The Hobbit Flick(s?) Apparently A Go-Ahead
Author: AF Duncan
December 18th, 2007
Thanks to an agreement between warring tribes Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema, Tolkien’s The Hobbit — a.k.a. the one Middle Earth book that isn’t insanely boring — is finally on its way to the big screen. That sound you just heard was a million nerd boners popping at once.
Jackson will executive produce these highly lucrative LotR prequels. A director has yet to be named.
Two “Hobbit” films are scheduled to be shot simultaneously, similar to how the three “Lord of the Rings” films were made. Production is set to begin in 2009 with a released planned for 2010, with the sequel scheduled for a 2011 release.
And with that, New Line, smarting from the flopitude of The Golden Compass, breathes a huge sigh of relief.
Fingers crossed that whoever makes this keeps the Rankin-Bass songs intact! Yikes.
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7 Responses to “The Hobbit Flick(s?) Apparently A Go-Ahead”
December 19th, 2007 at 9:17 am
The rumors I’m hearing have Sam Raimi in talks to do the Hobbit.
December 19th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
I hope that doesn’t mean yet another gratuitous Bruce Campbell cameo.
December 19th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Hell, Bruce should play BILBO! (and Ted Raimi as Gandolf.C’mon, people! Let’s start a campaign!)
December 20th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
haha, that would really be horrible.
December 21st, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Seriously, the LAST thing I want to see is another overblown Tolkien movie- let alone two! Wasn’t Raimi supposed to be doing a “Shadow/Doc Savage” thing? THAT I’d much rather see!
December 24th, 2007 at 10:00 am
It is nice to see someone else acknowledge how boring the LOTR book trilogy is. I loved The Hobbit, but the LOTR books were a chore.
December 24th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
And for the record…Raimi’s next film is supposed to be a low budget horror film, based on a script he and his brother wrote back in their EVIL DEAD days.ALL RIGHT!