A Hard Hobbit to Break
Posted on March 7, 2004 @ 11:44 am
The Associated Press confirmed yesterday that Peter Jackson is planning to film The Hobbit — after a few legal kinks are worked out, of course:
‘Hobbitt,’ ‘Rings’ Prequel, in the WorksLink, oddly enough, via Wil Wheaton.NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Jackson won’t be returning to the Shire any time soon. The Oscar-winning director is planning to film “The Hobbit,” the prequel to “The Lord of the Rings,” trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, but two studios must first fight over legal rights to the film.
Jackson said New Line Cinema has the rights to make the movie, but MGM has the rights to distribute it.
“I guess MGM’s lawyers and New Line’s lawyers are going to have a huge amount of fun over the next few years trying to work it all out,” he told reporters recently in Los Angeles, according to AP Radio. “I’m obviously busy for a couple of years on ‘King Kong’ so those lawyers can just go at it for a long time.” (more)
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speaking of wil wheaton, someone randomly IM-ed me a while back insisting i was a DJ at a local club (the Inferno) and that i looked just like wil wheaton.
i certainly dont think i do, do you?
Jackson’s writer’s block shows no sign of ending. Since Wil Wheaton so badly wants to so badly be in the new movie, maybe Peter Jackson will have to use his enterpretation of Star Wars dialogue. “Aren’t you a little tall for a Hobbit?”