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Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: GmanJoe on November 21, 2006, 08:06:11 AM: http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-11-21T011640Z_01_N20323824_RTRIDST_0_LEISURE-JACKSON.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna

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LOS ANGELES, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Where is Frodo when you need him?

Director Peter Jackson has been told he will not be hired to direct a movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien novel "The Hobbit," despite the nearly $3 billion global box office success of his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, according to a letter Jackson wrote to fan site TheOneRing.net.

The trilogy of movies is based on Tolkien\'s fantastic tale of an epic war among wizards, sorcerers, elves, villainous orcs and friendly little hobbits of whom the novel\'s hero, Frodo, is one. It is Frodo who eventually saves the day. "The Hobbit" is a fairy tale-like story that Tolkien wrote before the "Rings" trilogy.

In Jackson\'s letter, which was posted on the Web site late on Sunday, the director said last week a top executive with Los Angeles-based New Line Cinema called him to say the studio was moving ahead on "The Hobbit" movie without Jackson.

"This was a courtesy call to let us know that the studio was now actively looking to hire another filmmaker," Jackson wrote.

A spokesman for New Line declined to comment citing company policy, and a Los Angeles representative for New Zealand-based Jackson was not immediately available.

Chris Pirrotta, co-founder of TheOneRing.net, said the fan site has a long-running relationship with Jackson. Since posting the letter, he said the site has received some 100,000 visitors, far above the more normal 15,000 per day.

"They are very upset," Pirrotta told Reuters. "We are seeing calls for everything from letter writing campaigns to a boycott of the studio."

New Line and Jackson\'s production company, Wingnut Films, are currently embroiled in a lawsuit over income from 2001\'s "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," which is the first film in the trilogy. Continued...

In his letter, Jackson said he and his producing partners have refused to discuss a "Hobbit" film until the lawsuit is settled, and he added that New Line informed him the studio had limited time to make the film so it must move on.

"Given that New Line are committed to this course of action, we felt at the very least, we owed you, the fans, a straightforward account of events as they have unfolded for us," Jackson wrote.

The other two films in the trilogy are 2002\'s "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and 2003\'s final installment, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," which earned 11 Oscars including best film and best director.

New Line is a unit of New York-based media company Time Warner Inc.
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: Titan on November 21, 2006, 09:16:30 AM: They\'re going to regret not hiring him. I thought Jackson did a terrific job on LOtR and he would have done just as good of a job.
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: Eiksirf on November 21, 2006, 10:16:58 AM: He probably costs too much now.
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: FatalXception on November 21, 2006, 10:20:54 AM: It\'s far more about his lawsuit over the first movie\'s unpaid royalties that it is about his fees. Whatever he makes as director, they would likely earn back just at the box office, never mind all the merch, DVDs, and extra revenue.
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: Joker on November 21, 2006, 10:28:59 AM: David Fincher does The Hobbit!

yes...i\'m kidding.
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: Coredweller on November 21, 2006, 10:34:56 AM: Fincher would rock The Hobbit. I would watch that for sure. :)

That would be funny if The Hobbit ended up being grittier and scarier than LOTR. :p
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: CHIZZY on November 21, 2006, 10:41:00 AM: David Lynch!
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: GmanJoe on November 21, 2006, 11:02:46 AM: Jerry Bruckheimer! He\'ll get Tom Cruise to act as Bilbo and spout stupid lines like "I feel the need, the need for mead!"
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: CHIZZY on November 21, 2006, 11:30:02 AM: Mmmm....mead.....
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: THX on November 21, 2006, 12:16:54 PM: Uwe Boll > *

fvck the rest
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: Paul2 on November 21, 2006, 01:24:24 PM: imo, i think lotr are overrated. *me run and hide*
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: Viper_Fujax on November 21, 2006, 01:30:48 PM: Quote from: Paul2
imo, i think lotr are overrated. *me run and hide*

i dunno how anything could possibly live to the hype of it. Can still be a good movie and still be overrated because people, like those who pump up star wars movies, got a sh*t load of hype for the trilogy.

I couldnt really care less about the movies. ill watch it crossing by TNT er something but no more.
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: mm on November 21, 2006, 02:41:32 PM: lotr had an unlimited production budget, who directed it is moot.

take away peter\'s funding and you got "dead alive"
Title: Peter Jackson told he won\'t be directing "The Hobbit". mm celebrates.
Post by: Samwise on November 23, 2006, 02:00:56 AM: I think a lot of it has to do with the effects company. I mean, if WETA hadn\'t been doing all the effects, it would have looked completely different. ILM/Star Wars anyone? Gollum would be like Jar Jar Binks. :gay: