Daniel writes: Every year the Ojai Music Festival has a house tour to help raise funds. This was the 61st year of the Festival and there was what has to have been the crowning jewel of houses on the tour. It was the Whitman House as noted on The One Ring on November 7th. This stunning home was designed and built by noted architect Marc Whitman and his wife Julia. Julia’s father bought the original home that had been built in the 1930’s as part of a cattle ranch. Marc remodeled the home in two phases with an eye to influence by art nouveau and gothic revival – especially Antoni Gaudi and Bernard Maybeck. The delightful result is a home that, to a Tolkien fan’s eyes, looks like a combination of a hobbit hole and Rivendell. [More]
Category: Old Main News
The news of Peter Jackson’s letter to us at TheOneRing.net has spread around the world faster than we thought possible. Here are some of the headlines we caught online today. Most of these articles repeat the same news..however it is interesting to see the medias reactions.
Peter Jackson: No More Hobbit
Studio to Peter Jackson: No Hobbit for You!
Jackson Not To Direct Hobbit; Nerds Weep
New Line not bringing Peter Jackson back for “The Hobbit” & second LOTR prequel(?)
Peter Jackson Will Not Be Making The Hobbit
Jackson: “I’m Not Making ‘The Hobbit'”
“The Hobbit” without Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson On Why He Isn’t Making The Hobbit
Peter Jackson not wanted for ‘The Hobbit’
Jackson dumped from new Rings films
Jackson Out As Hobbit Director
Jackson will not direct Hobbit
Oscar-winning ‘Rings’ director Peter Jackson backs out of ‘Hobbit’
Jackson Reportedly Out of ‘The Hobbit’
Jackson Dropped From The Hobbit
The Monday, November 20, 2006 edition of ‘Dork Tower’ speaks for itself!
TheOneRing.net and the entire Tolkien community spent the last day reacting to the jaw-dropping letter we received from Peter Jackson concerning The Hobbit. Thanks to the support of many Ringers, we’ve compiled a contact list of individuals and companies who have a say in the decision making process and the events that have lead to Peter Jackson and his team dropping involvement with The Hobbit. We encourage you to make your voices heard and send letters and emails to the entities on this list. [Read the Letter] [React]
Variety has a short story rounding up the fracas surrounding the making of The Hobbit right now. Among all the regurgitation, the most interesting point is this one that provides some insight into the current thinking of MGM – which holds the distribution rights.
All of this has riled MGM, which in recent weeks has been openly touting the fact that the newly revamped studio is serious about making “The Hobbit” — with Jackson.
An MGM spokesman said that “the matter of Peter Jackson directing ‘The Hobbit’ films is far from closed.” [More]
The severing of ties between PJ and New Line did not mean Weta was automatically barred from doing The Hobbit, according to Weta chief Richard Taylor. “Peter would not impress that on us,” Taylor said, adding that he did not know much about the Hobbit project yet and had not had a chance to talk to Peter.
Taylor said he wasn’t aware that negotiations between Peter and New Line to film The Hobbit had gone as far as they had. “I was only aware they had gone as far as they had by reading today’s article.”
“We’re hopeful that we may be invited to work on The Hobbit. There’s nothing more that we would like to do in our careers.”
Taylor said that Peter would “celebrate” if Weta got that opportunity.