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- hjartad, on 12/18/2007, -4/+312This news just made my day.
- chuckDontSurf, on 12/18/2007, -1/+258Nothing like a box-office flop (Golden Compass) to remind New Line where their bread is buttered.
- zachshmack, on 12/18/2007, -2/+168It's just 60 years of Bilbo getting wasted and running around invisible.
- masterood, on 12/18/2007, -2/+117About time - - but what does a "sequel to The Hobbit" mean?
- gummih, on 12/18/2007, -1/+90In 2010, there will be proper Christmas again.
- nonymous666, on 12/18/2007, -0/+69AintItCoolNews said something like the second movie will be about what happened between the time of the The Hobbit and the Trilogy. Content and storyline take from copious notes that Tolkien left behind.
- galactus, on 12/18/2007, -1/+69But... will he DIRECT the film(s)? I didn't see anything about him getting behind the camera
- Chompy, on 12/18/2007, -1/+64I'd be happier if Jackson was directing instead of producing, but this is still great news.
- bigbill780, on 12/18/2007, -2/+57Bring back fat Jackson!
- warchant, on 12/18/2007, -5/+55i think i just wet myself
- donte, on 12/18/2007, -1/+43Somehow we already knew this, BagginsBoy
- Hobbes24, on 12/18/2007, -2/+38...i'm all for the Hobbit...but a sequel?...that makes me sort of nervous
- brendoman, on 12/18/2007, -0/+31I honestly don't think this is a "milking movie". The book stands up on its own and I think the movies will too. Add to that Peter Jackson's experience filming the LOTR movies and I think it's going to be really great. And Weta doing Smaug is going to be gorgeous.
- chris4404, on 12/18/2007, -2/+31Great, then hit the green thumb and save us all some time.
- jchrome, on 12/18/2007, -0/+28That newline CEO sure is a jackass. Nice to see him eating crow for Xmas. Great news.
- maineman99, on 12/18/2007, -0/+28Hollywood will put aside personal differences when there's money to be made. Thanks to Golden Compass tanking, Bob Shaye realizes that Peter Jackson brings something to the table that is very special, and VERY PROFITABLE.
- mkriss5681, on 12/18/2007, -4/+29This is great news!! I'm glad that it seems like these movies will be handled right.
- Maxamegalon2000, on 12/18/2007, -0/+25According to AintItCoolNews, "The second project is believed to be a bridge between THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy - culled from the titanic amount of periphery/ancillary/notated material found in Tolkien's works. Such material can already be seen in the exiting films."
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35108 - petebot, on 12/18/2007, -3/+27I think they're just splitting it into two parts. You know, to make twice the money...
- dobesov, on 12/19/2007, -0/+21The Hobbit: There and Back Again
The Hobbit II: There and Back Again... Again - Chompy, on 12/18/2007, -0/+21"2. A Hobbit SEQUEL??"
Hobbit 2: Hobbit Harder. - eleven, on 12/18/2007, -0/+21The Silmarillion would not be much of a sequel considering that it mostly has to do with middle earth's distant past.
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -4/+24Buried for the misleading headline and description. He's only a producer, which means that it could still be throughly screwed up by whoever directs it.
- nonymous666, on 12/18/2007, -0/+20They'd be milking it if they came out with a Middle Earth movie based on nothing more that a screenwriter's made up script. This is being work that Tolkien published or left behind just as the triliogy was.
- NCecil, on 12/18/2007, -3/+22... and not with urine...
- jun2san, on 12/18/2007, -4/+23Damn.....you all are a bunch of nerds.
(secretly giggling like a little school girl about the news) - Pandalume, on 12/18/2007, -0/+18According to CNN he will produce the films and they haven't found a director yet.
- Therent, on 12/18/2007, -1/+18Is this really that great of news? There's no mention of him directing the films or writing the scripts. An Executive Producer is not even the top level producer on a film. Actors' managers who never set foot on a set get Executive Producer credits. He'll likely have some say about pre-production but after that I wonder how much involvement he'll really have? Could this possibly be New Line trying to pay him off just to attach him name to the film and give it his blessing?
- groberts1980, on 12/18/2007, -0/+15I said the same thing, but he'll hand pick the director, use his own companies (Weta) to make the movie, and generally make sure its done right. He of all people knows what he has to live up to.
- MillionsLivio, on 12/18/2007, -0/+14No, Festivus came early.
- MillionsLivio, on 12/18/2007, -0/+14The one that got his ass kicked and no one liked? Ah, I remember you.
- Nanobe, on 12/18/2007, -4/+17It'll be a romantic comedy. Bilbo Baggins finds a new magic ring which enables him to time travel to the modern world where he falls in love with a cynical and ambitious girl named Kate McKay.
- Battleloser, on 12/18/2007, -0/+13Would that be the wizards outing Sauron from that forest?
- Crosshare, on 12/18/2007, -1/+13Wow, this is getting too geeky, even for the likes of me. :P
- gmillerd, on 12/18/2007, -3/+15Agreed, awesome news.
- eleven, on 12/18/2007, -1/+12Do you really think Jackson would agree to be a puppet if they slaughter his trilogy and destroy his reputation?
- Radan, on 12/18/2007, -1/+12Well, that is also why Jackson's LOTR succeeded where all other failed. I mean, Jackson got to be the only man in whole movie business who can let an old guy with a funny hat say the line "Aim for the Trolls!" and still make it look bad ass.
- TheHydrogens, on 12/18/2007, -1/+12Sweet mother of *****! What in the world made you think anybody gives a *****?!?
- deezp1, on 12/18/2007, -2/+12Now lets get this writers strike over so we can move forward with the script
- random19, on 12/18/2007, -0/+10That's really the only thing of consequence that happened between Hobbit and LotR. But that would make for a pretty pointless movie, IMO.
They should do Children of Hurin instead. Or the tale of Beren and Luthien. - imightbewrong, on 12/18/2007, -1/+11thats disgusting
- nbcaffeine, on 12/18/2007, -0/+10Smog? Or Smaug?
- jspegele, on 12/18/2007, -0/+10Also FTA:
"The two 'Hobbit' films – 'The Hobbit' and its sequel ". A two part movie is very different than a movie and its sequal. - banmaster, on 12/18/2007, -2/+12I think I just wet yourself too!
- inajeep, on 12/18/2007, -0/+8They are taking the book and splitting it up into 2 movies or is this sequel something totally new. Either way one of my favorite books is being made into a movie. I am happy and scared at the same time.
- lazydrumhead, on 12/18/2007, -1/+9dangit, if he's not directing, I almost feel as though my excitement was in vain.
- phronko, on 12/18/2007, -0/+8Hobbit 2: Back 2 Tha Hood
(or: There and Back Again) - wtfpwned98, on 12/18/2007, -0/+8http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2229273,0 ...
- kooft, on 12/18/2007, -0/+8I think his success with LOTR was due to the amount of listening he did to the Tolkien community. No one wanted to see a glorified slash'em flick, instead they wanted something true to the book (as much as possible) and that's what he provided. There's no indication he'd cast aside the community's wishes for this movie and make something dark and ominous.
- KaiUno, on 12/18/2007, -0/+8Have you ever counted the number of AD&D books? Did you like the movies? The number of crap produced for a particular intellectual property does not contribute to the overall quality of it.
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