The Hobbit

Bromptonboy · July 30, 2012, 10:07:54 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on July 30, 2012, 09:54:28 AM
It's official, Hobbit is going to be 3 films! MORE Middle Earth sounds awesome!

Wow - I guess they are going to stretch out the Appendices? Will movie 1 still be the whole 'Hobbit'? With 2 and 3 being bridging material to LOTR?

Bryancd · July 30, 2012, 10:21:49 AM

Quote from: Bromptonboy on July 30, 2012, 10:07:54 AM
Quote from: Bryancd on July 30, 2012, 09:54:28 AM
It's official, Hobbit is going to be 3 films! MORE Middle Earth sounds awesome!
Wow - I guess they are going to stretch out the Appendices? Will movie 1 still be the whole 'Hobbit'? With 2 and 3 being bridging material to LOTR?

Wasn't clear from P.J.'s post on FB this morning. They just felt they had so much good material filmed they wanted to include it all. I think they realized that the extended editions of LOTR was so popular that they may as well make this series include everything they got on film.

Bromptonboy · July 30, 2012, 10:25:37 AM

Well, I'll be seeing all of it at any rate! I would love to see him tackle some of the stories from The Silmarillion.

KingIsaacLinksr · July 30, 2012, 12:02:20 PM

Internet is a bit on the outraged side about this, >insert claims of greed< but my opinion is:

Peter has earned the right to make another film. If it sucks, which I doubt it will, then we can start a rabble against him. Otherwise, I would like to see more of Middle Earth too.

Bryancd · July 30, 2012, 12:14:41 PM

Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on July 30, 2012, 12:02:20 PM
Internet is a bit on the outraged side about this, >insert claims of greed< but my opinion is:

Peter has earned the right to make another film. If it sucks, which I doubt it will, then we can start a rabble against him. Otherwise, I would like to see more of Middle Earth too.

That's why I don't bother reading internet fan boy rage, it's remarkably irritating and misplaced. I don't give a rats ass what additional liberties PJ takes with this story, as you said, he's earned that as far as i am concerned.

KingIsaacLinksr · July 30, 2012, 12:20:39 PM

Quote from: Bryancd on July 30, 2012, 12:14:41 PM
Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on July 30, 2012, 12:02:20 PM
Internet is a bit on the outraged side about this, >insert claims of greed< but my opinion is:

Peter has earned the right to make another film. If it sucks, which I doubt it will, then we can start a rabble against him. Otherwise, I would like to see more of Middle Earth too.

That's why I don't bother reading internet fan boy rage, it's remarkably irritating and misplaced. I don't give a rats ass what additional liberties PJ takes with this story, as you said, he's earned that as far as i am concerned.

It's funny, they get all upset about him making a third Hobbit film, but not about all these remakes and crap films that keep coming out. People really confuse me sometimes.

I want to see these films now more than before.

Bryancd · July 30, 2012, 12:31:35 PM

Yeah, heaven forbid we get an additional movie of awesomeness just because it may contain characters and scenes that weren't in the book.

KingIsaacLinksr · July 30, 2012, 12:40:38 PM

Quote from: Bryancd on July 30, 2012, 12:31:35 PM
Yeah, heaven forbid we get an additional movie of awesomeness just because it may contain characters and scenes that weren't in the book.

I would actually like to see more of the Middle Earth universe explored, I was just thinking that I was coming home from Rick's art show. So this is a sort of answer to my wish on that. There is a ton of history and places to explore.

Meds · July 30, 2012, 01:41:38 PM

Disgraceful, horrendous and all that. How dare he take a thin book and stretch it out to three films. BOOOOOOOO Mr Jackson BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Thats what a idiot would go and say. I say if you have filmed some awesome looking footage and you think its going to be viewed better as three films then bang on. Bring it on. :D

Jobydrone · July 30, 2012, 02:54:54 PM

PJ has generated a TON of goodwill with the first trilogy, and I have no reason to believe he will do any less with what is probably in my top three favorite books of all time, the Hobbit. The man has shown so much respect and love for the source material in what he has produced so far, that I can only imagine he will continue to do so with the prequel trilogy.

ChrisMC · July 30, 2012, 03:32:15 PM

Anyone who is upset by this is silly. Really interested to see how they bridge the trilogies.

Ktrek · July 30, 2012, 03:46:51 PM

I'm not upset by the news but I would rather have two tightly edited films than three films that drag on and on. I just don't believe there is enough material for three full feature length films in the Hobbit story. I do think this was likely a financial decision by the studio over an artistic one though.

Kevin

Bryancd · July 30, 2012, 04:13:28 PM

Quote from: Ktrek on July 30, 2012, 03:46:51 PM
I'm not upset by the news but I would rather have two tightly edited films than three films that drag on and on. I just don't believe there is enough material for three full feature length films in the Hobbit story. I do think this was likely a financial decision by the studio over an artistic one though.

Kevin

Not according to PJ. And he's not going to be bullied by a studio, he's calling the shots. And I didn't find the Extended Editions of LOTR to drag and it is already known there is additional material added to the story, so the book isn't being stretched, it's being enhanced creatively to be a bigger tale.

"It is only at the end of a shoot that you finally get the chance to sit down and have a look at the film you have made. Recently Fran, Phil and I did just this when we watched for the first time an early cut of the first movie - and a large chunk of the second. We were really pleased with the way the story was coming together, in particular, the strength of the characters and the cast who have brought them to life. All of which gave rise to a simple question: do we take this chance to tell more of the tale? And the answer from our perspective as the filmmakers, and as fans, was an unreserved 'yes.'

We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance. The richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth.

So, without further ado and on behalf of New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Wingnut Films, and the entire cast and crew of "The Hobbit" films, I'd like to announce that two films will become three.

It has been an unexpected journey indeed, and in the words of Professor Tolkien himself, "a tale that grew in the telling."

Cheers,

Peter J"

Rico · July 30, 2012, 05:06:50 PM

I have mixed feelings about this news. First, yes I trust Peter Jackson to make 2, 3, an infinite number of good films. However, there is a point in filming a book when you can go too far with extra material. Tolkien wrote "The Hobbit" and told his rather simple story in a pretty efficient and quick manner. And yes, I'm well aware that books and films are a different medium. I just almost feel he should have made "The Hobbit" in one or two films and then made other films, if he wanted to expand on Middle Earth. In any case, I will certainly be there to watch all of the movies as they come out.

Bromptonboy · July 30, 2012, 05:22:52 PM

I am delighted about the extra movie - as long as he produces a version cleanly centered on the original story. I am dying to see what the White Council is up to, or what Aragorn did before LOTR - but I would want to see that in a separate movie.

As you say Rico, I will see them all regardless..and buy the extended version I am sure.