Since Jackson is still involved, and since The Lord of the Rings films were as successful as they were, I highly doubt they will drag out too many details of the book. Rather, I fully expect them to add a ton of stuff. So, is there any information on who will be starring in this? I certianly hope we keep the same actors from the LOTR films. If they don't then it could still be a good movie, but it would not fit as a proper prequel to the LOTR movies.