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Reuters: "Rings" director wants to film "Hobbit"

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"Rings" director wants to film "Hobbit"
Mon 8 December, 2003 16:27

By Emma Thomasson

BERLIN (Reuters) - New Zealand film director Peter Jackson, tipped to win an Oscar for his "The Lord of the Rings" epic, says he would like to make "The Hobbit" prequel to the trilogy and work with some of the same actors again.

Speaking to journalists in Berlin ahead of the European premiere of the last part of the "Rings" trilogy -- "The Return of the King" -- Jackson said he was sad but also relieved that the mammoth project he has worked on for seven years was over.

"I'm glad there's not a fourth Lord of the Rings film next year," he said. "I feel very tired and exhausted."

"I've been working very hard this year. It was the hardest year of the whole seven really," he said, adding that the last part had twice as many computer-generated shots as the second, "The Two Towers", which won an Oscar for digital effects.

"It's my favourite because it has a stronger emotional depth than the other two films, it has a sense of closure," he said on Monday.

Despite his exhaustion, Jackson is not resting on his laurels and said if complex rights issues can be resolved he would like to direct "The Hobbit", J.R.R. Tolkien's prequel to the "Rings" trilogy set some 50 years earlier.

"I'd be interested in doing it because I think it would give continuity to the overall chapter," he said.

While many of the lead "Rings" characters do not appear in "The Hobbit" story, the wizard Gandalf, played by Ian McKellen, and Gollum, the cave dweller corrupted by the powerful ring, do and should make a comeback. Arwen, the elf princess played by Liv Tyler, could also feature again, Jackson said....
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It seems in the past that Jackson said he wouldn't do "The Hobbit" if it were ever made. Hopefully they can work those rights issues out! 😀


Edit: Here's an article ripped from TORn about the rights issues and how much Christopher Tolkien must hate the LOTR movies. It's a little long but interesting.
 
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
i'm all over that like a hooker on a $50 bill.
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Same here. I'm actually sad that ROTK is coming out next week. After this, I won't have anything good to look forward to.
 
<-- leans back in chair with fingertips touching each other

<mrburns>Excellent</mrburns>
 
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
i'm all over that like a hooker on a $50 bill.
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I'm sure Jackson is all over that too. He's realized now that he is out of work. Sure he probably has some offers to direct more pictures but not with the freedom he is used to. And since he believes he's done right by the story, he probably thinks himself the best man to do this story.

 
My fav, followed by FotR.. I like adventure stuff better then the lready done millions of times war stuff of TT and RotK
 
He be foolish not to do it. It would sell just as well as all of the the others, especially if it is done as well as the first three. Now, if he went George Lucas on us, I would be pissed...

I would definitely go see it and buy the extended set. 🙂

 
"Rights issues" is interesting to me. I was under the impression that they owned the rights, despite the fact that they didn't intend to make The Hobbit. The reasoning, if I remember correctly, was to prevent someone else coming out with it while the Lord of the Rings trilogy was in process.

I'm also sad that RotK is coming out soon, just like Pete. I loved the first two movies (despite what I perceived as a few unnecessary changes) and I'm going to miss anticipating them. This last one is going to be bittersweet.
 
great, does this mean I can't buy the 3 pack extended trilogy pack when RoTK comes out on extended version DVD and get the entire LOTR trilogy? Now I have to wait for the LOTR trilogy + The Hobbit, extended version, super duper 4 pack so they all match.
 
Originally posted by: Staley8
great, does this mean I can't buy the 3 pack extended trilogy pack when RoTK comes out on extended version DVD and get the entire LOTR trilogy? Now I have to wait for the LOTR trilogy + The Hobbit, extended version, super duper 4 pack so they all match.
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Yup. All 200 hours of it 😉
 
Originally posted by: VictorLazlo
Originally posted by: thomsbrain
i'm all over that like a hooker on a $50 bill.
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Same here. I'm actually sad that ROTK is coming out next week. After this, I won't have anything good to look forward to.
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im thinking the same thing.
those movies are just so good. they rival star wars (original 3) and might even surpass them in my book.
i would definitely go see the hobbit and i would buy the DVD's as well.
do it!
 
Originally posted by: CChaos
"Rights issues" is interesting to me. I was under the impression that they owned the rights, despite the fact that they didn't intend to make The Hobbit. The reasoning, if I remember correctly, was to prevent someone else coming out with it while the Lord of the Rings trilogy was in process.
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The reason that they were able to make the LOTR movies is because Tolkien himself sold off the film rights long ago. However he didn't sell the film rights to "The Hobbit" so the Tolkien Estate still owns them.

As far as I know, Christopher Tolkien, his eldest son and executor of the estate, has never supported the making of the LOTR movies and would probably never sell the film rights to "The Hobbit"


Edit: Here's an article ripped from TORn about the rights issues and how much Christopher Tolkien must hate the LOTR movies. It's a little long but interesting.
 
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Was just reading on another forum, apparently Vin Diesel (SP?) wants to play Bilbo. :disgust:
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Luckily the universe would never punish us in that way.
 
Originally posted by: aves2k
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Was just reading on another forum, apparently Vin Diesel (SP?) wants to play Bilbo. :disgust:
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Luckily the universe would never punish us in that way.
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Gollum: "what do you have in your pockets!?!"

Bilbo: "NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWSSSSS!!!!!"
 
From CNN.com

AP: There's a lot of curiosity now about whether anyone will film Tolkien's prequel, "The Hobbit." Are you interested in directing that someday?

JACKSON: I'd be happy to. It would be strange for somebody else to do it. And I also think to do justice to "The Hobbit" it would be great to bring some of the same actors back. (Like Ian McKellen for the wizard Gandalf and Andy Serkis for the ghoulish Gollum.) I think it would be cool thing to have the continuity of the design and the look and feel of the world and use whatever actors we're able to repeat in the story.
 
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