Two hobbit films planned-for LOTR prequel!

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santz

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Best news i have heard all week!

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http://movies.ign.com/articles/741/741713p1.html

"Two Hobbit Films Planned
MGM touts twice the LOTR prequel action.
by IGN Staff


October 25, 2006 - MGM and New Line Cinema are moving ever closer to making J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit a big-screen reality. And now it seems that the studios may be planning not one, but two films based on the 1937 fantasy novel.

MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands revealed the plans this past weekend during a trade show in Orlando, Florida, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The Hobbit follows Bilbo Baggins on an adventure with a band of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf as they attempt to reclaim the dwarves' stolen treasure and restore their kingdom

This is the second time in the past month that Sands has publicly commented on the project. A few weeks ago, he issued a statement in response to a fan petition urging MGM and New Line to pursue Lord of the Rings helmer Peter Jackson as the director of The Hobbit.

"Peter Jackson's phenomenal success with The Lord of the Rings trilogy makes him the first and most ideal choice for directing The Hobbit. MGM would be thrilled to collaborate with the Academy Award-winning director on this MGM New Line Cinema production," Sands said.

Keep your browser set to IGN for more Hobbit updates."
 
dainthomas

dainthomas

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It's a fairly short book. I'm surprised it'll take two films, unless they didn't want another 3+ hour marathon.
 
yllus

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Blah. I own and enjoyed all three of the LOTR movies (and read the trilogy, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion) but I always find myself fast forwarding through the hobbit scenes. They're SO BORING.

Can't we get a few tales from The Silmarillion instead? Elves are about ten thousand times more interesting than the often ambiguously gay hobbits.
 
NuclearNed

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Originally posted by: yllus
Blah. I own and enjoyed all three of the LOTR movies (and read the trilogy, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion) but I always find myself fast forwarding through the hobbit scenes. They're SO BORING.

Can't we get a few tales from The Silmarillion instead? Elves are about ten thousand times more interesting than the often ambiguously gay hobbits.
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The Silmarillion would be really difficult to film, but it is my favorite book of the entire series.
 
foghorn67

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Originally posted by: yllus
Blah. I own and enjoyed all three of the LOTR movies (and read the trilogy, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion) but I always find myself fast forwarding through the hobbit scenes. They're SO BORING.

Can't we get a few tales from The Silmarillion instead? Elves are about ten thousand times more interesting than the often ambiguously gay hobbits.
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exactly.
 
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Yanagi

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Two hobbit films, I for one am glad that they have decided doing two films.

Imagine how much information it is in a book, all the small details. You cannot fit everything of that in a 3 hour film. Thats why I enjoy reading the books before I see the movie version.
 
Schadenfroh

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I read the hobbit and it was a great book, but I dont see how one can make two films out of it.
 
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Great book, but like others have said..2 films?


The armies at the end will be cool to see though :)
 
Queasy

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Originally posted by: Auryg
Great book, but like others have said..2 films?


The armies at the end will be cool to see though :)
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I imagine they could split it into two movies somewhere around Bilbo and the dwarves are captured by the elves and make their escape.

Even for a book that is much shorter than the LOTR, it could still be easily split into two IMHO.
 
Linflas

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Originally posted by: santz
Best news i have heard all week!

Link
http://movies.ign.com/articles/741/741713p1.html

"Two Hobbit Films Planned
MGM touts twice the LOTR prequel action.
by IGN Staff


October 25, 2006 - MGM and New Line Cinema are moving ever closer to making J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit a big-screen reality. And now it seems that the studios may be planning not one, but two films based on the 1937 fantasy novel.

MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands revealed the plans this past weekend during a trade show in Orlando, Florida, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The Hobbit follows Bilbo Baggins on an adventure with a band of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf as they attempt to reclaim the dwarves' stolen treasure and restore their kingdom

This is the second time in the past month that Sands has publicly commented on the project. A few weeks ago, he issued a statement in response to a fan petition urging MGM and New Line to pursue Lord of the Rings helmer Peter Jackson as the director of The Hobbit.

"Peter Jackson's phenomenal success with The Lord of the Rings trilogy makes him the first and only choice for directing The Hobbit. MGM would be thrilled to collaborate with the Academy Award-winning director on this MGM New Line Cinema production," Sands said.

Keep your browser set to IGN for more Hobbit updates."
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Fixed the press release for them if they want it to be successful.
 
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Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: santz
Best news i have heard all week!

Link
http://movies.ign.com/articles/741/741713p1.html

"Two Hobbit Films Planned
MGM touts twice the LOTR prequel action.
by IGN Staff


October 25, 2006 - MGM and New Line Cinema are moving ever closer to making J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit a big-screen reality. And now it seems that the studios may be planning not one, but two films based on the 1937 fantasy novel.

MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands revealed the plans this past weekend during a trade show in Orlando, Florida, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The Hobbit follows Bilbo Baggins on an adventure with a band of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf as they attempt to reclaim the dwarves' stolen treasure and restore their kingdom

This is the second time in the past month that Sands has publicly commented on the project. A few weeks ago, he issued a statement in response to a fan petition urging MGM and New Line to pursue Lord of the Rings helmer Peter Jackson as the director of The Hobbit.

"Peter Jackson's phenomenal success with The Lord of the Rings trilogy makes him the first and only choice for directing The Hobbit. MGM would be thrilled to collaborate with the Academy Award-winning director on this MGM New Line Cinema production," Sands said.

Keep your browser set to IGN for more Hobbit updates."
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Fixed the press release for them if they want it to be successful.
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Seriously - if they don't get the original cast, including bilbo and all, it'll be :(.

Two movies...I imagine the few action scenes from the book are going to be blown way up.
 
ElFenix

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
I read the hobbit and it was a great book, but I dont see how one can make two films out of it.
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split it up right after bilbo escapes the orcs in the mountains of the mist
 
Fingolfin269

Fingolfin269

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Eh, you only need 2 people from the original cast and I'm sure McKellan would do it. I don't know why you would want Ian Holm to play a younger version of himself though.

BTW, you only have to deal with one hobbit in this book so worrying about 'ambiguosly gay' hobbits is not a big deal. :p
 
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