PJ Not Doing the Hobbit?

[ithildin]

The latest, straight from the horse's mouth.

Comments

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

What a shame!

[otterevil.livejournal.com]

Prequel? Based on what?

Hm, the Silmarillion? Unfinished Tales?

Let it go, dudes.

[sophiedb.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly, although I can understand wanting to get a ruling on those accounting practices (evil bloody numbers..).

I wonder who they'll go for instead? We watched Return of the King again last night (something Rob avoids because it makes him homesick) and they did such a good job considering how in depth Tolkein was and how little time (comparatively) a filmaker has to get all that across. Would anyone else even bother to maintain continuity in terms of style, scripting etc?

As for more prequels *face!palm* some things are best left to the written word.

[holde-maid.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this, Ith!
*pensive* I'm not sure that I'll want to see this in the cinema if it's not directed by PJ. It will end up on tv eventually, anyhow.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hedgewytch_/]

yeah I read that too
*Sobs*
*clings in mutual distress*

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

What I'd read earlier in the week was a bridge movie between the Hobbit and LOTR. Which would be kind of cool since it would be lots of Gandalf and Elves [g] I'm assuming it would be about the White Council, and realizing it was Sauron, etc. I'll take what I can get [g]

[otterevil.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah - you and Elves ::snicker::

I'm not saying I wouldn't go see it :) especially if Ian McKellan was still playing Gandalf, but I'd miss the scruffy glory of Aragon.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I think Aragorn would be in it. He did head the Rangers, and they were pivotal players during that time.

[otterevil.livejournal.com]

OOOOooooo! And he and Legolas already knew each other, so Orlando would have to go blond again :)

Scruffy good!

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a shame. I'm so sorry to hear that New Line isn't reasonable about this. I really wanted to see PJ do this.