Thursday, March 18, 2004
Peter Jackson going back to the Shire?
The Associated Press has reported that Peter Jackson, the Academy Award winning director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, plans to film The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings stories.
Jackson is currently busy doing a remake of King Kong, but said he'd like to do The Hobbit after that—with filming to begin probably no sooner than 2006. He said he hoped Ian McKellen would return in the role of Gandalf.
If it comes off, I can see a mammoth movie-watching weekend ahead for myself one day. You see, I want to view all three LOTR extended-DVD episodes back-to-back. (Each extended movie is about 5 hours long.) And if I can throw The Hobbit in as well, I'm going to need a big picnic lunch!
The Associated Press has reported that Peter Jackson, the Academy Award winning director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, plans to film The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings stories.
Jackson is currently busy doing a remake of King Kong, but said he'd like to do The Hobbit after that—with filming to begin probably no sooner than 2006. He said he hoped Ian McKellen would return in the role of Gandalf.
If it comes off, I can see a mammoth movie-watching weekend ahead for myself one day. You see, I want to view all three LOTR extended-DVD episodes back-to-back. (Each extended movie is about 5 hours long.) And if I can throw The Hobbit in as well, I'm going to need a big picnic lunch!
