News broke late on Sunday night that Peter Jackson will not be part of the team set to make a film version of J RR Tolkien's "The Hobbit". You can read the email in which Jackson breaks this news Here.
I've been watching the LOTR trilogy on Mondays (my day off) over the past few weeks. I love these films and what struck me again is that the way the story is told is great. To be sure the story Jackson had to work with is great, but the way Jackson and his team brought this to film was IMHO also great.
So I'm sad that he will not be making The Hobbit.
That said this Saturday a bunch of us will be watching all three of the extended versions of the LOTR's. The plan is to dress us - I'm thinking of going a Gimli but have not started on making a costume yet. The films will be shown in three different locations so we will have to "journey" as well. It will be a long day 8:30 am start with a finish around 11:15pm, but I'm looking forward to it.
Yes. Peter Chattaway commented on it, at http://filmchatblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/peter-jackson-will-not-direct-hobbit.html
I don't entirely agree with the comments on the link, from Wells, but there is some truth there. King Kong was a great movie ruined, largely through overindulgence. There's certainly reason for the studios to put a "buyer beware" sign over Jackson.
Posted by: fernando | Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 03:14 PM
Fernando - thanks for your comment, I'll check out what Peter is saying. I've also read that MGM who have the distrabution rights are very keen for Jackson to be involved so may step in to know some heads together.
Posted by: brodie | Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 10:51 AM