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- pbaehr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Oddly enough, they are combining the successful elements of the three movies into one super-movie.
Pierce Brosnan will be playing a robot from the future who has come back in time to help Frodo save Middle Earth from impending crisis. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20yay?
- matman730, on 10/12/2007, -0/+184 characters, actually. Bilbo, Gandalf, Elrond and Gollum.
- Cerebral, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Wait a second... hold the phone. You mean to tell me that MGM's answer to losing money because people are tired of seeing the same movies rehashed over and over again and pointless sequals is to put out rehashed movies and pointless sequals. The Hobbit is the only one that "technically" is not a rehash.
Ahhh you gotta love HOLLYWOOD! - mecole21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Let's make a ton of cheap crappy sequels and see the dumb public lap it all up...
- cybermort, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15i hope you're talking about the hobbit.
- TheSaladMan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Terminator 4: Won't be as good as 1-2
The Hobbit: Won't have any of the same actors for the characters that are also in LOTR
Thomas Crown Affair sequel: WTF? That film's a perfect example of a film that shouldn't have a sequel because it leaves it with a fitting end
There, got all bases covered as to why they won't work. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14@Submitter
Orlando Bloom might be the new Terminator. Still happy? - m0nk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I could see having Ian Mckellen returning as Gandalf, who is supposed to be timeless, but Bilbo was a much younger man (60 years younger) and although the Ring would have kept him seemingly younger than he was I don't think they could pull it off with keeping Ian Holm as Bilbo.
- BevansDesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12How about Orlando Jones? :D
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7According to this:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/24456 , nobody has informed Peter Jackson about this yet. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Are there any LOTR characters in The Hobbit? As I recall, besides Bilbo/Gandalf, none. Guess what, replacing 2 characters will not make a huge difference. How do you know they can't star in that film either? If Peter Jackson is a possibility to direct then I somewhat doubt the actors having any contract obligations.
- xoxuxox, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Orlando, Florida
- pocketwookie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8BRILLIANT!
- Jnetty99, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Terminator 4... man I hope Arnold is not it in. They should just start a new franchsise in the future fighting the machines.
- cybermort, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6you were beat to this joke already...
- mt066, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Yeah The Rock would be cool. But with the "bad" terminator getting more powerful in each successive movie, this one would have to shoot nuclear bombs out of its arms or something.
- paulisnotdead, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8No Arnold, No see
- ZennZero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Also, Gloin (Gimli's father) makes a brief appearance in FOTR, but of course they almost certainly won't use the same actor in The Hobbit.
They could probably include brief fan service cameos for Arwen and Legolas as well. Bilbo spends time in Rivendell and with the Wood Elves (Legolas is one of the King's sons). They are not mentioned in the book, but as long as they didn't have any significant role, I think it would be neat to include one or both.
I agree that Ian Holm is too old to pull off Biblo at this point. At the time of his adventure Bilbo wasn't a great deal older than Frodo was in LOTR. The effects needed to "de-age" Ian Holm would be unwieldy at best.
On a related note, does it worry anyone else that the article says "Sloan hopes will be directed by Peter Jackson" ??? Hopes? Anyone other than PJ directing is a horrible idea. If they can't get him, they should put it on hold until they can. - NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@monk -
Take a look back through digg around the release of X-Men 3 to see some pretty amazing de-aging images for McKellan and Stewart. And, if you recall, Gandalf says to bilbo in the opening of PJ's FOTR movie, "You haven't aged a day." - bakagaigin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Don't forget the lord of the eagles.
- o0joshua0o, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7T4 should be the scariest one yet. It's about killer robots getting sent back in time to run for office and wreak havoc on the state government. It's called "T4: Kalifohnia"
- buddha1822, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yea, but these movies are "off-setting" the other horrible things they are also putting out. They're releasing this crap (straight to TV however): Legally Blonde 3, Cutting Edge 3, Into the Blue 2, WarGames 2, and Species 4. MGM is really quite an odd studio...
- mecole21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I think my IQ dropped a point after reading that...
- ozid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Actually, the article doesn't say it very well, but I believe they plan on combining all three.
The Thomas-Hobbit Affairinator.
The Rock will play a robot hobbit from the future of 3009 that can slay anyone simply by touching them with his 40 million-volt fingers, among other things. He gets too bored with his mundane life of killing other robots that were created for the purpose of killing the kid he protects (played by Dakota Fanning), so he decideds to attempt to empty out a banks safe in broad daylight. A male insurance agent (they are trying to cast Johnny Knoxville for this one, "It would be a cute reunion," PJ announced.) tries throughout the movie to get the "goods" on the Rock but they end up falling in love.
A Peter Jackson Film. - bakagaigin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The guy who played Bilbo would be too old.
- newanalog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4No! No! No! Not "Terminator 4" AND "The Hobbit"...."Terminator 4 and the Hobbit".
Watch hilarity ensue as a group of T1000's start a bar brawl and start tossing hobbits left and right! - bultaco370, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4lol, I loved the pink panther movies... but it wouldn't be the same without Peter Sellers.
- cybermort, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4ladies and gentlemen let's have a big hand for unoriginality
- DollaDollaBill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Crappy movies, and they'll blame it all on piracy. they are all the same. Please, please please, I'm begging for good content. People will always pay for good content.
- daimposter, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4that would be great! a Terminator movie based in the future (or is that present since T1-T3 were actually in the 'past'). As someone here has mentioned (and Arnold himself mentioned), The Rock would be a great actor for this role. He's got the movie star humor that Arnold has and the bravado.
- Warptera, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3THE HOBBIT!
Yes! - Matteos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4A fun movie? I don't think the battle of five armies or Smaug trying to destroy Dale was supposed to come off as fun.
- JeremiahLBurns, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"I fear the hobbit film wont be done correctly, its a very light hearted book when compared to LOTR, its all fun..and i doubt that will come accross correctly in a movie version..."
"A fun movie? I don't think the battle of five armies or Smaug trying to destroy Dale was supposed to come off as fun."
Not to mention the Spiders, the Wargs, the Goblins, the Trolls...I grew up reading "The Hobbit" over and over again. While it's not as "deep" as LOTR, it certainly isn't completely cheery and lighthearted.
If this movie gets done, and PJ doesn't do it, a crime has been committed. - rafk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3what are you, 14?
- toaplan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I would also appreciate The Rock in the Thomas Crown Affair 2: Back with a vengeance.
- Zreitan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I fear the hobbit film wont be done correctly, its a very light hearted book when compared to LOTR, its all fun..and i doubt that will come accross correctly in a movie version...
- SuperGhost, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3According to the article it speculates that he may return for the sequel.
- ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The Hobbit will be awesome (hopefully). That is probably my most favourite book of all time.
- bakagaigin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2He could be the great goblin!
- JeremiahLBurns, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ZennZero
In reference to Ian Holm, I would agree. He's too old, and in fact he has said himself that he doesn't think he can pull it off.
HOWEVER...remember that story that made front page a few months back about the technology used to "de-age" Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart for X-Men 3? Hmmmm....
http://digg.com/view/entertainment?s=X-Men+3+aging&a=365
I mean, that took 30 years off easily. - bakagaigin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I actually think the old cartoon (pictured in the article) did it rather well, in terms of mood.
- ZennZero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@JeremiahLBurns
I do remember that, and they did a great job, but Ian McKellan commented that it was one of the more technically difficult effects shots in the movie. To keep that up through an entire movie would have to be pretty resource intensive. Plus, as good as it looked, it still had a little tinge of artificiality to it -- as if things were a little too antialiased.
Also, Ian Holm is showing his age a bit more than McKellan and Stewart (who I have decided hasn't aged since the early 80s - see Excaliber).
Ian Holm recently:
http://brianmpalmer.com/blog/braff/gs3.jpg - RobotCitizen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Playing Bilbo in LotR simply involved sitting around and talking. Playing Bilbo in The Hobbit would be much more physically demanding. I agree that Ian Holm would not be best for the part.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I forgot about elrond/gollum - it's funny that for the latter, they don't have to really put in any CG (it's pitch black IIRC) but they still need the VA...
Having read The Hobbit but not the LOTR books, I think it has a better story than LOTR's and if Jackson directed, would probably exceed it. - buddha1822, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They already ARE continuing Stargate! :) Check out this news posted at Comic-Con a while back. Interestingly it's also from MGM as well.
http://www.firstshowing.net/2006/07/20/stargate-movie-sequels-in-talks/ - buddha1822, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1SlashFilm has a great article discussing all the stories about the new Terminator (it's actually on the front of Digg too). Read that all here: http://www.slashfilm.com/article.php/20060911terminator-4-announced
- Justin6512, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1omg its true. i checked it on imdb and it's listed. It doesn't say that Arnold is in it though, not yet anyways. It's a 2008 production, so we have a ways to wait still.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0438488/ - ozid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1poop i read all the way down to my comment to see if anyone did something similar. still funny :P
- Herolint, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'll digg it for the tentpole strategy. You always want to have one of those.
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