The Hobbit

[Funkenstein]

I guess the thread should be changed to "its not happening".

[Mr March]

Latest from Slashfilm.com:

Peter Jackson would direct "Hobbit" if able

[EXO]

Seriously, who's in charge of these production houses? You'd think that after all the money and all the critical acclaim that the trilogy recieved, The Hobbit would have been an easy movie to set up. They should have had every little book that Tolkien scribbled made already.

Tolkien is probably up in Middle Earth Heaven throwing darts at Stephanie Meyer and J.K Rowling's pictures.

[David Hingtgen]

EXO---I found The Hobbit to be 10x more interesting/fast-paced than LOTR (especially FOTR). Don't know how you thought it was boring.

[azrael]

Latest from Slashfilm.com:

Peter Jackson would direct "Hobbit" if able

I'm not sure having PJ do the film is a good idea if the reason he would do it is to protect New Line's and Warners' investment in the series.

Seriously, who's in charge of these production houses? You'd think that after all the money and all the critical acclaim that the trilogy recieved, The Hobbit would have been an easy movie to set up. They should have had every little book that Tolkien scribbled made already.

Tolkien is probably up in Middle Earth Heaven throwing darts at Stephanie Meyer and J.K Rowling's pictures.

In MGM's case, Stephen Cooper is the current CEO. MGM was trying to get bought out but they didn't responded to offers by Warners, or allowing Ridley Scott & Tony Scott to take over. If MGM doesn't sell themselves off, they're gonna enter into bankruptcy proceedings, which would kill any chance of any film from them getting made for at least 10 years. MGM has been on life support since, well 2005/2006. It's hard to get something going when there's practically no money in the bank and they're loaning a majority of the time.

[Mr March]

I'm not sure having PJ do the film is a good idea if the reason he would do it is to protect New Line's and Warners' investment in the series.

Agreed, but remember they could do so much worse

[kanedaestes]

Agreed, but remember they could do so much worse

Uwe Boll is free I hear.....(dodges various projectiles)

[Vepariga]

Studio squabbles annoy the hell out of me, they got excellent talent that want to make this film as soon as they can but the studios are too busy arguing whos going to make the most money,FFS.

[kanedaestes]

Well this time it is more like the studio is failing and can't afford to make films, especially when looking at the price range for The Hobbit, take the cost of LOTR and subtract one film. Still a good 200 Mil+ easy, and MGM other than Bond hasn't had anything to keep them stable in years.

[Ghost Train]

Only Bruckheimer & Bay gattai combo of pwnage can save this movie now lolz...

[eriku]

Maybe it's for the best. I love Del Toro's films and I was curious to see what he could bring to the Hobbit, but I've never been able to forget what he said at Cannes in 2006: "I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don't like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits -- I've never been into that at all. I don't like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff." He's a great director for sure, but without a true love for the story and characters or even the genre it might have lacked something. It's too bad Jackson doesn't seem interested anymore. Unfortunately it's starting to seem like the time to make this film has passed. Of course that doesn't mean I don't want to see it made and wouldn't go see it. Regardless of who ends up directing it and when, if it does get made I'll be there on opening night.

[taksraven]

What's that grinding sound??

Taksraven

[taksraven]

Maybe it's for the best. I love Del Toro's films and I was curious to see what he could bring to the Hobbit, but I've never been able to forget what he said at Cannes in 2006: "I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don't like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits -- I've never been into that at all. I don't like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff." He's a great director for sure, but without a true love for the story and characters or even the genre it might have lacked something. It's too bad Jackson doesn't seem interested anymore. Unfortunately it's starting to seem like the time to make this film has passed. Of course that doesn't mean I don't want to see it made and wouldn't go see it. Regardless of who ends up directing it and when, if it does get made I'll be there on opening night.

David Warner is supposed to be on record claiming that he hates SF and Fantasy films but he has still played very iconic SF and Fantasy characters in a LOT of films.

Taksraven

[Agent ONE]

I want ANOTHER 3 hours of crying.. and walking.

[taksraven]

I want ANOTHER 3 hours of crying.. and walking.

Some might say that's a rather

way of looking at LOTR.......

Taksraven

[Agent ONE]

Some might say that's a rather

way of looking at LOTR.......

Taksraven

most boring series ever

[EXO]

The hobbits part sucked...

I rather watch Willow... lol.

[Agent ONE]

The hobbits part sucked...

I rather watch Willow... lol.

EXACTLY.

[Roy Focker]

Gotta agree.

The parts with the Human, Dwarf and Elf mass murdering a bunch of Orcs was awesome. Long closes up of Hobbits giving their best sad clown faces at eachother was a real snore.

Those movies made super stars of the tall people in it.

[eriku]

If they end up casting for this movie you guys should try out for the Trolls.

[taksraven]

The hobbits part sucked...

I rather watch Willow... lol.

Next you'll be saying that you want to watch the Ewoks in ROTJ. Oh, wait......

Taksraven

[EXO]

If they end up casting for this movie you guys should try out for the Trolls.

:lol:

[Agent ONE]

If they end up casting for this movie you guys should try out for the Trolls.

Even ME!? Sweet.

[Twoducks]

But since The Hobbit only has ONE Hobbit, the movie would be missing the key sexual tension between little people with hairy feet that made the LOTR such a hit... wait, The Hobbit does have lots of Dwarfs, maybe Lucas could be lured to direct it then.

[taksraven]

And if they were to do some proper casting.....

Taksraven

[eriku]

I imagine Keith Richards in front of the mirror every morning carefully applying his eyeliner and whispering softly, "you're such a pretty boy, Keithy, such a pretty, pretty boy." *shudder*

[Ghost Train]

Another casting possibility?

Female Troll Warrior

Concept (Src: http://www.freakygaming.com):

Reality:

(FYI, it's Amy Winehouse)

Edited June 2, 2010 by Ghost Train

[Uxi]

Hopefully they do justice to the Battle of Five Armies as much as they probably will to Smaug.

[azrael]

Exclusive: Peter Jackson Close to Deal to Direct ‘The Hobbit’ (The Wrap)

Now the only things left to deal with are the Aussie SAG union problem and MGM's lack of money that caused del Toro to jump off the sinking boat.

[slaginpit]

Another casting possibility?

Female Troll Warrior

Concept (Src: http://www.freakygaming.com):

Reality:

(FYI, it's Amy Winehouse)

you know I would need to polish my entire bar, do a mountain of coke, smoke the national supply of marijuana and opium and take on an entire batch of Crystal meth before my brain would see amy as anything doable ahahaha gross

now Im going to have nightmares!!!

Anyway I wish they would make the Silmarillion

[frothymug]

AUGHHHH! My eyes! My eyes!!! (The goggles do nothing...!)

[eriku]

Exclusive: Peter Jackson Close to Deal to Direct ‘The Hobbit’ (The Wrap)

Now the only things left to deal with are the Aussie SAG union problem and MGM's lack of money that caused del Toro to jump off the sinking boat.

That's good news. Too bad his miniatures studio was just destroyed by fire.

[Uxi]

I am still hating the idea of two movies. I won't mind the idea of doing the Hobbit in one movie and then a second moving bridging the Hobbit with LOTR, but definitely don't want the Hobbit split up.

[-Snowblind-]

For the sake of not posting the images again, I'll just say Re: Female troll/Amy Winehouse pictures... I gotta say that suggesting Amy Winehouse is insulting to the troll in this case. O.o

[reddsun1]

Unfortunately it's starting to seem like the time to make this film has passed. Of course that doesn't mean I don't want to see it made and wouldn't go see it. Regardless of who ends up directing it and when, if it does get made I'll be there on opening night.

But Hollywood has pretty much banked on this premise for seemingly a generation. Which begs the question: if people continue to buy/support crappy product--when the seller KNOWS it's crappy product--how do you ever motivate them to start offering something better?

And how the fu*k anybody could ever come to the notion of trying to make a TROLL "sexy" in any form or fashion is just beyond me.

Edited October 6, 2010 by reddsun1