Peter Jackson Hints At The Hobbit

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Posted by timothy on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:42PM from the chip-glasses-crack-plates dept.

Hellboy0101 writes "News.com.au is reporting that New Line Cinema is currently in talks to purchase the rights to the film adaptation of The Hobbit. There are apparently some difficulties with getting the go ahead from Tolkien's son Christopher, who is executor of the estate. When asked if New Line has approached him about the project, Jackson said he has not ruled it out, but not until after King Kong is done. 'New Line, which spent $US300million ($415 million) making the films, is already planning to continue its Rings success with an adaptation of Tolkien's novel The Hobbit. More difficulties with the Tolkien estate were looming, said Jackson, who added that he would be keen to get involved after he finishes remaking King Kong in 2006. "New Line haven't actually talked to me about The Hobbit. I know there's difficulty about the rights, certainly if they want to talk to me about it I'd be keen," he said.'"

Peter Jackson Hints At The Hobbit

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ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:5, Funny)

by r_glen ( 679664 ) * writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:43PM (#7605987)

Learn from the mistakes of others and leave while you're on top! Besides, the animated version of The Hobbit is already a gem.
(Although if you must... you have my sword)

Hinting at the Hobbit? (Score:5, Funny)

by mikeophile ( 647318 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:43PM (#7605991)

Is that some kind of euphemism?
Like beating the Bishop?

Seems odd (Score:5, Funny)

by Hi_2k ( 567317 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:44PM (#7606001) Journal

It seems really strange that The Hobbit, a story about a 3 foot tall theif, is considered a bigger event than the story of a 50 foot tall gorrilla.

I Guess size doesnt matter.

Keen? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:45PM (#7606005)

The 50's called. They want their lingo back.

tv series... ::groan:: (Score:2, Funny)

by potpie ( 706881 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:46PM (#7606014) Journal

As long as LOTR doesn't EVER become a crappy tv series (probably a cartoon or anime at that)...

I won't have to kill myself.

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:46PM (#7606017)

(Although if you must... you have my sword)

Oh jesus. *rolls eyes*

Please, oh please... (Score:5, Funny)

by mikeophile ( 647318 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:48PM (#7606026)

Do not let that guy with the prehensile uvula mangle the song The Road Goes Ever On like he did in the Rankin/Bass cartoon.

hmmm (Score:5, Funny)

by Wordsmith ( 183749 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:48PM (#7606027) Homepage

Now I wasn't clear from the summary, but are you saying there's some sort of difficulty with getting the rights from the estate? Or that he'll wait until after King Kong? I think you need to repeat it maybe 6-7 more times, just to be sure.

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:5, Funny)

by ObviousGuy ( 578567 ) writes: <ObviousGuy@hotmail.com> on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:48PM (#7606035) Homepage Journal

The Hobbit story happens before the Rings story, so maybe they could get Ewan McGregor to play Obi-wan.

Re:Keen? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:49PM (#7606040)

Well, the jerk store called and they're running out of you!
-George Costanza

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:5, Funny)

by Hi_2k ( 567317 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:49PM (#7606044) Journal

well, Bilbo would seem to be another, but he's really not important to the story.

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:4, Funny)

by myc ( 105406 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:51PM (#7606057)

a few I can think of offhand, Bilbo (!!), Agent Smith^W^W Elrond, Gollum (Andy Serkis!!!!!!!!)...

Re:My personal opinion (Score:5, Funny)

by buffer-overflowed ( 588867 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:52PM (#7606062) Journal

Yea, and then... the Silmarillion.

Tolkien's rewrite of the bible, spoken in elvish. Mel Gibson is slated for involvement, I hear.

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:5, Funny)

by thdougherty ( 633759 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:52PM (#7606065)

And my axe!

Re:Details, please? (Score:3, Funny)

by stevesliva ( 648202 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:56PM (#7606104) Journal

what exactly is Christopher Tolkien's problem?

He's trying to ensure that edited by Christopher Tolkien appears on all production and promotional materials.

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:2, Funny)

by dupper ( 470576 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:57PM (#7606113) Journal

In the middle of the earth in the land of the Shire lives a brave little hobbit whom we all admire. With his long wooden pipe, fuzzy, woolly toes, he lives in a hobbit-hole and everybody knows him...
/Spock

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:1, Funny)

by Blue Eagle 26 ( 683113 ) writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:58PM (#7606122)

And my semi automa...err bow.

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 01, 2003 @11:58PM (#7606125)

and my greased up yoda doll!!

Re:lord of the rings rules and i love jackson (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:04AM (#7606165)

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_545271.html?m enu=news.latestheadlines

Re:Keen? (Score:5, Funny)

by thdexter ( 239625 ) writes: <dexter@nOSPAM.suffusions.net> on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:04AM (#7606166) Journal

Proper English called. They want their apostrophe back.

(Apostrophes, you recall, are for OWNERSHIP.)

Re:Hinting at the Hobbit? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:05AM (#7606181)

Jostling the Elder?

A good launching for Jar-Jaromir (Score:4, Funny)

by downix ( 84795 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:05AM (#7606182) Homepage

The fabled new character [bbspot.com] from Return of the King would be an ideal inclusion on this new Hobbit movie. 8)

Leonard Nimoy to write songs for the movie? (Score:3, Funny)

by Anteros ( 146489 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:07AM (#7606200)

Maybe they could get Leonard Nimoy to pen the songs for the Hobbit movie.

He could use this as his resume for the job:
http://homepage.mac.com/evanbaumgardner/iMovieThea ter6.html [mac.com]

Re:Hinting at the Hobbit? (Score:5, Funny)

by geekoid ( 135745 ) writes: <dadinportlandNO@SPAMyahoo.com> on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:11AM (#7606238) Homepage Journal

No, but now I am going to do my best to make it one.

Re:tv series... ::groan:: (Score:2, Funny)

by Brandybuck ( 704397 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:27AM (#7606348) Homepage Journal

I rented that about two weeks before FOTR premiered, and the guy at the video checkout said, "it's out on DVD already?"

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:35AM (#7606387)

Only on Slashdot is a reference to an obscure animated feature like this modded up as Informative. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Re:Hinting at the Hobbit? (Score:5, Funny)

by fenix down ( 206580 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:35AM (#7606391)

Uh oh. I've been using that one for taking a dump. Perhaps this explains some of those looks...

Re:LOTR actors (Score:5, Funny)

by professorhojo ( 686761 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:36AM (#7606394)

> I wonder if they can all get... Andy Serkis

if?

i think he's already waiting in the studio carpark.

prof.

i Arriba ! (Score:5, Funny)

by Angram ( 517383 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:36AM (#7606397)

"Gandalf is not a man -- he is istari, an immortal Maya"

I didn't realize that wizards were from Mexico.

(...It's Maia.)

Bring on Leonard Nimoy (Score:2, Funny)

by desideria ( 140436 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:40AM (#7606424)

Bring on Leonard Nimoy to do the theme song; or better yet, we could get Wil Wheaton to do a hip modern cover of the ballad of Bilbo Baggins. CleverNickName, are you up to the challenge?

- Cath

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:46AM (#7606456)

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Re:'nother angle... (Score:4, Funny)

by daeley ( 126313 ) * writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @12:59AM (#7606522) Homepage

threw the book down and ran out of the room shrieking like a little girl.

As long as you shrieked in Quenya, you have nothing to be ashamed of. ;)

Re:LOTR actors (Score:3, Funny)

by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes: <drink@hyperlogos.org> on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:09AM (#7606572) Homepage Journal

Shome thingsh in here don't react well to arrowsh!

Ent draught - shaken, not stirred.

And I can just picture gandalf with a dragon-hilted katana...

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:3, Funny)

by rmohr02 ( 208447 ) writes: <mohr.42NO@SPAMosu.edu> on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:16AM (#7606593)

Dude--put down the axe.

Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)

by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:18AM (#7606602)

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Re:LOTR actors (Score:3, Funny)

by drix ( 4602 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:24AM (#7606631) Homepage

Actually, he's too busy filming the MTV Movie Awards parody of ROTK to involve himself in another project.

Like the keymaker...

Re:Keen? (Score:5, Funny)

by Babbster ( 107076 ) writes: <aaronbabb&gmail,com> on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:27AM (#7606641) Homepage

Exactly. This works much like 'tude (attitude), 'em (them), or 'blishmentarianism' (establishmentarianism).

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:5, Funny)

by Uma Thurman ( 623807 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:33AM (#7606668) Homepage Journal

They are making it because Hollywood has turned introspective, looking at itself for plots. They're obviously on a 100 year cycle, and are starting the second iteration. Every 100 years is going to be just like the last 100 years, but updated. If you are lucky, improved medicine will let you stand in line in the year 2077 to see a cool little movie about a guy in a galaxy far, far away. Except, you'll smell the wookie.

Re:Please, no hobbit! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:34AM (#7606675)

Yeah, Juliet has nice tits.

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:41AM (#7606709)

like butter that has been scraped over too much bread

One of Tolkien's most powerful similes.

Haven't you heard?.. (Score:3, Funny)

by levik ( 52444 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:42AM (#7606711) Homepage

Minuaturisation is all the rage nowadays. Smaller computers, smaller cars, smaller everything.
I personally blame the Japanese

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:4, Funny)

by Simonetta ( 207550 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @01:58AM (#7606773)

I'm afraid that you've caught me on this. I don't remember the source. I definitely remember reading it and being just stunned.

It very likely could have been Variety magazine within the past two months.

Of course, if this film actually does get made, the production may be reduced to realistic levels that can generate a profit. But in the present Hollywood climate, it doesn't seem likely.

I had dismissed the King Kong remake rumor as Hollywood vaporware until I saw the reference to it in the article that generated this Slashdot topic. Now it seems quite possibly true.

If so then I think that Hollywood in 2003 is in the same position that the Dot-Com industry was in 1998. Obsessed with bigger and bigger projects that in the light of day stand no real chance of ever being profitable. And having each success encourage a wilder grander more expensive project.

Sort of like a gambler doubling his bet on each successful roll of the dice.

The 30's 60's 70's and 80's called (Score:5, Funny)

by KalvinB ( 205500 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @02:04AM (#7606796) Homepage

And they want their monkey back.

They saw what happened to Godzilla.

Ben

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:4, Funny)

by Red Pointy Tail ( 127601 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @02:06AM (#7606808)

...who develops an obsession about a tiny blonde human woman pet. (Hollywood metaphor anyone?).

Yeah man, that's soooo King Kong.

Errr wait...

I am the Axe (Score:5, Funny)

by Axe ( 11122 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @02:33AM (#7606899)

And you can not have me. On the behalf of the estate of the Axe, I refuse.

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:4, Funny)

by cei ( 107343 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @02:46AM (#7606962) Homepage Journal

Silly, by the time it's released, ticket prices will be $15 each, so they'll only need to rope in 30 million people...

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:2, Funny)

by Philmeeh ( 189317 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @02:56AM (#7607000)

This isn't a troll, it's a tragedy...
Actually its an ape

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @03:47AM (#7607172)

D00dz! It's on Kazaa today! Save your 400 million, and snag it today!

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:3, Funny)

by NanoGator ( 522640 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @04:47AM (#7607316) Homepage Journal

"Are you sure that's not $400 million New Zealand dollars? (That's about $US200 million.)"

And if I download a ripped copy of that movie from Kazaa, even if I own the DVD, that money won't go to buy a gaffer's glasses.

Hobbit SG-1 (Score:2, Funny)

by Zog The Undeniable ( 632031 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @05:06AM (#7607359)

In which Bilbo and the band of heroic dwarves are joined by Legol'c, a reformed Elf who wears a lot of lipstick, and travel time and space to discover other civilisations that also look suspiciously like hobbits and dwarves and mostly use the Common Speech (it all keeps the budget down).

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:4, Funny)

by ader ( 1402 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @05:21AM (#7607407) Homepage

Ah yes, but there's going to be a great scene in which the CGI Kong argues with himself about whether or not he loves the girl or just wants to eat her. ("You're a liar! And a chimp!" - "Not listening!")

Ade_
/

Re:Yet still... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @06:46AM (#7607591)

No Gimli, I would not want to go through Moria unless there were no other choices. You see, I will die in Moria, and then come back and act real stupid for a few minutes in film 2. I will see Merry and Pippin first in film 2, and end up with Treebeard saying "Gandalf said to protect you". Later on I will see a man, an elf, and a dwarf (fresh from the Riddemark), and act surprised when they call me Gandalf. Yet, I'd already seen Merry and Pippin, and they sure as hell would have called me Gandalf already. So, load another bong full of Longbottom!

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:5, Funny)

by suss ( 158993 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @07:04AM (#7607643)

Except, you'll smell the wookie.

You'll probably experience about the same experience into the 7th or 8th hour of LOTR marathons....

Cyborgs?! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @07:12AM (#7607661)

(for a *very* fun combination, try reading Do Cyborgs Dream of Electric Sheep? and watching Blade Runner)

Is that the sequel to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Re:just saw Return of the King (Score:2, Funny)

by TheJaff ( 714004 ) writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @07:19AM (#7607681) Homepage

- Gandalf for president!

What! If that's not a spoiler I dont know what is? (ie that Middle Earth is in fact a Republic and not a Monarchy as the title suggests).

Re:Keen? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 02, 2003 @11:03AM (#7608660)

Oh yeah? Well the jerk store called, and they're running out of you.

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ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:5, Funny)

Hinting at the Hobbit? (Score:5, Funny)

Seems odd (Score:5, Funny)

Keen? (Score:5, Funny)

tv series... ::groan:: (Score:2, Funny)

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:1, Funny)

Please, oh please... (Score:5, Funny)

hmmm (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Keen? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:My personal opinion (Score:5, Funny)

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Details, please? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:1, Funny)

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:0, Funny)

Re:lord of the rings rules and i love jackson (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Keen? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hinting at the Hobbit? (Score:1, Funny)

A good launching for Jar-Jaromir (Score:4, Funny)

Leonard Nimoy to write songs for the movie? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Hinting at the Hobbit? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:tv series... ::groan:: (Score:2, Funny)

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Hinting at the Hobbit? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:LOTR actors (Score:5, Funny)

i Arriba ! (Score:5, Funny)

Bring on Leonard Nimoy (Score:2, Funny)

Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)

Re:'nother angle... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:LOTR actors (Score:3, Funny)

Re:ATTN: PETER JACKSON (Score:3, Funny)

Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)

Re:LOTR actors (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Keen? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Please, no hobbit! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Gandalf aging backwards? (Score:1, Funny)

Haven't you heard?.. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:4, Funny)

The 30's 60's 70's and 80's called (Score:5, Funny)

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:4, Funny)

I am the Axe (Score:5, Funny)

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:4, Funny)

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:2, Funny)

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:1, Funny)

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:3, Funny)

Hobbit SG-1 (Score:2, Funny)

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Yet still... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:King Kong Bomb (Score:5, Funny)

Cyborgs?! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:just saw Return of the King (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Keen? (Score:1, Funny)

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