Originally Posted By irishfan Two Hobbit movies will be made and directed by Peter Jackson. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7150644.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ent ertainment/7150644.stm</a>
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Thank goodness you meant Peter Jackson. I thought you meant Michael Jackson. :shudder:
Originally Posted By fkurucz Two movies? The Hobbit is a simpler story than any of the LotR stories. Why two movies?
Originally Posted By utahjosh It's not confirmed that Jackson will Direct - only to produce at this point. I hope he does direct. The first movie will be The Hobbit...the second will be a sequel, filling in the gaps between the Hobbit and LOTR.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I only hope they get McKellan to play Gandalf, I can't imagine anyone but him playing that role.
Originally Posted By DAR <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-92869-P-1.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms gBoard-T-92869-P-1.asp</a>
Originally Posted By DAR And let's think about this. The Golden Compass is on its way to becoming one of the biggest flops ever. New Line which produced this and the LOTR films thought they had a new epic trilogy that would make them billions. New Line had to greenlight the Hobbit they had no other choice.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 I heard that the first movie will actually be "The Hobbit" and that the second movie will be made up of material taken from "The Silmarillion" and the many other books Tolkien wrote on the history of Middle Earth. The period between "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring" is pretty long, so they're going to try to fill in the gaps.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I wonder if Mr. Jackson will now be able to afford to fix his shower. *Shudders at the sight of the still unbathed mass*
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<I heard that the first movie will actually be "The Hobbit" and that the second movie will be made up of material taken from "The Silmarillion" and the many other books Tolkien wrote on the history of Middle Earth. The period between "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring" is pretty long, so they're going to try to fill in the gaps.>> IIRC the Silmarillion deals with time that are long before Bilbo's time. So it sounds like part 2 will be "non-canonical". I sure hope that George Lucas doesn't write that script.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 ^^^I think they're just looking to those other books for inspiration.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <IIRC the Silmarillion deals with time that are long before Bilbo's time.> Most does, but there is also material about the second and third ages at the end. Kind of like the appendices at the end of ROTK.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda <<The Silmarillion makes my head hurt.>> Twas the only book of his that I never finished!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Read the Children of Hurin - JRR Tolkien completed by Christopher Tolkien - it really helps bring the Silmarillion together for somewhat ( and I stress somewhat ) easier reading. and yes it does take place before the Hobbit so that timeline is an issue.
Originally Posted By jmoore1966 I thought the Silmarillion was based on events long before the Hobbit. I'm not aware of any works he made between The Hobbit and LOTRs, but I'm not completely informed in that regard. I always assumed many of his other works were based on events that happened in the 1st or 2nd age of Middle Earth -- wouldn't mind seeing a movie about them. Not so keen on seeing a movie about what happened between The Hobbit and LOTRs "if" it is not based on Tolkein's work.
Originally Posted By jmoore1966 Oops, I responded before I read all the other posts. In any case, not sure if they can pull off a movie on the timeline between The Hobbit and LOTRs withtout completely having the Tolkein Fans in an uproar.
Originally Posted By barboy --Jackson on board for the Hobbit-- "Thank goodness you meant Peter Jackson" Yep, because if one was lazy and just read the thread title he might have thought that Mickeal was looking to play with little people.
