http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1546327/11212006/story.jhtml


New Line cinema officially sucks balls.

I read about this last night on /. and it made me very sad. I just finished re-watching LOTR for about the tenth time, and a whole bunch of people were discussing The Hobbit and hoping Jackson was still planning it.

What worries me even more is that New Line alludes to The Hobbit AND the planned LOTR prequel. Not good. I cannot understand how they could be so dumb. Have they WATCHED the special features?!

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"Several years ago, Mark Ordesky told us that New Line have rights to make not just The Hobbit but a second "LOTR prequel", covering the events leading up to those depicted in LOTR."

yeah, that whole and another prequel thing REALLY worried me.

Part of the reason why LOTR was so successful was because it stuck close to the book and Peter Jackson and his Wingnut film company put so much heart and soul into it.

I am disgusted through and through, and I'm sure a lot of other people are going to be to.

I have some tiny amount of faith that New Line will realize this, and give it back to him. They had the wisdom to tell him they only saw one problem with his proposal back before it all began, and that problem was that he was doing two films instead of three. If they can just remember how much he brought to this series, and that it was only good because it wasn't another Hollywood megafilm, then there might be hope.

"Only a fool's hope."

No way! That totally sucks, Lord Of The Rings Without Peter Jackson is like.....like....Nothing! My goodness how can they be so stupid. I hope they come around and see what a huge mistake their making.

That's just a big mistake by New Line. I think they will regret it in the end. I found a petition site on the OneRing.net. Let them know how stupid their decision is.
http://www.petitiononline.com/hobnow/petition.html

Mike

yeah i read about this on aintitcoolnews.com and was just shocked. If i remember correctly New Line is on a timelimit with the rights to The Hobbit? So now that Halo is on hold for the moment he couldve had time to slot The Hobbit in after The Lovely Bones and before the other Fantasy project he's got in the works (the name of which escapes me ATM)

I dont see the point in petitions, they didnt work for Star Trek Enterprise and they havent worked for Stargate SG1 either...

What idiots!

Who the hell re they going to replace him with? Martin Scorcese?! Imagine, Hobbits packing 45 cals and boxing dragons.

Well the very fact that he did LOTR is more then enough evidence he should do the hobbit. He all ready knows the characters inside and out, as well as all of Middle Earth.

Then there's the other evidence:

1. Beautiful cinematograpgy.
2. A keen eye for when to use digital and when to use model.
3.Relatively good pacing for these kinds of movies.

and I'm sure we can all think of other reasons. If New Line doesn't pick Jackson, I'll definately consider not seeing the movie at all.

...what if Peter Jackson doesn't WANT to make the Hobbit?

I mean, think about it - he just spent 11 years of his life immersed in the Tolkein universe. He's even said himself on aintitcool that a part of him would like to sit down in a theater and watch someone else's "Hobbit."

Honestly, I think the reason he sounds so bummed in the interviews is because he's being forced from a franchise. New Line is making the decision for him, which anyone would resent. But I think if the opportunity were still in his hands, he would delay quite some time before deciding whether or not to do it.

Yes, we'd all love him to do it. I'm an avid LOTR fan. But he won't. And now that's set in stone. Even if he got the rights back and this petition came through, the bitterness left behind would mar the project. Better to trust that New Line can have the same sensibilities in choosing a new director.

according to an interview he had with aintitcoolnews he said he was very willing to make the hobbit so i dont think its a question of him not wanting to do it

Peter Jackson lost his imaginative touch a long time ago, im satisfied with the animated movie with the funny songs. You cant beat that. You cant. And i aint ever watching anybodys Hobbit. Ill read the book and imagine it, who needs movies anymore? Ever? Why arnt we making our own gnomes?

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Originally posted by Eorl:
The Lovely Bones

WTF. i haven't finished the book because it sqwiged me out but it's really good...but as a movie I can see it being really bad like what Lifetime did to "Speak" (just because its ending sucks does not mean you should amplify the fault.)
Why is this going to be a movie...I can see so many things going wrong...and a total Lifetime movie being spat out.Why do I think the heaven limbo thing is going to be the mos cheesey part.
Why can't this be left alone?

The Lovely Bones...should never be a movie.

Also, more proof that he should do "The Hobbit;" Peter Jackson cowrote the script and did a pretty good job at getting most things in there in a short amount of time.

I was kinda looking forward to the Lovely Bones. I know it'd be difficult to make without it being cheesy (he's said so himself) If he made The Lovely Bones and pulled it off, it'd show people that he can make more than just stupidly expensive blockbusters and that he can make more films like Heavenly Creatures

I know alot of people wont care but for the Jackson fans aintitcoolnews
So all is not lost... yet

I hope thats true

after watching King Kong, maybe it might be better to go with a new director for the Hobbit.

What ever happened to the diehard LOTR fans who were so upset when Jackson first delivered? Peter Jackson is Hollywood, make no mistake about that. I did like his films but there is no comparison with what happened in my imagination when i read the books.

I dunno... I find most die-hard book-reading fans (I myself have read the books about five times, at least three times before the movies came out) feel like the movies are near perfect. Everything I imagined is almost exactly right in the movie, and most of the changes are for the better.