While surfing the net on stuff about Lord of the Rings some years ago, I came across this title among my searches: LET THE HOBBIT HAPPEN. I was curious… as much as I know curiosity kills the cat (he he he)… I had to check it out! Then I saw the line: “Fans united in bringing “The Hobbit” to the Silver Screen.” O-M-G… I was overwhelmed!
And now more news!!! I may not be in the loop about it anymore, but who cares!!!! As long as I know the project is pushing thru, I’m happy!!!!
Though this time around PJ is the executive producer, I hope the movie will have the same feel as how he delivered the LOTR Trilogy.
“The Hobbit” Movie
In 1966 United Artists negotiated with J.R.R. Tolkien, and he sold the merchandising rights for “The Hobbit” movie to the company.
“The Hobbit” was adapted into a cartoon by Rankin/Bass Productions in 1977, and was directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass. It lasted 78 minutes and described the story of Bilbo Baggins and his companions.
In 1977 Saul Zaentz, after he acquired the rights for “The Hobbit”, founded Tolkien Enterprises, a department of his company, to control the rights for both “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit”.
There were rumors in the late 1990s that the script for “The Hobbit” film had been sent to MGM/United Artists, but they didn’t make headway with the project as they didn’t own production rights.
In 1995 Peter Jackson became interested in screening “The Hobbit”, but it was discovered that Saul Zaentz still owned production rights for “The Hobbit”, and distribution rights belonged to United Artists. Shortly after, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM) bought UA, and New Line Cinema, the one of the major American film studios, got the rights to produce “The Lord of the Rings”.
In September 2006, MGM offered New Line and Peter Jackson to work together on “The Hobbit” movie creation. And on December 18, 2007, Jackson was announced to be the executive producer of “The Hobbit”, and both New Line and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. would finance the movie. The two films – “The Hobbit” and its sequel – are scheduled to be released in 2010 and 2011.
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