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Old 01-07-2004, 05:18 PM   #58
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That all depends, Kronos. If Christopher Tolkien does actually hold the rights to the Hobbit (I'm not entirly clear on this), & if the movies can't be made without his go-ahead (not entirly sure on this, either), than I don't think there's a very good chance that they will be made. He's no doubt well enough off that he has no real need for the money, & he probably understands that a lot of the money it would make would be off of the type of cheap mass-merchandising that would make his father roll over in his grave. I have no doubt that if 'CT' doesn't want the Hobbit converted to a movie, it probably won't be. But this whole post is based on the assumption that he holds the rights & the 'go-ahead' needed to do the movie.
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