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Old 02-23-2004, 03:35 AM   #8
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Well, there is material in the appendices for sequels & prequels. A Hobbit movie is virtually guaranteed. PJ wants to do it, & New Line would have a guaranteed 1 billion income from it, if the LotR movies are anything to go by.

The real danger is that New Line - which prior to LotR was a company which produced movies like the Mask & Austin Powers - would just look at the financial bottom line, &, lets face it, any LotR/Middle Earth movies would make a massive profit. They have the book rights. It must be tempting. Of course, the further you stray from Tolkien's own vision the more PC the storylines would become. We would have lots of Warrior Princesses & 'hot' Elves slaying Orcs - at least by the time we got to movie 6 or 7. Anyone remember Hawk the Slayer & Krull?
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