General The Hobbit confirmed - Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema, and MGM

[The Helper]

ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER PETER JACKSON AND NEW LINE CINEMA JOIN WITH MGM TO PRODUCE “THE HOBBIT,” EAGERLY-ANTICIPATED FANTASY ADVENTURE EPIC

NEW LINE AND MGM TO CO-PRODUCE AND SHARE WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS

PETER JACKSON AND FRAN WALSH TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE TWO FILMS BASED ON “THE HOBBIT”

PETER JACKSON AND NEW LINE CINEMA JOIN WITH MGM TO PRODUCE “THE HOBBIT” Movie

December 18, 2007 ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER PETER JACKSON AND NEW LINE CINEMA JOIN WITH MGM TO PRODUCE “THE HOBBIT,” EAGERLY-ANTICIPATED FANTASY ADVENTURE EPIC NEW LINE AND MGM TO CO-PRODUCE AND SHARE WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS PETER JACKSON AND FRAN WALSH TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE TWO FILMS BASED ON...

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[Uberplayer]

>TWO FILMS
Even better

You wrote the whole thing in capitalized letters .. oh.. it's written in capitalized on the site..

 

[konerboy]

The hobbit book is also alot more exiting than lotr

 

[Idontknowyou]

woo! we were all waiting for this

 

[Cornface]

Whoa, another LOTR! Awesome!
YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY YAAEHEHAEHHA YEE-HAW
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[Geelottaja]

But... Why two movies? Yeah, more money and you can do more of the things that happened in the books and stuff, but still? It isn't that long.

 

[seph ir oth]

But... Why two movies? Yeah, more money and you can do more of the things that happened in the books and stuff, but still? It isn't that long.

The money alone is attractive enough, and I'm sure they will add some filler for both films since, as you said, the book isn't that long.

 

[LurkerAspect]

I personally don't give a s***. It's Peter jackson, every movie I've seen by him is EXCELLENT. Now take Eragon, (a really bad movie in my opinion, a "highlight" package ) imagine it had been directed by Peter Jackson. He has experience with fantasies, he could've made that movie a real legend, not some flimsy, action-packed movie that is really a boast of special effects.

I'd love to see the hobbit, I've heard or read the stroy about 8 times, and I love it to pieces. If it's done by Peter Jackson, who defied every other nob who tried to create the LOTR series, and make The Hobbit a legendary movie as well... <breathe in> <sigh...> that would be sooo great... <

Hey! Even better, there's gonna be a game based on the movie! Tell me when that's gonna be released!!

 

[emjlr3]

great news, cant wait, the Hobbit was a great book, cannot wait to see how they portray Biorn

 

[Father_Yetti]

Eek!

Cool, I can wait, but I am excited. My younger brother is going to wet himself. I think I've seen him reading The Hobbit like 8 times front to back. I heard someone mention games, in my humble opinion I seldom find a game created in a movie's wake that has any real staying power. Sure some of the LOTR's games were good, however, few have the replay value of say WCIII TFT, even if some of them were R.T.S. style.

 

[Lobster]

ya, lotr was a great movie and stuff, but Isnt it kindof late (I knew they had troubles already, but) If your going to wait to make a prequel, dont wait this long.

Of course, LOTR was based of a book published around, was it WW2?

 

[Prometheus]

Finally, the hobbit! And its not some crappy animation!

 

[JuffoWup]

Peter Jackson ? The honorable Lord Jackson ?! The same guy who produced movies of dubious quality like
Flying killer piranhas and Bad taste ? The same gentleman who masterfully portrayed cult classic like LotR ? C'mon you fantasy geeks admit it ! Jackson turned whole LotR
into a beautiful, touching opera with flying super elf, comic relief dwarf and Fairy king
( who was human btw ) and just used exorbitantly large amounts of money to take audience's and critic's attention away from rather gigantic plotholes with "massive" battle scenes.

Kindly disregard that, hobbit the book was bad enough, and now that Jackie boy makes film about it, I bet Bilbo Baggins, the dynamic protagonist can flip somersaults and throw shurikens and decapitate trolls with single blow, all along some triumph majestic victory dance blasting from background.. PASS

Please refrain from using such language in your posting.

--SilverHawk

 

[Daskunk]

Yay, the hobbit! Im not a huge lotr fan but I think I liked the hobbit better than the other books.



JuffoWup, I would like to see you do it better....

 

[Aqua Dragon]

WOO! NEver been a MAJOR LOTR fan but They are indeed good movies. Can't wait to see how this turns out.

You need to stop cussing so freakin much JuffoWup . Besides, not like you can do much better.

 

[The Helper]

We usually let a little cussing slide but JuffoWup you are pushing the limits on that one.

 

[Sim]

Great news. It's exciting indeed

If it's of the same quality as the LOTR trilogy, we can expect something epic coming out from Peter Jackson.

I also find the 2-movies idea the best they could have. Even if it seems shorts, there is a lot of stuff that happens in The Hobbit, and they couldn't just cut a few things and release the movie. Everything needs to be done, everything needs to happen and everything needs to be precised with an entirety of details. Only 2 movies of 1 book can do that.

 

[JuffoWup]

Yay, the hobbit! Im not a huge lotr fan but I think I liked the hobbit better than the other books.



JuffoWup, I would like to see you do it better....

Hell yes I'd do, just pass me the amount of money Jackson used to elude dimwitted nutsuckers to take his "masterpiece" seriously, and I'd put the money on better use by creating guinness world record by burning record breaking pile of LoTr copies... That book alone is at least questionable reading for mature audiences, and more questionable literal puke by man who is a professor for gods sake.

I'm done

 

[The Helper]

This kind of reminds me of the LOTR vs. Star Wars in Clerks 2.