I am in geek heaven. Just announced yesterday (Dec 18), Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have settled their differences, and are going ahead with… THE HOBBIT!!!! HAZZAH!!!! I am so looking forward to this film, and with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh serving as Executive Producers, it will be as high a quality of film as The Lord of the Rings was. This will be an epic prequel to one of the best Trilogies ever put to celluloid.
WOW!!! I just can’t believe how excited I am to see this picture. We’ll get to see Bilbo, Elrond, lots of Dwarves, Gandalf (let’s hope that Ian comes back, which I’m sure he will… he said he would love to play Gandalf again), Gollum, and of course Smaug: A BIG FREAKING DRAGON!
Here’s some details stolen from Dark Horizons (where I go to get my movie info):
* MGM and New Line will co-finance and co-distribute two films, "The Hobbit" and a sequel to "The Hobbit." New Line will distribute in North America and MGM will distribute internationally.
* Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as Executive Producers of two films based on "The Hobbit." New Line will manage the production of the films, which will be shot simultaneously.
The two "Hobbit" films - "The Hobbit" and its sequel - are scheduled to be shot simultaneously, with pre-production beginning as soon as possible. Principal photography is tentatively set for a 2009 start, with the intention of "The Hobbit" release slated for 2010 and its sequel the following year, in 2011.
I’m not sure what a sequel to the Hobbit would entail, unless they are breaking up the book over two movies. Perhaps it’s the goings on of all the characters between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, which would make for a good story as well. Get Viggo back to hunt down Gollum. Ooh… shivers. Let's also hope that Jackson jumps on board to Direct as well.
We now have a new date to look forward too. Christmas 2010! Three years of waiting has started!
WOOT!!!!!
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