Peter Jackson Not Doing The Hobbit Now

[Doom_Dude]

Everybody assumed that Peter Jackson would be the first pick on Newline Cinema's list to do The Hobbit BUT due to a dispute he has with Newline Jackson Won't Be Doing The Hobbit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6167972.stm). Jackson, a devoted Tolkien fan, said he had been removed from the Hobbit project by New Line, who also hold the rights to a second Lord of the Rings prequel.

Personally I can see The Hobbit turn into a piece of crap now. *cranky* I hope I'm wrong.

[General Greivous]

Well, we all know what happens to movies when Hollywood messes with this sort of thing. Unfortunately I fear that this will have already dug The Hobbit's grave.

[Doom_Dude]

Yeah Hollywood fucks up a lot.

Apparently they made over a billion dollars on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Jackson is asking for $100 Million that they owe him, so they give him the heave and will probably replace him with some 'Uwe Boll' movie hacker type of director..

[Nomad]

Peter Jackson is going to be busy with Halo anyway. Sellout.

[xbolt]

*ohmy* :( *meanie* *burn* <-- My series of reactions.

That is the most awful thing I've heard in a long time!

If they DARE to make a cruddy movie... *plop* <-- New Line Cinema

[ace]

<vader>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!</vader>

Well, no doubt that there are very low chances of it being as good as it would have been with Jackson behind the wheel, but hopefully they can find someone who can still make it work out well.

And yeah, the fact that he's going to work on the Halo movie but not this screams sellout indeedy.

[CrazedImp]

Nomad, the Halo movie has been discontinued. Or something along those lines, but surely they'll pick it up again one day (what Microsoft would do for money).

I was sure Peter Jackson would be doing The Hobbit, but now that he isnt, I can see it turning into a right POS.

[General Greivous]

Aye, the Halo movie is (thankfully) on hold.

GS: Can you give us a status update on the production and financing of the Halo movie?

Brian Jarrard: As was previously announced, the Halo movie is on hold at the moment, following the dissolution of our partnership with Universal and Fox. We don't have anything new to report on that front right now.

[Nomad]

I just found out that Jackson directed Dead/Alive (Also known as BrainDead). Holy shit that movie was awesome.

That's a weird thing happening with directors these days. Peter Jackson and the likely extremely low budget for Dead/Alive, going on to direct those huge budget movies I'm sure we all know of by now. Sam Raimi starting off with the Evil Dead movies, and moving on to blockbuster huge budget movies like Spiderman.

That's crazy.

[Boingo the Clown]

I guess we are now going to get another crappy George Lucas ... er ... I mean Lord of the Rings prequel.

Darn.

[jetflock]

The movies sucked anyway.

[Dutch Devil]

Well that sucks Peter Jackson should do the hobbit, didn't knew he was doing Halo as well curious to see how that one turns out.

[Boingo the Clown]

If there is ever a Halo movie, I hope it is based on Red vs. Blue.
:)

[Doom_Dude]

As far as I know, he's only a executive producer on the Halo film and he's certainly not directing it.

[Aliotroph?]

I just found out that Jackson directed Dead/Alive (Also known as BrainDead). Holy shit that movie was awesome.

That's a weird thing happening with directors these days. Peter Jackson and the likely extremely low budget for Dead/Alive, going on to direct those huge budget movies I'm sure we all know of by now. Sam Raimi starting off with the Evil Dead movies, and moving on to blockbuster huge budget movies like Spiderman.

That's crazy.

Not it isn't. What do you think guys like George Lucas and James Cameron did? :p

[Nomad]

They weren't making kickass low budget horror movies, that's for sure. They probably made shitty "art" films.

[Danimetal]

Wasn´t Spielberg´s first film something along the lines of a thriller with a mad trucker or something?.

[xbolt]

Yeah, Duel.

[Kristian]

They weren't making kickass low budget horror movies, that's for sure. They probably made shitty "art" films.
George Lucas made "THX 1138" (an excellent sci-fi drama) and "American Graffiti" (an excellent drama). THX 1138 has always meant much to him, and he's often included references to that film later on. For example, Luke mentions a "prisoner transfer from cellblock 1138" in "Star Wars", and IIRC a license plate in "American Graffiti" says THX 138. Also, guess how George came up with the name for the THX standard. ;-)

[rustyslacker]

I liked "The Hobbit" better than any of the LOTR books. :( Shame he won't be directing. I liked his previous movies.

[Boingo the Clown]

I hear Andy Serkis has been hired to play all of the characters in the movie. ;)

[xbolt]

Hey guess what! There is still hope!

MGM Responds to Hobbit news (http://www.moviehole.net/news/20061121_mgm_responds_to_hobbit_news.html)

Hooray for MGM! *party*

[Doom-Dork]

Wasn´t Spielberg´s first film something along the lines of a thriller with a mad trucker or something?.

List of films and TV programs directed by Steven Spielberg

Interstellar (2009) (announced)
Lincoln (2008) (pre-production)
Indiana Jones 4 (2008) (pre-production)


Munich (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
The Terminal (2004)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
... aka A.I. Artificial Intelligence (USA: poster title)


The Unfinished Journey (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Amistad (1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair (1996) (VG)
Schindler's List (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
... aka JP (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Amazing Stories: Book One (1992) (V) (segment "The Mission")
Hook (1991)
The Visionary (1990) (V) (segment "Par for the Course")


Always (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The Color Purple (1985)
"Amazing Stories" (2 episodes, 1985)
... aka Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (USA: complete title)
- The Mission (1985) TV Episode
- Ghost Train (1985) TV Episode
"Strokes of Genius" (1984) (mini) TV Series (introductory segments) (uncredited)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) (segment 2)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
... aka E.T. (USA: short title)
... aka E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary (USA: longer version)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
... aka Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (USA: video title)


1941 (1979)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
... aka CE3K (USA: informal short title)
... aka Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Special Edition (USA: reissue title)
Jaws (1975)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Savage (1973) (TV)
... aka The Savage File (USA)
... aka Watch Dog
Something Evil (1972) (TV)
Duel (1971) (TV)
"Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" (1 episode, 1971)
- Eulogy for a Wide Receiver (1971) TV Episode
Columbo: Murder by the Book (1971) (TV)
"The Psychiatrist" (2 episodes, 1971)
- Par for the Course (1971) TV Episode
- The Private World of Martin Dalton (1971) TV Episode
"The Name of the Game" (1 episode, 1971)
- Los Angeles 2017 (1971) TV Episode
"Night Gallery" (1 episode, 1971)
... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA)
- Make Me Laugh (1971) TV Episode
"Marcus Welby, M.D." (1 episode, 1970)
... aka Robert Young, Family Doctor
- The Daredevil Gesture (1970) TV Episode


Night Gallery (1969) (TV) (segment "Eyes")
... aka Rod Serling's Wax Museum (USA)
Amblin' (1968)
Slipstream (1967) (unfinished)
Firelight (1964)
Fighter Squad (1961)
Escape to Nowhere (1961)


The Last Gun (1959)

[jetflock]

mainstream movies are bad and un-inspired, sometimes even, if based upon great works of literature. give up crap cinema.

[Osiris's_Legacy]

Hmm......seems to me that Peter Jackson still has a chance at this, maybe. Hope he does direct it, since he directed every other LOTR film.

[Aliotroph?]

Meanwhile... (http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1164265935)

[Pieter Enis]

Kudos to T.E.!
I really hope the next LOTR movie will be as good as the previous ones ... but that's rarely ever seen (I know I haven't ... yet)

Speaking of 'old' movies, anyone else likes Tron?

[General Greivous]

Speaking of 'old' movies, anyone else likes Tron?

I do, very much so. As a matter of fact, Map 32 in my project has been completely inspired by Tron :D

[Aliotroph?]

Tron is cool. :D

[Boingo the Clown]

Here's to people with grey faces and bright blue circuit patterns on their bodies.

Wassail!

[Doom_Dude]

Hmmm so there's still hope that Peter Jackson will still do the movie.....

[Pieter Enis]

I just hope he directs it >_<

[Boingo the Clown]

As strange as it sounds, I actually think Peter Jackson looked better when he was fat. When he was fat, he looked like a fun time good ol' boy. Now he just looks gaunt and unhappy.

[Pieter Enis]

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[Big_al]

Personally I can see The Hobbit turn into a piece of crap now. *cranky* I hope I'm wrong.

Yeah hollywood has a way for frigging things up......*angry*

[Boingo the Clown]

To make up for not having Peter Jackson, New Line cinema has decided that The Hobbit will now be dirrected by Michael Jackson.

All the hobbits will be played by 12 year old boys.

[Big_al]

To make up for not having Peter Jackson, New Line cinema has decided that The Hobbit will now be dirrected by Michael Jackson.

All the hobbits will be played by 12 year old boys.

One ring to rule them all?

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[The Hand]

If there is a hobbit movie,when will it be even start filming we looking at 2010 heh

[WinstonSmith6079]

George Lucas made "THX 1138" (an excellent sci-fi drama) and "American Graffiti" (an excellent drama).Yes, those were indeed excellent films, artistically an otherwise.

On the downside, though, Lucas has already "revised" his THX 1138 on DVD (which I have) as he did to the original Star Wars trilogy. AFAIK, there is no unmolested version of THX 1138 available on DVD.

IIRC, American Graffiti is the only one of his works that he hasn't re-worked and fucked up (yet...).

[Aliotroph?]

What'd he change in THX-1138? I don't even recall which version I've seen.

[WinstonSmith6079]

He added new CGI-filled scenes, and added CGI to some of the old scenes. For all the great technology that CGI can afford, they seriously don't fit so seamlessly with the rest of the film.

Perhaps needless to say, those additions were not needed as the film was great already. Why fix that which is not broken? ???

[Aliotroph?]

Because he made it and he considered it broken? How many times have you seen that done with DooM levels? :p

[WinstonSmith6079]

Oh dear God! You're serious, aren't you? Excuse me McFly! *raps on Aliotroph's head* I think Doom levels and motion-pictures are distinct, as in they're two totally different mediums. But I guess you wouldn't know that, Aliotroph. Never mind, 'coz trying to explain the difference would only confuse you.

[Aliotroph?]

They are both art. Both of them provide an immersive and hopefully entertaining experience. 'nuff said. You tend to turn on the name-calling circuits before even bothering with an argument containing real points.

[WinstonSmith6079]

Now you're just being ridiculous, Aliotroph. The point was in there, but you didn't notice and I'm not going to break it down nor spell it out to you.

Except for this: Revising Doom levels (which has been done entirely differently than Lucas has done with his films) is one thing; revising a feature-film is another thing.

It's not cool that Lucas has revised his films--some of them several times each--that were already as if perfection to begin with, see.

[Aliotroph?]

No, that's just your opinion. Revising feature films has been common and many of them have special editions and director's cuts that are much better. Revising DooM levels isn't really any different, whether you like the practice or not, and has even been done by id.

[WinstonSmith6079]

Yeah well it ain't better in the case of Lucas, and that includes THX 1138 *yawn*

[Aliotroph?]

That topic could be its own thread. Probably several threads. He's clearly milking it for money but eventually we'll probably get a release where Han shoots first, the colours look right, the lightsabers look right and the ghosts don't include young Anikan.

[WinstonSmith6079]

Well there's the Star Wars Limited Edition, but the sold-out money-hungry bastard that Lucas has become didn't seem to see it profitable enough to remaster these classics. *burn*

[jetflock]

actually, he destroyed(altered) the negative. the copy on the classic is a copy of the laserdisc.