As Lord of the Rings fans mounted a protest following word that New Line had dropped Peter Jackson from consideration as director of The Hobbit and another Lord of the Rings prequel, producer Saul Zaentz has given assurances that Jackson will indeed direct the two films. A German website, Elbenwald.de, posted an interview with Zaentz, who acquired the rights to the works of the late Rings writer, J.R.R. Tolkien, in 1976 (the Saul Zaentz Company owns Tolkien Enterprises), in which Zaentz says, "It will definitely be shot by Peter Jackson. ... Next year The Hobbit rights will fall back to my company. I suppose that Peter will wait because he knows that he will make the best deal with us. And he is fed up with the studios: to get his profit share on the Rings trilogy he had to sue New Line. With us, in contrast, he knows that he will be paid fairly and artistically supported without reservation." (The preceding quotation is a translation that appeared on TheHobbit-Movie.com from the German interview posted on Elbenwald.de.)
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Joined: Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:48 pm Posts: 2783 Location: Boston, MA
He's gonna direct it. They will give him some of the money they owe him from the previous 3 movies and he will be on board for the Hobbit. I really think it's a no brainer for both sides.
No actors are obligated to it, and the movie hasn't even begun any stage of pre-production yet. It's only been "announced" which doesn't mean anything, in reality, other than an interest in making the movie. Hell, Indy 4 is further along it's production than this potential quagmire.
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Any word on a release date/year?
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Great news!
Maybe I should get a petition going for G-Police 3 on the playstation 1.
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Well I suppose the domestic stuff will drag less on film
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