[maquiladora]

Ring ping :o)

[HairOfTheDog]

More potentially problematic is the fact that MGM owns the distribution rights to the film. An MGM spokeman insists that MGM remains firmly in the Jackson camp: "We support Peter Jackson, and when the dust settles, we believe he is the one who will be making this movie."

I'm with them...

[ecurbh]

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[Richard Kimball]

Rats. I was hoping for the Farrellys. Woody Harrelson as Frodo "Munson" Baggins would be cool.

[Billthedrill]

I culled this from Jackson's fan club site but it seems interesting enough to report -

Ordesky said that New Line has a limited time option on the film rights they have obtained from Saul Zaentz (this has never been conveyed to us before), and because we won't discuss making the movies until the lawsuit is resolved, the studio is going to have to hire another director.

Haven't found anything definitive on the issue yet. The idea broached of a Hobbit AND another "prequel" sends shivers through the spine of this LOTR purist. I remember Ralph Bakshi...

[FReepaholic]

...the studio isn't just contemplating one "Hobbit" movie, but two...

The Silmarillion?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Perhaps Raimi could do an indie "Evil Dead" version of "The Hobbit"? As long as Bruce Campbell is in it...

[SuziQ]

Shaye has declared Jackson persona-non-grata at New Line, stating publicly that, "He will never make any movie with New Line Cinema again while I'm still working at the company."

Shaye better not be so smug. Has ANY movie franchise made the kind of money for New Line that the LOTR series has made? I thought I'd read that New Line's option on "The Hobbit" runs out this year, anyway. If that happens, New Line won't have any say about it anymore, anyway.

[MikeD]

OK, so now we'll have the Hobbit shot in "shaky-cam," with Bruce Campbell playing the Dwarves. All of them. ;)

[Tribune7]

Good choice.

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[El Sordo]

What role will Bruce Campbell get?