{"id":36237,"date":"2010-04-20T13:21:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T18:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=36237"},"modified":"2010-04-20T13:21:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T18:21:28","slug":"pj-drops-hobbit-dvd-tidbits-talks-lotr-3d-conversions-fan-reactions-to-theatrical-bluray-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/04\/20\/36237-pj-drops-hobbit-dvd-tidbits-talks-lotr-3d-conversions-fan-reactions-to-theatrical-bluray-release\/","title":{"rendered":"PJ drops “Hobbit” DVD tidbits, talks LOTR 3D conversions, fan reactions to Theatrical BluRay release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an interview with <\/span>The Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/strong><\/span>, Peter Jackson, Executive Producer of the upcoming Hobbit films says of the films’ behind-the-scenes footage that “We\u2019ve been filming DVD material for about a year. Guillermo has been doing location scouts and design work, with the DVD people following him around, so we\u2019ve shot 20 or 30 hours of DVD material so far and we\u2019re still a few months away from the first day of shooting.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked about converting the LOTR films to 3D, he says, “You can do [2D to 3D] conversions well if you take time. If you do it quickly, fast and cheap, it\u2019s not going to turn out well. If we were going to convert LOTR, I\u2019d want to do it properly, which would be a very long, time-consuming, and expensive process.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly, his opinion on the not-so-positive fan reaction to the recently released Theatrical BluRay version seems to jibe with the majority of the fans. “I agree with the fans”, he says. “I was heavily involved in the DVD process when the films were being released through New Line, but now that Warner Brothers has taken control over the releasing of the films, they just tell me what they\u2019re doing and don\u2019t involve me in the process. [With New Line,] the one thing we never did with the fans was make them feel cheated. Back in the original release, we always put extra material in, extra documentaries \u2014 a lot of added value. I so totally understand why the fans would be upset; I don\u2019t disagree with them.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the entire interview over at <\/span>The Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to <\/span>Patty<\/strong><\/strong><\/span> <\/span>on our message boards for alerting us to this interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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