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The Hobbit
Exactly a week ago Variety reported on
MGM's upcoming tentpole lineup. Among the films on the studio's to-do list
was The Hobbit, a film that most fans had hoped would stick
close to Peter Jackson. Though Jackson should be the man behind the camera
on this one, the director recently admitted that not only has he not been
contacted, but he is running out of time to do the film.
Peter Jackson Talks The Hobbit
The good people over at AICN
have posted their full interview with Peter Jackson on The Hobbit
to see if there was any validity in MGM's statements and whether we can
expect something up to the standard set by the Lord of the Rings
trilogy. Since Jackson has heard nothing on the project, how the hell would
he know?
QUINT: I saw in Variety that THE HOBBIT
came up. The MGM thing. Did you see this?
PETER JACKSON: Where the guy who runs MGM was announcing their tentpoles
and saying they were doing TERMINATOR 4 and they want me to make 2 HOBBIT
films? I was reading that this morning on the net. It's a rather strange
thing to wake to. I'm up for it, but somebody should phone me because I'm
getting a bit booked out at the moment!
QUINT: Would you find room for THE
HOBBIT?
PETER JACKSON: Well, it depends. No one has phoned me, which is kind of
weird, but I don't know. We're very, very excited and committed about the
films that we're working on now, so I don't know. I'd have to sit down and
look at it all. Obviously, I'm interested in THE HOBBIT, but right now we
have no emotional investment in it.
Though fans will be bummed to know that the pairing of Jackson and The
Hobbit is no guarantee, you can't help but love Jackson's principles
on deciding which film to make.
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