PJ wants to do The Hobbit {seriously} - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 12-08-2003, 03:45 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Despite his exhaustion, Jackson is not resting on his laurels and said if complex rights issues can be resolved he would like to direct "The Hobbit", J.R.R. Tolkien's prequel to the "Rings" trilogy set some 50 years earlier. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&st oryID=417967&section=news" TARGET=_blank>horse's mouth</A>OF course Fran and Phillipa better start re-writing the story, cause the Animated version proves that the story as is needs fixin...actually all sarcasm aside, JRRT wanted to re-write the Hobbit in more of an LotR tone, and if PJ took that tack, included in the UT and Annotated hobbit's 'Quest for Erebor', and dealt a bit with Gandalf's going into Dol Guldor and finding the map and Key with Thrain [not too mention the back story of the destruction of Erebor] it could be a nice warm-up for the LotR.He says Arwen may get to appear [ perhaps rescuing the Dwarves from the Trolls instead of Gandalf, with that husky she elf voice of hers .More seriously, Legolas could legitimately make a few appearances and even be in the guard that captures the troop sans Thorin, at the feast. Also, at the battle he can slide down a spur of the lonely mountain taking out a whole battlion of orcs.Too bad they did not save Agent Smith for Thranduil, he would have done much better than as Elrond methinks.[ 4:28 PM December 13, 2003: Message edited by: lindil ]

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lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	PJ wants to do The Hobbit {seriously} <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Despite his exhaustion, Jackson is not resting on his laurels and said if complex rights issues can be resolved he would like to direct "The Hobbit", J.R.R. Tolkien's prequel to the "Rings" trilogy set some 50 years earlier. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&st oryID=417967&section=news" TARGET=_blank>horse's mouth</A><P>OF course Fran and Phillipa better start re-writing the story, cause the Animated version proves that the story as is needs fixin...<P>actually all sarcasm aside, JRRT wanted to re-write the Hobbit in more of an LotR tone, and if PJ took that tack, included in the UT and Annotated hobbit's 'Quest for Erebor', and dealt a bit with Gandalf's going into Dol Guldor and finding the map and Key with Thrain [not too mention the back story of the destruction of Erebor] it could be a nice warm-up for the LotR.<P>He says Arwen may get to appear [ perhaps rescuing the Dwarves from the Trolls instead of Gandalf, with that husky she elf voice of hers .<P>More seriously, Legolas could legitimately make a few appearances and even be in the guard that captures the troop sans Thorin, at the feast. Also, at the battle he can slide down a spur of the lonely mountain taking out a whole battlion of orcs.<P>Too bad they did not save Agent Smith for Thranduil, he would have done much better than as Elrond methinks.<p>[ 4:28 PM December 13, 2003: Message edited by: lindil ] __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.