Peter Jackson will direct The Hobbit after all!

[Nate]

Labor unions ruin everything.

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Thanks for saying I completely support something that ruins everything though. Really makes me feel a ton better about myself!

[ShiroiHikari]

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[Fish and Chips]

Boy oh boy, actors unions.

Because actors are such a marginalized, trodden-on demographic needing protection from The Man.

[Nate]

*sigh* Jesus Christ why do I even bother posting some days. "Hey guys let's crap out a bunch of strawman claims about unions and turn this thread political!"

Great, I can do that too! Once I saw a police officer arrest someone unlawfully so that means all police everywhere are evil and corrupt and the police force should be abolished completely because there's NO SUCH THING as a good police officer.

Screw it, I give up. You wanna take my statements and use them as personal attacks on me? Fine. You can do it without me. Feel free to laugh at me behind my back for being supportive of unions and make fun of how stupid and retarded I am for thinking they're good. It's not like I'm not used to being hated.

And now I've taken the topic of this thread and turned it into something completely different such that no one even cares this is a thread about the Hobbit movie! Feel free to blame that one on me too. I'll be sure to avoid posting any news or information about anything from now on so this won't happen again.

[ShiroiHikari]

What? Geez, forgive me for not putting "THIS IS A JOKE" in giant flashing letters at the end of my post. You're the one making it personal.

[Radical Dreamer]

I suggest taking this line of conversation to PM and sorting it out there. For now, let's return to the topic of the thread.

Anyways, I'm really sad to hear that! I don't really understand exactly why it's such an issue, but I'm hoping it's something they can work around to make the movie anyways! 8(

[Roy Mustang]

According to Deadline, Jackson is committed to direct the $500 million project (most likely to be bankrolled by Warner Brothers), which will definitely be in 3-D, with December 2012 and December 2013 as the projected release dates.

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[Nate]

Aaaaaaaaaaaand now I hope that this movie never gets made.

I will punch Peter Jackson IN THE FACE for making it in 3D. IN THE FACE.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Nate, it's not PJ's perogative. Directors rarely have any say in that kind of thing. I wish 3D would just up and die too.

[ShiroiHikari]

Oh great.

[Radical Dreamer]

Eh, it's no big deal, really. XD Movie theaters always offer a 2D option, so I'll just spend my money on that instead. XD

[Cognitive Gear]

Sounds good. I like the fact that they will be releasing these the same way that they released the LOTR trilogy.

[Roy Mustang]

After years of preproduction, a pair of directors, a bitter labor dispute and a bankrupted studio, The Hobbit has gotten the go-ahead to start shooting in February—with Peter Jackson securely at the helm.

The sets are already built, key players—including Ian McKellen—are waiting, and the script has been underway since 2008. Now, the $400 million, back-to-back production of the two-part Lord of the Rings prequel can finally begin.

Even though the labor issues are still not resolved, it was probably a foregone conclusion that The Hobbit would get made. Given that the Lord of the Rings trilogy brought in more than $2 billion worldwide—no businessman worth his salt would leave that kind of money on the table.

(Via The New York Times and The Wrap)

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[ich1990]

I am guessing that the December 2012 release date is out then. Do we have any current estimations as to when it will hit theaters?

[Yuki-Anne]

Never. IT'S CURSED I TELL YOU! CUUUURSED!

[Jeikobu]

I just think it's a shame Ian Holm isn't reprising his Biblo. I understand the character is a lot younger in this story, but makeup and CGI can go a long way. I just have a difficult timing seeing myself accepting anyone else in the role. They at least better bring back MacKellan and Serkis, and they MUST have Howard Shore do the musical score again.

[mechana2015]

The nation of New Zealand is fighting to have this thing made on their territory actually, with literal street protests FOR allowing it to be made. It'll probably be made there in the end though, since it's offering thousands of jobs and something like a billion dollars in income from tourism and the production itself.

[The Doctor]

As happy as I am about this, I feel bad for del Toro. He was supposed to direct The Hobbit (was against this from the start because I wondered why Jackson wasn't going to do it himself). Del Toro was excited as could be, but the production kept dealing with all these problems and was postponed continually.

Now, SHORTLY after he leaves and when Jackson takes back the reigns, the project is now back in full swing. I know MGM being bankrupt had a lot to do with it, but I wonder how del Toro must feel having everything now clicking after he left. Sad.

[Roy Mustang]

he has no regrets about departing the New Zealand production, but says that anyone who think that MGM's financial mess was the main culprit for his departure is oversimplifying the issue.

"People kept misconstruing that it was MGM. It came from many factors," Del Toro told 24 Frames in an interview at Comic-Con. "It wasn't just MGM. These are very complicated movies, economically and politically. You have to get the blessing from three studios."

Instead, he said, it was the cumulative effect of all of these problems that began to wear him down. "It was really the fact that every six months we thought we were beginning, and every six months we got pushed [back]. And before you could blink, it was a year, and then it was two years."

So was there was a last straw in this bundle of woes? Some insiders have said that Del Toro and Jackson clashed over creative-control issues. The director said that in all their time working on the movie, he and the "Lord of the Rings" filmmaker were nothing but copacetic, though Del Toro didn't entirely rule out that it one day could have become fraught. "We were at the stage where the collaboration was good. If there were going to be any issues, we never got to that stage [in development]," he said.

As for the film he left behind, Del Toro threw his support to the man whom fans have been calling for. "I would love for Peter to direct it." But couldn't that be difficult for Del Toro to watch, knowing it could well have been his own creation? "Parts of it would be, but I'll be really happy to see the designs we did come to life," he said.

Del Toro did still sound a rueful note about his decision to pack his bags and return to Los Angeles without seeing "The Hobbit" through. "It is the hardest professional decision of my life," he said. "I still feel very emotional about it."

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[ShiroiHikari]

Yay! They're going to film in New Zealand!

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Sauce

[Radical Dreamer]

That's excellent news! I'm so excited that these movies are finally getting on track for good! XD