In a round about way we found a quote online from Peter Jackson talking about The Hobbit and what is going on with it. Filming has been delayed from spring 2010, and is now nudged into summer.
It started at a German website and was translated over at OneRing.net then finally, First Showing shares it with us:
“We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we’ve received no green light from the studio yet.”
So all seems to be moving forward all without an official greenlight at the studio?
You know, with all the financial difficulty facing MGM, we were assured that existing deals would move forward as planned but now we find there isn’t one?
Maybe Jackson is just that confident that if things do go south with its current resting place that every studio out there will be fighting for the chance to get behind this guaranteed money train.
As anxious I am for this movie I am with the rest – take your time! I have no doubt it’ll be worth the wait.
I’m with Brendan. Take all the time you guys need,
Jackson & Co.!
I still want to see Brendan Gleeson as Thorin Oakenshield.
Dude! Gleeson as Thorin would be PERFECT!
Amen Brendan. Amen.
Oddly enough delay news for the Hobbit doesn’t really bother me. This is one I want done right, so if takes an extra year I’m cool with that.
Well of course, what studio wouldn’t want The Hobbit?
So odds are good that we won’t see the Hobbit until 2011 or 2012. It’s crazy to think that by that time, Fellowship of the Ring will already be a decade old.