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Could 'The Hobbit' End Up Being Its Own Trilogy?
Just a few days ago, Peter Jackson wrapped shooting on his two-part cinematic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit.' His return to Middle-earth was of course a massive undertaking and we were all gearing up to see the first half of the story this Christmas. It seemed once again, an era had ended in dramatic fashion...or did it? During a recent interview, Jackson mentioned that he was in negotiations with the studio to allow him to shoot more footage next year. Apparently, this request is predicated upon the sheer amount of content in both the novel and Tolkien's various appendices. Could this mean we'll be getting a third 'Hobbit' film? Here's what he said...
"Well, it’s very, very premature. We have got incredible source material with the appendices. There’s the novel, but then we also have the rights to use the 125 pages of additional notes where Tolkien expanded the world of The Hobbit. We’ve used some of that so far, and just in the last few weeks, as we’ve been wrapping up the shooting and thinking about the shape of the story, Philippa [Boyens], Fran [Walsh] and I have been talking to the studio about other things that we haven’t been able to shoot and seeing if we could possibly persuade them to do a few more weeks of shooting. We’d probably need more than a few weeks, actually, next year. The discussions are pretty early, so there isn’t anything to report, but there are other parts of the story that we’d like to tell, that we haven’t had the chance to tell yet. We’re just trying to have those conversations with the studio, at the moment."
I'm not sure what to make of this information. On the one hand, we must be very cautious in our assumption. Just because there is more story to tell than will fit into the two theatrically released movies does not necessarily promise a third. Anyone who has purchased any of the extended versions of 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy knows that Jackson tends to pack these editions with miles of material that was not featured in theaters. However, it's unusual that he would ask the studio for permission to go back and shoot this material after the fact if it were just going to find purchase on the Blu-ray. It seems more likely that the additional footage would be added to part two, but I'm not ruling out the possibility of a third film entirely, especially if Jackson is probing material from the appendices as well. The fact that he never uses the words, "trilogy" or "another film" leaves me a bit uncertain.
What do you guys think? Is a 'Hobbit' trilogy possible? Do you see it happening?
Source: Collider (via Geek Tyrant)
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Tags: Jackson, Peter, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, another, film, interview, possible, rumor, trilogy
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Comment by Kenneth on July 31, 2012 at 5:59am -
It just got real they are making it a Trilogy last movie will be out sometime 2014, as much as I love to explore more of middle earth I felt that this was really unnecessary.
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Comment by Grievous501 on July 19, 2012 at 5:11am -
I think after the Hobbit story is done that should be it. We don't need every morsel of back story and additional material filmed. When you read the appendices of LOTR they feel like a history book and not a story so a lot of it would just be unnecessary.
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Comment by Bryan the Bard on July 18, 2012 at 4:35pm -
I think he's trying to add more footage for the extended cut and while he's doing some extra filming I'm guessing he might go back and re shoot some scenes that he thinks might need some improvement or shoot something that he really wanted to film but didn't get the chance to while he's there. And if I know peter jackson he's going to make the theatrical releases for both parts 2 and a half hours long each so he can put in as much material as he possibly can.
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Comment by moviedork on July 17, 2012 at 3:02pm -
I've always felt that dividing a book into two parts was a cash grab, now Jackson wants to add a third? If this is true, I refuse to see it! Dividing this into three movies means that the consumer has to pay three times (plus extra if they are to see it in 3D) the average ticket price just to see a complete story just once. Screw you, Jackson! King Kong was long enough!
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Comment by AndrewWILLSONThe ShogunOfAustin on July 17, 2012 at 12:25pm -
what kind of fucking question is that???!!! WHAT THE HELL!!
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Comment by GodDamnRobots on July 17, 2012 at 11:48am -
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Comment by The All Father on July 17, 2012 at 11:40am -
Wow, I really don't care about this...
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Comment by Goatsey on July 17, 2012 at 3:43am -
@DeathNRebirth
Yeah, I don't doubt that they'll wanna make it, and if they do, yeah- It'll be beating a dead horse. It's just gonna be a really, really hard sell.
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Comment by swanny on July 17, 2012 at 3:38am -
the hobbit starts off as a children's story, then goes dark and epic as Tolkien starts to get into it himself. seems perfect for splitting into two movies.
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Comment by DeathNRebirth on July 17, 2012 at 1:18am -
@Goatsey
*lol* Yes, it would be a snooze-fest wouldn't it, so i won't argue with you there. That being said, Hollywood execs DO like to beat a dead horse don't they, so i figure it's only a matter of time. I was really only taking bets on how long it would be.
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