Although
he has agreed to make the movie, Peter
Jackson is not as readily excited as
the executives at New Line.
“I wasn’t really
sure about doing the whole prequel
thing.
The whole concept really bit George
Lucas in the ass, and I didn’t
want to destroy the integrity of
the
other three films. It’s
a fine line to walk between extending
the wonder, and just totally fucking
everything up. There’s
a dragon in it, so that’s pretty
cool, but I really wonder if the
fans
will submit to a movie that follows
one hobbit, a bunch of dwarves, and
a batty old wizard. There are
really no hot elves or anything.”
When asked how long the cut of “The
Hobbit” would be, compared to
the other films, Jackson took several
minutes to contemplate before giving
an answer.
“I think that I could probably
tell the story in about 5 hours or so,
and the extended special edition would
add about 3 hours of extra footage and
extended scenes.”
“I totally forgot about that whole
special edition thing,” said Emerich.
“My god we will make a fortune
off this. Someone just told me
that Tolkien wrote a book called the
“Silmarillion,” which takes
place long before “The Hobbit.”
I smell a pre-prequel in the making
here.”
“Quite honestly I don’t
know how we’d do the “Silmarillion”
in less than 12 hours,” said Jackson.
“I prefer to focus on just one
project at a time.”
Written
by Faux-Newz Staff Writer
GhostElf
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Production plans to start next month
on “The Hobbit,” and like
the “Lord of the Rings,”
it will be filmed on
location in New Zealand. Leonard Nimoy
has stepped forward to add his 1960’s
hit, “The Ballad of Bilbo
Baggins,” to the soundtrack. This
exciting song and original video can
be viewed here.
http://www.myprecious.us/ballad_of_bilbo_baggins.php
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