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Hobbit Forming: Peter Jackson to Lord Over Prequel

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Peter Jackson by Pierre Vinet/New Line
Following much legal tangling and a small degree of name-calling, Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have settled all litigation relating to the Lord of the Rings trilogy and reached an agreement to bring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit to the big screen. "I'm very pleased that we've been able to put our differences behind us, so that we may begin a new chapter with our old friends at New Line," Jackson says in a statement to the AP. "We are delighted to continue our journey through Middle Earth."

As was done with the three Lord of the Rings films Jackson helmed, a pair of Hobbit movies will be filmed simultaneously. Production is set to begin in 2009, with the releases coming in 2010 and 2011. While Jackson (with Fran Walsh) will executive-produce the pics, a director has yet to be named.

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Posted by TV Guide Staff
Dec 18, 2007 12:22 PM
Peter Jackson was the only person that should be making The Hobbit!
Posted by Ranger99
Dec 18, 2007 1:20 PM
They couldn't have picked a more appropriate picture for an article about the Hobbit. LOL.
Posted by Melfman1
Dec 18, 2007 1:33 PM
:-DBest. News. Ever.
Posted by olay123
Dec 18, 2007 2:03 PM
About time New Line came to their senses!
Posted by tjj50
Dec 18, 2007 2:07 PM
Umm. Peter Jackson is the one that should be directing the Hobbit.
Posted by shanesss
Dec 18, 2007 2:48 PM
This is fabulous!!! Though he should be directing!
Posted by hekele_47
Dec 18, 2007 3:01 PM
This is spectacular news! I am so glad they settled their differences with New Line, and can't wait for the new movies. AAAH, the joy continues!!
Posted by avalon
Dec 18, 2007 3:14 PM
Guess when New Line found the 'Golden Compass' pointing toward 'Heaven's gate' they decided to settle, if they wanted even a remote chance of making money from a Hobbit movie.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't know there was any kind of sequel for The Hobbit. I thought the Rings trilogy was the sequel. Are they going to split the one book in two?
Posted by matt1158
Dec 18, 2007 4:34 PM
Just what the world needs...another 6 hours of Hobbits on the big screen.

D'oh.
Posted by BosleyJBosley
Dec 18, 2007 4:59 PM
Definitely the best news ever! This totally made my day. No one but Jackson could do justice to The Hobbit.
Posted by Charissa
Dec 18, 2007 5:46 PM
Oh man, now I've gone and drooled geek juice all over myself.
I hope Fran writes and directs, and Howard Shore dusts off the score he was working on for The Hobbit last year before the poo hit the fan.
Posted by Šarclyte
Dec 18, 2007 8:01 PM
How on Earth are they making The Hobbit into two movies? There's barely one book of content in there.
Posted by Nick
Dec 18, 2007 8:14 PM
I'm just guessing, but I'm thinking that maybe the two movies won't be specifically just The Hobbit, but will maybe get more into the other stories about the hobbits that Tolkien wrote. Just a guess though.

Oh and just to be a pain, The Hobbit is not a prequel to The Lord of the Rings. A prequel is a story written after a previously completed narrative, but which actually occurs at an earlier time. The Hobbit was written before The Lord of the Rings which classifies it more as a prelude than a prequel.
Posted by footballfran
Dec 19, 2007 9:17 AM
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