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[XC]

Kul att manusen är klara. Och det där sista verkar spännande.

[Synon]

Jepp. Jag är oxå väldigt nyfiken på det sistnämnda...

[Cartman]

Jag håller med er. Det har pratats en hel del på TORNs forum om vad det kan röra sig om. En del var orliga till en början att det rör PJs kommande film "The Lovley Bones" men då skulle man ju knappas posta det på lordoftherings.net

Skulle det röra castingnyheter kring "The Hobbit" är även det lite märkligt om man lägger på lordoftherings.net även om man samtidigt kan förstå varför.

LotR är ju redan utannonserad på Blu-ray (bioversionerna) med extramaterial osv. PJ har sagt att dom förlängda versionerna kommer på Blu-ray först närmare när "The Hobbit" kommer.

Så med tanke på att artikeln länkar till Warner Brothers samt att man börjar filma "The Hobbit" i mars (tror jag det var) så finns det väl en chans att vi får lite info om vilka som officiellt ska vara med i filmerna.

Bara att vänta och se.

Kan posta detta med. Vet inte om det redan nämnts i tidigare artiklar. XC delade artikeln tidigare idag.

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Jackson is in the UK for the premiere of The Lovely Bones, which he directed, but also talks to the BBC about the Hobbit films, which he’s producing for Guillermo Del Toro to direct:

"We're writing the screenplays with [Del Toro], so in terms of the script, there is continuity. We're writing Ian McKellen's dialogue just the same as we did in Lord Of The Rings. But Guillermo, being the director, will obviously take the script and interpret that and shoot his film. That's actually the reason I wanted him to do it. I felt like I'd be trying to compete with myself and deliberately do things differently, which is not the way I want to work. I want it to be natural."

Jackson also says that, unlike Tintin, the Hobbit films will not be shot in 3D:

"Guillermo wants to shoot in 35mm, old-fashioned filmm which suits me, because he wants to keep it in the same space as the original trilogy."

[Synon]

Filminspelningen framflyttad till sommaren!

Hobbit Filming Delayed to Mid-Summer
November 29th, 2009

Several reports are coming in that filming for The Hobbit will be delayed from the original estimate of March 2010 to mid-summer 2010, possibly July. The German site, moviereporter.net, reports that, as part of an interview regarding The Lovely Bones, PJ estimates filming will begin towards the middle of next year:

“We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we’ve received no green light from the studio yet.” (- translated from German – read the original quote here).

PJ didn’t elaborate on whether this will affect the proposed release dates of December 2011 and 2012. More than two years elapsed between the start of filming for The Lord of the Rings movies in October, 1999, and the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in December 2001. However, they are only tackling two films this time, plus the previous movies provide them a head-start on on a number of pre-production items such as some of the set and location designs (Bag End, Rivendell). This is sure to cause quite a bit of buzz! Be sure to join in the discussion in our Barliman’s Chat or our Hobbit Movie message board.

[Cartman]

Trist att det där lilla orosmolnet som har hängt över hela produktionen inte kan ge med sig. Det här var ju inte direkt det man ville läsa direkt.

Hoppas det löser sig iaf.

[Synon]

Hobbit Release Date Will Not Be Moved Back, Says Jackson
December 06, 2009

When the news came out that filming on the first Hobbit film was likely to move back mid-summer 2010, everyone was speculating that would mean the release dat would have to moved as well. But in an interview with ColliderPeter Jackson says that he still plans to release the first part of The Hobbit in December 2011 and the second in December 2012:

"Nothing has changed as far as I am concerned. Somebody wrote something on the internet and a lot of nonsense happened. You don’t want to believe everything you read on the internet. We were due to deliver the scripts and be shooting sometime around April and now I think I said in an interview we were shooting in June. And somehow people are now saying the film is delayed. As far as I am aware, they are not delayed at all. I am not even sure when we are going to start shooting…we are delivering the scripts just after Christmas they’ll be finished and we’ll be shooting as soon as we possibly can. But you need a certain amount of time to finish the pre-production."

[Synon]

Peter Jackson says 'Hobbit' casting begins this week
December 07, 2009

The search for Bilbo Baggins has begun.
Casting on “The Hobbit” begins this week, with wide auditions expected for each part except Gandalf, which is being reserved for Ian McKellen, who played the wizard in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

“We’re auditioning for every role,” Jackson said in an interview, adding he is a big believer in casting a wide net to better match actors with the roles.

“What we’ve done over the years is discover a lot of interesting actors, like Orlando Bloom (in 'Rings'), Kate Winslet (in 'Heavenly Creatures'), Saoirse Ronan (in 'The Lovely Bones'). So if you start looking and auditioning seriously, it’s amazing what incredible talent you’ll find out there.”

Jackson denied that he had settled on any actors besides McKellen and pooh-poohed Web chatter that he has approached James McAvoy for a key role.

“Apart from Ian McKellen, who we obviously want to return as Gandalf, we are not really offering any roles to anybody until we’ve done a casting sweep,” Jackson said.

Casting is being handled out of Los Angeles and London.

The filmmaker, whose adaptation of “The Lovely Bones” opens Friday, said although he and director Guillermo del Toro have casting approval on the two “Hobbit” movies, he feels no pressure to cast stars in major roles.

“(These movies) have never been a star-driven vehicle. The star is (author J.R.R.) Tolkien and the world he created. We are not under any pressure. We want to find the right people. Casting someone to portray a hobbit is not as easy as you might imagine. They have to have a particular type of physical appearance and a sensibility. And the same with an elf or a dwarf. These are fantastical characters, but you’ve got to find the right people to play them, the right humans to translate these characters.”

Jackson also denied earlier reports that production on “Hobbit” was delayed.

“It’s not,” he said, adding that the script for the first movie is completed and that collaborators Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and del Toro are in the middle of writing the second. They hope to deliver drafts to Warner Bros. and MGM, which are jointly backing the films, around Christmastime.

“We were always planning to shoot around April or May next year, and as far as I’m aware, we’re pretty much on target for that. It depends on how quickly the studio greenlights the film. It’s not in our hands. But as long as we‘re shooting next year, we’re fine.”

Edited by Synon, 08 December 2009 - 09:45.

[Cartman]

Den andra saken som kan ha att göra med "The Hobbit" (kan även ha att göra med LotR på Blu-ray) är följande.

theonering.net - Something is Coming...

December 8th, 2009

I received a mysterious email followed up by a phone call in the last few days. I don’t know much, all I know is that ‘Something is coming’ on December 8th, 2009. And that we should be watching this space and lordoftherings.net stay tuned for more!

Det var för bra för att vara sant tydligen.

theonering.net - Something is Coming...Later

December 15th, 2009

The WB let me know that the exciting event planned for December 8th (tomorrow) has now been postponed for the 15th. We’re still working on trying to gauge what the ’something’ is.

Edited by Cartman, 08 December 2009 - 12:16.

[Synon]

Ok, alla som är nyfikna på castingen: håll ögonen öppna för idag tog den sin början enligt theonering.net

[Synon]

Ian McKellen, som återvänder som Gandalf i de två filmerna, bekräftar på sin sajt att inspelningen börjar i juni.

THE HOBBIT's, two films, start shooting in New Zealand in June. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth.

The director Guillermo del Toro is now living in Wellington, close to the Jacksons' and the studio in Miramar.

[Synon]

Inspelningen har blivit försenad till slutet på året. Ryktet säger att det är MGM:s finansiella situation som ligger bakom det. Låter ju inte helt otroligt att det skulle påverka.

Source says the MGM situation of ‘great importance’ to two potential ‘Hobbit’ films
March 27th, 2010

TheOneRing.net has received rock-solid information from an absolutely reliable source that the MGM financial situation is indeed what is behind the delays of the start of “The Hobbit.”

The venerable film studio behind James Bond and about 4,000 other titles is reported to be in about $3.7 billion in debt but holds the distribution rights for two “Hobbit” films that are under contract to be made by Warners Bros. The two studios have an agreement in place to produce and distribute the film but financial difficulties for MGM, including the potential sale of the studio and its holdings, including rights to the films based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, has delayed the films.

The source inside the production has told TheOneRing.net that all of the wrangling with MGM is indeed a significant part of possibly pushing the films back.

“At this stage we are all working and hoping for the best case scenario. Without a doubt, the MGM situation carries great importance.”

Conflicting reports list the first of the films’ release in 2011 as well as 2012. Studio and other sources told TORn that 2012 is a foregone conclusion but some involved say there is still hope for 2011.

Peter Jackson told TheOneRing.net in July that the first script was only weeks away from completion and Ian McKellen has talked about reading it since then. (You can read a much more extensive Comic-Con report here

Meanwhile, Variety has reported that Lionsgate dropped out of the bidding for MGM, leaving two bidding entities, with a strong possibility that the approximate 140 debtholders will reject both offers.

It appears the two films will not get funded and a green light from the studios until the MGM financial affairs are settled. Meanwhile the team in New Zealand continues to work on pre-pre-production (or unofficial pre-production) and perhaps the script, although Jackson’s timeline as discussed at Comic-Con indicate that it should be well finished.

[Synon]

Peter Jackson talar ut:

"Well, it's not really been delayed, because we've never announced the date. I mean it's sort of interesting because the studio [MGM] has never greenlit 'The Hobbit,' so therefore 'The Hobbit' has never been officially announced as a "go" project, nor have we ever announced a date.

Peter Jackson Says 'The Hobbit' Is Still Waiting A Greenlight To Begin Production; No Deals For Actors Yet In Place
4/16/2010

Peter Jackson has popped up to put a damper on fans' expectations for "The Hobbit" to start production anytime soon. Back in March, reliable fan site TheOneRing.net painted a bleak picture which pretty much confirmed what everyone suspected: MGM's current financial woes are a big reason the film has yet to get an official start date. However, in an interview with Moviefone, Jackson explains that another major reason the film hasn't started yet: it hasn't even been greenlit.

"Well, it's not really been delayed, because we've never announced the date. I mean it's sort of interesting because the studio [MGM] has never greenlit 'The Hobbit,' so therefore 'The Hobbit' has never been officially announced as a "go" project, nor have we ever announced a date. But there's so much interest that people -- newspapers and magazines, of their own account, say, ah, it's likely to film in May, it's likely to film in June, it's likely to film in September. People make this stuff up. And then if it's not filming in June, you get a story saying, ''The Hobbit's' been delayed.' But it's never actually been announced," said Jackson. So you hear that nerds? Stop making shit up. Ok, that's a bit harsh, but Jackson is right, there was never anything official; those previous start dates were most likely the tentative schedules given to actors who then passed it along to curious fans and somewhere along the way it became "official." Welcome to the internet.

Even more interesting is that the "delayed" start was mostly due to the fact that the script wasn't even finished yet, having only been completed last week. But with a script in place, a budget is starting to be formed once it gets approval then the thumbs up will be given: "We've just delivered the script. Literally last week, we delivered the second of the two screenplays -- the first draft. So the studio's got both scripts now, which is a milestone; and if anything was holding it up, it was us doing the screenplays, because we'd just been writing as fast as we can, but it took us this long to get them finished. So we take whatever responsibility there is for the speed. And we're now in the process of budgeting the films, and then hopefully we'll get to a budget the studio [people] are happy with, and they'll greenlight the movies and we'll announce the shooting dates."

Oh yeah, that endless stream of rumors about who is going to play Bilbo Baggins (James McEvoy, Matthew Goode, David Tennant etc) are probably just that. Rumors. While Jackson does say there have been some, seemingly informal auditions, there's been no secret casting sessions nor any formal offers made: "We haven't signed any actors up yet, because we couldn't do that until they greenlight the movie. But I would imagine that if we get a green light within the next month or two, we would be hopefully making some casting announcements by, I guess, the middle of the year. We've done a little bit of auditioning, but we haven't really done any meetings with actors or anything yet. We've just been totally committed to the scripts."

Oh, but surely the same actors from "The Lord Of The Rings" are set to reprise their roles? Not so fast says Jackson: "....any character that's returning from 'The Lord of the Rings,' we obviously would love the same actors to play. But even those actors haven't been approached yet, or there [haven't] been any deals done. And the studio wouldn't organically do any of that until they've greenlit the film."

So what does this all mean? While Jackson does say that he's "optimistic that we'll be shooting before the end of the year," the project clearly has a quite a few hurdles to clear in getting there. The biggest and most obvious one is getting a budget in place that will work for the cash strapped MGM who even be under new ownership by the time the film gets rolling. While the film will undoubtedly be a worldwide smash, for MGM it would be pretty much betting their dollars on a single horse, on a production that won't start seeing profit until at least a year or two after it hits theaters. They would certainly need to get outside financing, but given the studio's currently, wobbly status it might be hard sell for investors, even with a franchise as lucrative as "The Hobbit."

The other interesting thing to note, are the previously rumored start dates. While they weren't official our guess is that they are the dates Jackson and co. had suggested actors keep clear, but as the film kept getting delayed it continued to be bumped. Our guess is that as the production keeps shifting, and particularly if it doesn't meet its fall start date, getting some of the crossover, LOTR's cast is going to be difficult as they will be moving on to other projects. Actors can only keep their calendars open so long until they need to get back to work. So, don't be surprised if new (and relatively unknown) actors start getting cast in those roles.

This also means that a 2012 release seems unlikely. With principal photography set to be about a year long, and post-production work to match, our guess is that if the film goes in front of cameras this fall, a 2013 release (unless they really crank it out in post-production) is looking more and more realistic.

[Wylie Times]

Verkar som han slingrar sig tycker jag. Inte mycket nytt under solen.

[Synon]

Warner Bros. och IMAX Corp gick ut med en pressrelease häromdagen om samarbete 2013 och The Hobbit fanns med på listan. Premiär för de två filmerna är 2012 resp 2013.

Källa

[Synon]

Och nu går Guillermo del Toro ut och säger att The Hobbit kommer inte få ett startdatum förrän MGMs ekonomiska situation retts ut. Och det verkar ju dra ut på tiden...

Guillermo del Toro Confirms Hobbit Delay
May 28, 2010

Speaking moments ago at a press conference for his latest production, Splice, Guillermo del Toro responded to questions about the state of The Hobbit, saying that the film does not have a start date, nor will it until MGM sorts out its financial troubles.

"It's not greenlit," said del Toro, "That's categorical... We've been caught in a very tangled negotiation... There cannot be any start dates until the MGM situation gets resolved. They do hold a considerable portion of the rights."

Responding to rumors that the film would shoot in 3D, del Toro said that, while 3D remains a possiblity, it has been discussed "literally once" in the production offices and it is not being planned at this time. The current production budget has been drawn without 3D in mind.

Admitting no predictable timeline for a start date, del Toro theorized one possible outcome that would see MGM sharing or selling off the rights. Nevertheless, he feels confident that the film will move forward as soon as a decision is made.

"We have designed all the creatures," he said, "We've designed the sets and the wardrobe. We have done animatics and planned battles sequences.... We are very, very prepared for when it is finally triggered."

[Synon]

Ok, det verkar gå troll i det här projektet: del Toro har hoppat av! Undrar om det alls blir några filmer det närmaste åren med tanke på allt strul som omgärdar projektet?

Guillermo Del Toro Leaves 'The Hobbit'

My word, we did not see this one coming. While the path to the screen of "The Hobbit" hasn't been an easy one by any stretch, with rights issues and MGM's financial speculation consistently delaying the film, which was originally set for release this year, it seemed like everything was set for Guillermo Del Toro to direct two films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, which serves as a prequel to the hugely successful "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and we'd assumed he would see the project through.

But it seems that the delays have proven too much, as Del Toro announced to fan site TheOneRing (via @ianmckellen118) today that he's leaving the project. Del Toro's script, co-written with Peter Jackson, director of the original trilogy, will remain intact, but another director will be sought.

Del Toro told the site, "In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming “The Hobbit,” I am faced with the hardest decision of my life. After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien’s Middle Earth, I must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful pictures. I remain grateful to Peter, Fran and Philippa Boyens, New Line and Warner Brothers and to all my crew in New Zealand. I’ve been privileged to work in one of the greatest countries on earth with some of the best people ever in our craft and my life will be forever changed. The blessings have been plenty, but the mounting pressures of conflicting schedules have overwhelmed the time slot originally allocated for the project. Both as a co-writer and as a director, I wish the production nothing but the very best of luck and I will be first in line to see the finished product. I remain an ally to it and its makers, present and future, and fully support a smooth transition to a new director."

Meanwhile, Jackson commented "We feel very sad to see Guillermo leave the Hobbit, but he has kept us fully in the loop and we understand how the protracted development time on these two films, due to reasons beyond anyone’s control – has compromised his commitment to other long term projects. The bottom line is that Guillermo just didn’t feel he could commit six years to living in New Zealand, exclusively making these films, when his original commitment was for three years. Guillermo is one of the most remarkable creative spirits I’ve ever encountered and it has been a complete joy working with him. Guillermo’s strong vision is engrained into the scripts and designs of these two films, which are extremely fortunate to be blessed with his creative DNA."

The biggest issues are the encroaching four films he's supposed to make for Universal that would keep him busy all the way through 2017.

And in a lot of ways, this comes as kind of a relief -- we'd always been concerned by the amount of time that a filmmaker as idiosyncratic as Del Toro would have to put into the project, and it's always been clear that he's got his own plans. Among the many projects he's set to take on include adaptations of Dan Simmons' Dickens-horror novel "Drood," new versions of "Frankenstein" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five" (these are the four Uni projects he has set up). From there it's a possible collaboration with Neil Gaiman on Marvel's "Dr. Strange," the superpowered spy-drama "Champions" with Tom Cruise, and the Spanish-language "Saturn and the End of Days," the final part of the trilogy begun with "Devil's Backbone" and "Pan's Labyrinth." He's also got a series of films aimed at kids coming up with Disney, as well as "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark" later in the year with Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes, which Del Toro wrote and produced. He's also executive producing every project under the sun including an English-language version of "The Orphanage" (he also produced the original in Spanish) and many more.

It seems clear that the behind-the-scenes troubles for the film have proven heavy on Del Toro's shoulders - only this week he said "We have been caught in a very tangled negotiation. Now I have been on the project for nearly two years... We don't know anything until [the] MGM [situation] is [re]solved." It definitely feels like the director's patience has worn thin, and he's decided that the project simply isn't worth a decade of his life, particularly with a start date still seemingly up in the air.

Additionally, there's been some speculation that Del Toro may have left the project because of disagreements about shooting the films in 3D; Roger Ebert tweeted that "Today: Del Toro is off "The Hobbit." Last week: Del Toro announced he wouldn't film it in 3D." While this misrepresents his position somewhat (Del Toro originally said that the idea had been discussed "literally once," and that it hadn't been budgeted for), it's a heartening thing to hear, if true (and we imagine the delays are more at fault, really) that some directors are taking a stand against dimensionalization.

While we're glad that Del Toro's script will still be used, we wouldn't be entirely surprised if the project stalled for a few years at this point. Either we'll see a new director announced within the next week or two, or we won't see the project until the middle part of this decade at the earliest.

[Synon]

Kommer Peter Jackson att axla del Toros fallne mantel? Själv har han sagt följande vilket väcker hoppet: "If that's what I have to do to protect Warner Bros' investment, then obviously that's one angle which I'll explore."

Peter Jackson now says he MIGHT direct The Hobbit
06/01/10

With director Guillermo del Toro now having left The Hobbit, all eyes have turned naturally to The Lord of the Rings director (and Hobbit co-producer and co-screenwriter) Peter Jackson to get behind the camera again. But Jackson's manager, Ken Kamins, dismissed that possibility, telling EW.com that it's "not something he can consider at this time as he has other commitments to other projects," among them his collaboration with Steven Spielberg on the two-part adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin.

Jackson, however, has not ruled out directing, saying to New Zealand's Dominion Post, "If that's what I have to do to protect Warner Bros' investment, then obviously that's one angle which I'll explore."

The financial woes of MGM Studios, which co-owns the rights to The Hobbit with Warner Brothers Pictures, are apparently what led del Toro to bow out of directing after two years of developing it as two films and co-writing the scripts with Jackson and co-producers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.

MGM was put up for sale late last year. The legendary studio has several lucrative franchises in its portfolio—including the James Bond series and The Hobbit—but also a massive $3.7 billion debt. As a result, no one's been rushing to snatch the studio up.

Although the company has made scheduled payments on The Hobbit and preproduction has been ongoing, the possibility of a sale or even bankruptcy makes going forward with shooting the movies a dicey proposition. A source told EW.com that MGM's problems have no impact on the movie and that it has always been slated to start filming at the end of 2010, but if that's the case, why would del Toro leave?

With two years of his life already devoted to the project and another two to three years needed, plus other commitments piling up (including adaptations of Frankenstein and H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness), it seems del Toro decided he could not wait around any longer. There's also been speculation that he's not keen on the rumored possibility of shooting The Hobbit in 3-D. He revealed in a conference call with reporters last week that "3-D has been discussed literally once ... is there a chance it will become 3-D in the future? Maybe. Right now, it's not being planned as such."

So with del Toro gone, should Jackson just pick up the reins? Could someone else do it? Or do you think the whole project should be shelved, at least until the studio situation is sorted out?

[Cartman]

Vad ska man säga?

Trist, men inte oväntat. Det bästa kanske är att lägga ner det helt, alternativ att låta projektet vila. Nu får man mer känslan av att man börjar leta efter nödlösningar och det låter inte alls bra.

Undrar hur lång tid det tar innan media börjar att blåsa liv i det där Sam Raimi-ryktet igen?

[Walker]

Skulle inte kalla det nödlösning om PJ tar över regin, snarare tillbaka till ordningen Men allt verkar väldigt osäkert i detta projekt, risken finns att McKellen hinner dö innan filmandet börjar.

[Fiskrens]

Hobbiten utan McKellen som Gandalf skulle vara...

Däremot är jag inte helt såld på tanken att PJ skulle regissera. Gillade skarpt att han tog steget tillbaka och lät en ny kreativ kraft ta över regissörsstolen. Risken för upprepning från Ringen-serien är stor, och ärligt talat blev han lite för kär i sin egen skapelse i Return of the King.

[Walker]

Nej utan McKellen funkar det inte.

Vi får väl se vad som händer, själv tillhör jag PJ-lägret definitivt.

[Cartman]

Jag gillar det som PJ gjorde med LotR och jag är ett stort PJ-fan och jag hade gärna sett att han hade regisserat även dom här filmerna. MEN. Det var innan han själv började att prata om att han inte ville eller orkade att göra något liknande igen. Att han ville ha mer tid över till familjen och ta sig an andra projekt, allt från lite mindre filmer till större sådana. Så när han nu börjar att gå ifrån det som han tidigare har sagt och man dessutom kan ana en viss tveksamhet hos PJ där det mer låter som att "jag kan tänka mig att göra filmerna om det är vad som krävs". Ja, då tycker jag att det mer låter som en nödlösning och att han mer känner det som en skyldighet att göra filmerna om dom hamnar i ett sådant läge, snarare än att han verkligen vill göra filmerna. Så då är det bättre att skrota hela projektet nu, alternativt låta det vila ett bra tag för att på så sätt få lite lugn och ro samt stabilitet i projektet så att inget stressas fram á la nödlösning, utan mer att man får en nystart när det är dags. Sedan finns det givetvis både för och nackdelar med att vänta.

Edited by Cartman, 03 June 2010 - 11:32.

[Synon]

Fast vad gäller väntetiden låter det som att de inte har något val pga MGMs finansiella situation Sen håller jag med dig om att är det inte helhjärtat från PJs sida så är det bättre att överlåta det på någon annan. Och finns ingen lämplig/passande kandidat så är det väl bara att vänta ytterligare. Tålamod är en dygd

[Cartman]

Det är sant det där med MGMs ekonomiska situation. Men låt oss säga att dom löser den biten snart, då finns ju risken att dom drar igång så snabbt som möjligt och frågan är hur det blir om man snabbt måste få fram en regissör. del Toro har ju andats och levt det här projektet under en sådan lång tid, att bara hux-flux leta reda på en ny regissör, eller att mer eller mindre, tvinga ner PJ i sadeln igen låter inte bra. Där kanske projektet skulle må bra av en lite längre vila (trots ett bättre ekonomiskt läge) så att hela projektet får en nystart. Tyvärr är det ju så att "money talks" och när MGM väl har löst den biten så tror jag att dom vill få igång detta projekt ASAP och i nuläget gillar jag inte den idéen. På sätt och vis är det ju spännande att följa utvecklingen av det hela, även om man kanske inte blir nöjd i slutänden.

[Walker]

Frukta inte här kommer teamet som ska rädda "The Hobbit" *



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