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Well, it won't be as the book - I expect something in the style of LotR, more 'adult' & serious.~davem
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Taking some exerpts from an interview with Mr. Jackson I would agree. Perhaps before the movie is even started we could pin PJ down as mutilating The Hobbit:
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I would love to! If I was doing THE HOBBIT I'd try to get as many of the guys back as I could. I mean, there's actually a role for Legolas in THE HOBBIT, his father features in it, obviously Gandalf and Saruman should be part of it. There's things that you can do with THE HOBBIT to bring in some old friends, for sure. I have thought about it from time to time... Elrond, Galadriel and Arwen could all feature. Elves have lived for centuries. Part of the attraction would be working with old friends. I wouldn't want to do it unless we could keep a continuity of cast. I have zero interest in directing a Gandalf who wasn't Ian McKellen for instance. Strange to be even talking about it, for three years it's been in this rights situation limbo.
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saw that. Yeah, we're supposed to be writing The Lovely Bones, but of course Phil, Fran and I read the thing on the net and spent most of this morning talking about The Hobbit. We think the two film idea is really smart. One of the problems with The Hobbit is that it is a fairly simple kids story, and doesn't really feel like The Lord of the Rings. Tonally I mean. It's always may be a little worried, but with two films that kinda gets easier. It allows for more complexity. At that implied stuff with Gandalf and the White Council and the return of Sauron could be fully explored.
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The full interview can be seen
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Of course I don't mind bringing back Mckellan as Gandalf, that would be nice, and some background to the happenings of The White Council and Dol Guldur, since that is all implied in The Hobbit. However, it seems like Jackson has these grand plans of just bringing back the 'fellows' (Viggo, Hugo, Liv, Cate...etc) and adding in all this extra junk that makes ill use of time management then actual scenes in the book must be cut out, because there isn't enough time and it's 'childish.' Hmm...sounds like LOTR.