In Reply to: News Flash! Peter Jackson WILL be producing the two Hobbit movies! posted by Audiophilander on December 20, 2007 at 14:14:14:
UGH.
Guillermo Del Toro has also hinted in interviews he'd be interested, a much better choice IMO.
No surprise Jackson will keep tight control. He should.
New Line didn't have much choice - they've had two hits this year, and their big fantasy launch, The Golden Compass, fizzlewd at the box office - no surprise and their own fault, why they thought Chris Weitz was the man to write and direct it I have no idea. (I've never forgiven them for throwing out the Tom Stoppard script.)
NL desperately needs a hit, so they settled the suit with Jackson ASAP, before the Hobbit rights revert in 2010.
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