding The One Ring but I don't think they can swing him doing the entire film. He is talented enough to do it however, I would just hate to see them overlay a bunch of CGI and make him look like a star ware episode 5-6 Yoda.
years. The copy copyright was in 1937, 28 years, plus a possible 47 year extension. 75 years Max and assuming the filed properly.
2012 it expires. Seems to me the Tolkien estate should suck whatever blood they can get from our culture now.
The Renewal System
Under the 1909 copyright law, works copyrighted in the United States before
January 1, 1978, were subject to a renewal system in which the term of copyright
was divided into two consecutive terms. Renewal registration, within strict time
limits, was required as a condition of securing the second term and extending
the copyright to its maximum length.
On January 1, 1978, the current copyright law (title 17 of the United States
Code) came into effect in the United States. This law retained the renewal
system for works that were copyrighted before 1978 and were still in their first
terms on January 1, 1978. For these works the statute provides for a first term of
copyright protection lasting for 28 years, with the possibility for a second term
of 47 years. The 1992 amending legislation automatically secures this second
term for works copyrighted between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1977.
The Hobbit was published in 1937. It had to be extende withing 28 year. 1965 at the latest.
The second extension is for 47 years. meaning the second, and final extension shoud ahve ended in 2007.
note: If a copyright originally secured before January 1, 1964, was not renewed at
the proper time, copyright protection expired at the end of the 28th calendar year
of the copyright and could not be restored.
Some of the first runs didn't even have a copyright mark, so one could argue the copyright is invalad. You would need to be a dick to argue that.
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im no zealot of anyone or anything about the movies, however, jackson did a good job with the trilogy. if so, i would consider it stupid to not use the guy who was tested and succeeded.
maybe i should not watch that, not taking the risk. 'tolkien estate' has valued their immediate profits over the importance and value of the lotr saga after all. it would send a good message.
i mean, really, as someone said about wall street, 'how many yachts you can water ski behind'.
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however, jackson did a good job with the trilogy.
Elf shield surfing.
Dwarf tossing jokes.
Rewriting parts of the story to make it 'more exciting'.
Let's just say that he did ok, hmmm?
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Peter Jackson has said before that the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition will not be released on BluRay until after he is finished up with The Hobbit, because he needs to be directly involved in the project. So does this mean that, since he won't be busy on the Hobbit right now, he'll have time to work on that? Or is LotR EE BR now in indefinite hold too?
So does this mean that the blu-ray EE trilogy will be delayed as well ?
The film, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's first book in the fantasy series
Not the first.
Okay, so maybe the Silmarillion wasn't the first book to be published but it's the first in historical significance to the world of Middle-Earth. And if you didn't get the reference of my link text, we don't need your kind here.
I'm glad they've put a stop to it too.
Fucking Aragorn in the Hobbit. What the fuck were they thinking.
Jackson fucked LotR, and was about to fuck the Hobbit (not a pretty thought). We should all rejoice with a handful of pipeweed.
Lord of the Rings.. three movies of nothing but walking...
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In life+50 countries like Canada, it will be 2024 (it becomes PD Jan 1 of the year after the 50th anniversary of the death), but in the US, since it was copyrighted under the rules in place then, with the extensions (geekoid forgot about the 20 year extension in 1998), the copyright will expire in 2033. In the UK and EU and many other countries where it is life+70, it will be PD in 2044. This is all assuming the terms aren't extended yet again.
I'm glad they've put a stop to it too.
Fucking Aragorn in the Hobbit. [...]
I knew Bilbo lived alone and never married, and took a young hobbit into his underground home to be his ward, but I thought the Batman parallels ended there. And wasn't Batman really straight anyway? I thought that the "Batman is gay" thing was a joke. And Aragorn is in love with Arwen. No, no. None of this adds up at all!
They can't wait too long. Ian McKellen just turned 71.
According to the Silmarillion, Gandalf (Olórin) was a Maiar and therefore around before the creation of the world. Being as old as dirt is a postive advantage for this role
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Inquiring minds of under 18s would want to know.
In any case, given that del Toro is a better director than Jackson, I think that the final product will be great.
Producing is an entirely different beast from directing. Actually an overbearing director can be the worst news for a film, since he may want to see his ideas in the film, robing creative control form the person that should have it: the director.
IANAL but write like a drunk one.
So is the movie going to suddenly change perspective and go fro 3rd person to first person "Through Dildo's Eyes" ala The Blair Witch Project?
Let's not forget that the Hobbit was the crappies book he wrote. He should have smoked less pot at the time and at least kept the point of view consistent....
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