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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?
"I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
well, not really.
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an audience.
I was looking forward to seeing Mr. Craig shoot some guns, drive some fast cars, and flirt with some girls.
Teaches me not to read the subject line first. For a moment I was wondering what version of the hobbit you were referring to!!!!
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All the really cool kids like George Lazenby.
None of them can see the clouds; The polished wings don't care.
There is absolutely no possibility they won't get made.
If it gets delayed until 2012, some would argue there's a very good possibility it won't get made regardless of how profitable it would be. Because that's when Sauron is prophesied to come back, and he has a really good legal team.
I think it's a false comparison.
Brosnan was at the last in a newest 'gadget' cycle of the series. Mr. Craig version he IS the weapon.
The bond series gadgets cycle in there and back again.
See what I did there?
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Christopher Tolkien released an amended version of The Hobbit based on his father's notes and drafts.
Apparently the elder Tolkien did a LOT of speed in his autumn years...
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!
Rewriting parts of the story to make it 'more exciting'.
Which tends to be why the consensus is that the LOTR movies are better than the books.
Holy crap dude, nobody should want Tom Bombadil. Seriously.