Hobbit movie progressing

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Mänwe

Mhm you'd have to be pretty bitter to go on a rant about that.

Am I allowed to be cynical and suggest that if they need to pad it out with artificially contrived scenes involving LOTR characters the story of the Hobbit could really have been told satisfactorily in one film and the division in to two is pot boiling? Either that or they fear that the main cast isn't sufficiently "box office" without some big Hollywood names...