This is a bit of non-news but I still thought it was important. According to ComingSoon.net, Peter Jackson was quoted in The Dominion Post as saying that he'll know "sometime soon" for sure whether he is directing plagued film adaptation of The Hobbit.
This info is just the latest in what has been a long-delayed project, which at the beginning of this year, had Guillermo Del Toro set to helm the two-part film set before the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Del Toro eventually dropped out of the film, citing various reasons such as production delays conflicting with his future projects and apparent money trouble, which translates into MGM, one of the studios with rights to the film, declaring bankruptcy earlier this year and thus putting a cloud over their future projects.
A short time ago it was speculated that Jackson would indeed be returning to the director's chair he vacated after the LOTR trilogy, but there was never confirmation. Here's hoping that all that speculation and his recent announcment amount to his actually taking the reins of what, for many people, myself included, needs to live up to the hype and the reputation of the preceding films in the series.
I said good day, sir!
-E
I know it's probably really far off at this point, but are they giving any indications as to a targeted release date?
ReplyDeleteWith pre-production not even underway, it's tough to tell when the films will actually come out, though the studios are still having wishful thinking, shooting for a December 2012 release for the first part and a December 2013 release for the second. Here's hoping they stick to it! The original trilogy had a slew of similar problems before getting started so I hope that this is just "good luck" for it.
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