Originally posted by: C3PX
It is pretty clear why they do not. Just look how long it took them to get the legallities of The Hobbit worked out. The Tolkien Estate has not exactly been enthusiastic about the Peter Jackson films, the chances of them selling the rights to some more original Tolkien material is pretty slim. Since they are already entitled to use the characters and locations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, they can simply just make up a feature length epilogue to The Hobbit/prolgue to The Lord of the Rings, without having to deal with the Tolkien Estate or dish out any money to them.
Originally posted by: Mike O
Well, that's idiotic enough. Please god, let this be a rumor. Show some common sense and at least adapt something that Tolkien actually WROTE!
Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
OFFICIAL WORD IS THAT THE FIRST FILM WILL BE THE HOBBIT, AND THE SECOND FILM WILL DEAL WITH THE SIXTY YEAR GAP BETWEEN THE HOBBIT AND FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. THE WORD CAME FROM ELIJAH WOOD DURING AN INTERVIEW ON MTV.COM. HE AND THE ORIGINAL CAST COULD VERY WELL BE REUNITED FOR THE SECOND FILM. THEY ARE WAITING ON WORD FROM PETER JACKSON AS TO WHICH CHARACTERS WILL BE BACK.
OFFICIAL WORD IS THAT THE FIRST FILM WILL BE THE HOBBIT, AND THE SECOND FILM WILL DEAL WITH THE SIXTY YEAR GAP BETWEEN THE HOBBIT AND FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. THE WORD CAME FROM ELIJAH WOOD DURING AN INTERVIEW ON MTV.COM. HE AND THE ORIGINAL CAST COULD VERY WELL BE REUNITED FOR THE SECOND FILM. THEY ARE WAITING ON WORD FROM PETER JACKSON AS TO WHICH CHARACTERS WILL BE BACK.
Well, that's idiotic enough. Please god, let this be a rumor. Show some common sense and at least adapt something that Tolkien actually WROTE!
It is pretty clear why they do not. Just look how long it took them to get the legallities of The Hobbit worked out. The Tolkien Estate has not exactly been enthusiastic about the Peter Jackson films, the chances of them selling the rights to some more original Tolkien material is pretty slim. Since they are already entitled to use the characters and locations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, they can simply just make up a feature length epilogue to The Hobbit/prolgue to The Lord of the Rings, without having to deal with the Tolkien Estate or dish out any money to them.
Their problems with the films have to do with New Line conveniently forgetting to pay them certain profits that they were due more than anything else.