JackFetch Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Peter Jackson might be back on board. Sam Raimi said, "There's no better choice to direct 'The Hobbit' than Peter Jackson. I'm a fan of 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy and Peter Jackson's a brilliant filmmaker and he would be the guy I think everybody would love see direct it. And I hear [New Line and Jackson are] talking, too, from what I read in the trades, I don't really know first hand, hopefully he will direct it and give us his great version of it. If he doesn't direct it and decides to produce it, I'd love to be considered as the director." http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=38378 I wouldn't really want Raimi to direct it. He's come too close to fucking up Spider-Man, and he doesn't need to screw with Tolkien. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted 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 “THE HOBBIT” Los Angeles, CA (Tuesday, December 18, 2007) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM); Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs of New Line Cinema have jointly announced today that they have entered into the following series of agreements: * 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. * Peter Jackson and New Line have settled all litigation relating to the “Lord of the Rings” (LOTR) Trilogy. Said Peter Jackson, “I’m very pleased that we’ve been able to put our differences behind us, so that we may begin a new chapter with our old friends at New Line. ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is a legacy we proudly share with Bob and Michael, and together, we share that legacy with millions of loyal fans all over the world. We are delighted to continue our journey through Middle Earth. I also want to thank Harry Sloan and our new friends at MGM for helping us find the common ground necessary to continue that journey.” “Peter Jackson has proven himself as the filmmaker who can bring the extraordinary imagination of Tolkien to life and we full heartedly agree with the fans worldwide who know he should be making ‘The Hobbit,’” said Sloan, MGM’s Chairman and CEO. “Now that we are all in agreement on ‘The Hobbit,’ we can focus on assembling the production team that will capture this phenomenal tale on film.” Bob Shaye, New Line Co-Chairman and Co-CEO comments, “We are very pleased we have been able to resolve our differences, and that Peter and Fran will be actively and creatively involved with ‘The Hobbit’ movies. We know they will bring the same passion, care and talent to these films that they so ably accomplished with ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy.” “Peter is a visionary filmmaker, and he broke new ground with ‘The Lord of the Rings,’” notes Michael Lynne, New Line Co-Chairman and Co-CEO. “We’re delighted he’s back for ‘The Hobbit’ films and that the Tolkien saga will continue with his imprint. We greatly appreciate the efforts of Harry Sloan, who has been instrumental in helping us reach our new accord.” 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. The Oscar-winning, critically-acclaimed LOTR Trilogy grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide at the box-office. In 2003, “Return of the King” swept the Academy Awards, winning all of the eleven categories in which it was nominated, including Best Picture – the first ever Best Picture win for a fantasy film. The Trilogy’s production was also unprecedented at the time. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35108 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Two films? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I'm surprised they didn't stretch it to three since trilogies are the in thing right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Hobbit, like, super short? They're going to make another couple of 4 hour long movies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Hobbit, like, super short? They're going to make another couple of 4 hour long movies? I think they are adding stuff from notes made by Tolkien. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 The Hobbit is the only book of the LotR series I've actually read. It's about 300 pages, and I can't see it stretching over to two films unless they really, really overdo the scenes in the mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Great, another Peter Jackson wank session. Hasn't he made enough of a streak in cinema's underpants with 11+ hours of Lord of the Rings? I will not see this until he proves he can make a film interesting without going over the two hour mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Great, another Peter Jackson wank session. Hasn't he made enough of a streak in cinema's underpants with 11+ hours of Lord of the Rings? I will not see this until he proves he can make a film interesting without going over the two hour mark. Very true. King Kong was like Marlon Brando. Theres a true great in there somewhere under all that flab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Very true. King Kong was like Marlon Brando. Theres a true great in there somewhere under all that flab. Ha! I thought you were going to say: "It was lifeless and impossible to understand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I thought King Kong was excellent. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I actually really liked King Kong, too... right up until the fucking ice skating scene. Good lord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I really liked a lot of King Kong as well. I only hated all the scenes on the Island that were straight from a video game. I detested the over-done T-Rex fight and the giant insects deal. It just seemed like a totally unsupportable habitat if nothing else. I'd rather they'ed done thier best to make it real than make it a CGI spectacular. At that point is was more The Mummy Returns than anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 MTV chatted with Elijah Wood today about the Peter Jackson-produced The Hobbit and its sequel. Here's a clip: "I haven't spoken to [Jackson] directly about it [but] I've e-mailed him, and as far as I know, the two films that they're doing, one will be 'The Hobbit' and another will take place between the 60 years that happened between 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings,'" the once and future Frodo enthused to MTV News, possibly confirming rumors that the second planned film would not be a Part II, but instead a narrative bridge. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/hobbitnews.php?id=40850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, which is being co-financed by New Line and MGM, says The Hollywood Reporter. Few filmmakers have the cachet that del Toro has, as well as a deep love for the source material, an assured grasp of fantasy filmmaking and an understanding and command of geek culture as well as its respect. Del Toro has built that goodwill through such films as the Oscar-nominated Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Blade 2 (which was made by New Line) and The Devil's Backbone. Because of other commitments that included The Lovely Bones and Tintin, "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy director Peter Jackson could not take on writing and directing roles, opting instead to become an executive producer with approval over creative elements of the pair of films. Because of the strike, no writer has been hired to adapt Tolkien's children's classic, though that process will be fast-tracked once it's resolved. Del Toro and Jackson will oversee the two films' writing. Principal photography for the films, which will be shot simultaneously, is tentatively set for 2009. The production budget is estimated at $150 million per film. The release of the first film is slated for 2010 and the second in 2011. The Hobbit is centered on Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf who go on a quest to find the treasure of a dragon named Smaug. Tolkien went on to write "The Lord of the Rings" 17 years later. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/hobbitnews.php?id=41329 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Holy cow, Guillermo del Toro?!?!? That would be quite an awesome coup.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malpractice Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 I am a big fan of Guillermo del Toro, so i hope that this isn't true because i have no intrest in seeing a Hobbit movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I actually prefer Toro to Jackson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Guillermo del Toro posted this on the Hellboy 2 message boards: Whew- Not yet. BUT there has been a lot of movement. And for the last few weeks there has been a lot of creative / cast / crew / visual talks and agreements and we have witnessed great progress in areas that I cannot disclose or that have already leaked from other sources. I am dying to share news but I have to be patient and wait until the papers are done and my attachment is real. Nevertheless- a LOT of progress in defining the films, their cast and crew. And, may I add, we are all happily in synch about all creative aspects so far and all willing and eager to move forth. I cannot say more but if all's well the time will come To talk of many things: Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing wax -- Of cabbages -- and kings -- May Luck be with us GDT PD my silnece means nothing more than the fact that we are RUNNING against an impossible deadline on the HBII film, poster, campaign, ADR, VFX, etc I am SWAMPED. BUT- Expect good things in the next 2 weeks and a nice item at COMICON. See you there- http://boards.universalpictures.com/hellbo...p?showtopic=263 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Guillermo del Toro to direct 'The Hobbit' and sequel LOS ANGELES - Guillermo del Toro is directing "The Hobbit" and its sequel, New Line Cinema announced Thursday. The 43-year-old filmmaker will move to New Zealand for four years to make the films back-to-back with executive producer Peter Jackson. Del Toro wrote and directed "Pan's Labyrinth," which earned six Oscar nominations in 2006 and won three awards. He is also the director of the upcoming sequel "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," whose monsters bear the unmistakeable surreal vision of the Mexican-born filmmaker. "I am indeed blessed to become a part of the filmmaking community that Peter, Fran and their extraordinary team of collaborators have created in New Zealand," del Toro said in a statement. "Contributing to the 'Lord of the Rings' legacy is an absolute dream come true." Jackson and Walsh called del Toro "a cinematic magician who has never lost his childlike sense of wonder." "We have long admired Guillermo's work and cannot think of a more inspired filmmaker to take the journey back to Middle-Earth," they said in a statement. Jackson co-wrote, co-produced and directed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which won 17 Oscar and 30 nominations. ___ Please note that this version DELETES INCORRECT reference to second movie spanning time between "Hobbit" and "Rings"; New Line now says movies are based on book only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Neill also mentions D9 producer Peter Jackson's work on del Toro's HOBBIT adaptation - indicating that current plans call for 370 days of shooting on that film, starting in April. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42152 A freaking year of filming!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Neill also mentions D9 producer Peter Jackson's work on del Toro's HOBBIT adaptation - indicating that current plans call for 370 days of shooting on that film, starting in April. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42152 A freaking year of filming!?!? To be fair, its two films, and the Lotr trilogy was over a year shooting including reshoots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 The lawsuit with the Tolkien's has been settled, so the movie can now move forward. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42283 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Ian McKellen's website is saying that filming begins in July in New Zealand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 This movie might not ever get made. It looks like the long and turbulent history of trying to bring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit to the screen has hit another bump in the road as director Guillermo del Toro, who has been working on the script and preproduction for the planned two films with Executive Producer Peter Jackson for close two years, today announced that he was dropping out as director. This was done as a statement to TheOneRing.net which follows: "In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming "The Hobbit," I am faced with the hardest decision of my life. After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien's Middle Earth, I must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful pictures. I remain grateful to Peter, Fran and Philippa Boyens, New Line and Warner Brothers and to all my crew in New Zealand. I've been privileged to work in one of the greatest countries on earth with some of the best people ever in our craft and my life will be forever changed. The blessings have been plenty, but the mounting pressures of conflicting schedules have overwhelmed the time slot originally allocated for the project. Both as a co-writer and as a director, I wish the production nothing but the very best of luck and I will be first in line to see the finished product. I remain an ally to it and its makers, present and future, and fully support a smooth transition to a new director." http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=66547 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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