Peter Jackson wants to make "The Hobbit".

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http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticl...417967§ion=news

 

""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.

[Mole 0]

I don't think it would make the money that LoTR movie's made, but it would do pretty well.

[Guest Anglesault]

Good fucking Luck.

 

I can say without a shadow of a doubt that "The Hobbit" is the worst book I've ever had the misforune of reading and to this day the only book I could never force myself to finish.

 

Classic my ass.

[Guest Skironox]

You didn't miss much.

 

Everything that happened of significant note is explained in the Fellowship of the Ring anyway.

 

Why the hell would Liv Tyler come back? Did anybody at all like her shoved down our throats in the movies she was supposed to have bit part in?

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She must suck some good cock.

 

As for the Hobbit.. he'd be better off waiting about 5-10 years before even bothering with that. It'd just be raked over the coals in comparison to the LOTR trilogy.

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Actually, I think he's striking while the iron's hot. Anything LOTR-related rakes in lots of dough.

[Guest NCJ]

It is old news that Jackson and McKellen would be up for The Hobbit, but it dosen't seem very likely to get made. The rights to The Hobbit are controlled by Tolkein's son (who is the head of his estate) and he dosen't want the book made into a movie or television mini-series(which honestly would be the best way for the adaptation to go). He dosen't feel either medium would allow his father's works to be shown accurately. He wouldn't even have allowed the rings trilogy to be made if the film rights hadn't been sold years ago for a fraction of what they are actually worth. As far as Liv Tyler goes how the fuck has she been shoved down our throats. In over six hours of two films she has been in at most an hour and a half total and probably alot less than that. Maybe compared to the books her part is bigger, but it has hardly hurt the film adaptations so far. If she is on the screen for more than half or ROTK I will change my mind, but so far she hasn't been shoved down anyone's throat who wasn't looking for something to bitch about. I wouldn't have even noticed her if it wasn't for the internet fan boys bitching about her.

[the max 0]

Arwen is necessary in the movies though, because she's Aragorn's hoe.

[Guest Skironox]

As far as Liv Tyler goes how the fuck has she been shoved down our throats. In over six hours of two films she has been in at most an hour and a half total and probably alot less than that. Maybe compared to the books her part is bigger, but it has hardly hurt the film adaptations so far. If she is on the screen for more than half or ROTK I will change my mind, but so far she hasn't been shoved down anyone's throat who wasn't looking for something to bitch about. I wouldn't have even noticed her if it wasn't for the internet fan boys bitching about her.

Maybe shoved down our throats is a little too strong, but she still has gotten more screen time than is warranted.

 

Glorfindel saved Frodo from the Nazgul in the Fellowship, not Arwen. Her character was changed from a valet to someone who got in the action.

 

Arwen wasn't even in the Two Towers (Book). Sure, she may have not been in the movie for long, but 5 minutes is a big translation from book to movie.

 

She's also advertised in the trailers and movie posters like something more than a bit part.

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Does it really matter though? She is still a very small part of the movie and is important only because she is Arragon's love interest. I don't see how having her help Frodo hurt the story. It was a cool way to introduce her. As far as The Two Towers goes the flashback scene that involved Arwen was actually in the appendix to the Lord of the Rings. It only created a visual for what was to come. There are a few things worth complaining about in the trilogy, but so far Arwen's role really isn't one of them. I do agree with you however that she was featured to much in pre release as the documentaries wasted to much time on her. She wasn't seen much in the trailers other than the cool scene of her stopping the Nazgul.

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In the end, I would guess not, at least for the first 2 movies. Her screen time was small, Glorfindel didn't have any sort of role outside saving Frodo. It's just that I like things to be as faithful as possible. Things like the changing of Faramir and sending Frodo and Sam to Minas Morgul (I think that was it) at the end of the Two Towers irks me more.

 

However, if she ends up killing the Witch-King in this movie or something along those lines, I may just light the theatre on fire .

[Guest NCJ]

That is understandable if you are a fan of the original books. In fact I will bring the matches.

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Yeah I was more upset about how they made Theoden look like a coward and Faramir look like an asshole than I was about her.

 

Arwen ends up being Aragorn's wife so they just wanted to have a little more build up to it.

[Swift Terror 0]

The Hobbit? Small time.

 

Let him make 'The Silmarillion' and then I'll be impressed...

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I don't think it would make the money that LoTR movie's made, but it would do pretty well.

i agree it won't be that exciting as the other three but i think it will still do well among the people , just don't expect a oscar for it .

[cabbageboy 0]

The Hobbit would basically be the Phantom Menace of LOTR. Everyone knows the basic stuff that happens in it by just watching the first 5 mins of FOTR anyway. It'd be a curio more than something people would be dying to see.

 

Liv Tyler isn't shoved down our throats in the movies....I dare say if anything her part is TOO SMALL. I mean she's supposed to be the main female love interest, yet she's hardly in the movies. Where they truly shove her down our throats though is in these prime time TV specials. They always seem to interview her and show her scenes, yet she's not remotely a major part of the movies.

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The Hobbit would basically be the Phantom Menace of LOTR. Everyone knows the basic stuff that happens in it by just watching the first 5 mins of FOTR anyway. It'd be a curio more than something people would be dying to see.

 

Liv Tyler isn't shoved down our throats in the movies....I dare say if anything her part is TOO SMALL. I mean she's supposed to be the main female love interest, yet she's hardly in the movies. Where they truly shove her down our throats though is in these prime time TV specials. They always seem to interview her and show her scenes, yet she's not remotely a major part of the movies.

Compared to her part in the book it's a lot, but then I thought they didn't really do enough in the book with her.

[Hogan Made Wrestling 0]

The Hobbit? Small time.

 

Let him make 'The Silmarillion' and then I'll be impressed...

Oh fuck, there is no way I would ever want to see Jackson butcher "The Silmarillion".