Jackson to make Hobbit
Peter Jackson has won the battle for Middle-earth and is to make The Hobbit.
The Oscar-winning Wellington film-maker and Hollywood studios New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios announced today that they had resolved their legal dispute. Jackson and partner Fran Walsh will serve as executive producers on two Hobbit movies.
Pre-production will begin as soon as possible and both will be shot simultaneously, tentatively in 2009. The Hobbit is likely to be released in 2010 and the sequel in 2011.
Very cool!
The big debate down here is “Just how is Jackson going to make TWO films out such a small book”.
Will be interesting to see just how he splits the story…