showbizdata.com — Saul Zaentz: "It will definitely be shot by Peter Jackson... Next year 'The Hobbit' rights will fall back to my company. I suppose that Peter will wait because he knows that he will make the best deal with us...with us, he knows that he will be paid fairly and artistically supported without reservation."
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mrnukemNov 25, 2006
I will not be happy until Tom Bombadil is returned to his rightful place in the story. What did old Tom do to ever be dropped from the story line? If JRR Tolkien thought he was important enough to have in the books why did the Studio decide he wasn't?Restore Bombadil!This message brought to you by the Bombadil Restoration Association. I am Tom Bombadil and I approved this message
crumbelievableNov 25, 2006
New Line is rushing to make the film with another director because the rights will fall back to Zaentz in a year, so how does this change anything unless New Line doesn't start production within a year? And, if they don't, I didn't realize Zaentz had a company to fund a film of this magnitude, which is why they need to partner with a studio to make it happen. If that's the case, how can he promise in advance what kind of deal will be made?
bobcorriganNov 25, 2006
There's a lot going on in the Hobbit other than Tom Bombadil - the escape from the elven fortress, the dragon at the Misty Mountains, the final battle where Thorin falls, the Stone Trolls, and the fall-down fun of the all-singing, all-portable-instrument playing dwarves. Not to mention Gollum and the riddle game. I'm curious if they'll go "dark" or "light" with The Hobbit in terms of the visual tone of the thing.
tuxchickNov 25, 2006
Oh good, now the Hobbit can be ruined too. Thanks folks. Maybe Jackson can work in a dwarf toss, a completely pointless love story, a mumbling greasy hero, and an obnoxiously intrusive overblown sound track. Yep, something to look forward to. If he would simply trust the story and not try to tart it up with a bunch of computer game effects and retard plot elements, it would be worthwhile. Reckon I'll pass and stick to the books.
Closed AccountNov 25, 2006
"What did old Tom do to ever be dropped from the story line?"What did he do, well for starters he was an annoying irrelevance who stopped the story flow utterly dead because Tolkien wanted to show off his stupid rhyming s**t and how clever he thought he was. Hell, even I sjip that whole section when I read the books because its just so unlike the rest of the story and should never have been included.Bombadil was an irrelevance, that screwed up the narrative flow, wasted millions of trees (for he pulp needed to produce the chapters x million of books sold), and was an abrupt and jaring way to do a 'f**k you' to the reader.
Closed AccountNov 25, 2006
Newline doesn't have to START production within a year, they have th have the whole thing made and released within a year.Unless they hire someone like Ulwe Boll that is very unlikely to happen.
rushpageNov 26, 2006
GET A LIFE YOU FREAKS!!!
chicken2niteNov 28, 2006
My understanding is that the plan was to split it into two films, working Gandalf into a B-Plot involving the Necromancer guy or whatever it was that he was dealing with while Bilbo and the dwarves made their trek. Maybe that was MGM's idea, to split it into two movies for a bigger box office (they've got the distribution rights and I'm sure they'd love to pull a Kill Bill in that regard)