{"id":955,"date":"2006-11-14T15:46:47","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T21:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/11\/14\/major-hobbit-wonders-from-variety-interview\/"},"modified":"2006-11-14T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2006-11-14T21:46:47","slug":"major-hobbit-wonders-from-variety-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2006\/11\/14\/955-major-hobbit-wonders-from-variety-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Hobbit Wonders from Variety Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ringer Mark sends a long this great tidbit from Variety:<\/p>\n

As for “The Hobbit,” Sloan confirmed that MGM was in advanced talks with Peter Jackson to make two movies based on JRR Tolkein’s “prequel” to “The Lord of the Rings.”<\/p>\n

The first would be a direct adaptation of “The Hobbit,” and the second would be drawn from “footnotes and source material connecting ‘The Hobbit’ with ‘Lord of the Rings,’ ” he explained.<\/p>\n

Sloan did not reveal when these projects might be ready to start shoot-ing. An MGM spokesman emphasized that negotiations with Jackson are still in progress, and that production isn’t likely until 2008 or even 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the full article. [Variety<\/a>]<\/p>\n

FOOTNOTE:
TolKIEN!!! TolKIEN!!! By the time “The Return of the King” came out, most journalists could spell his name correctly. Evidently it was too much to expect that might last. – Tehanu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ringer Mark sends a long this great tidbit from Variety: As for “The Hobbit,” Sloan confirmed that MGM…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-old-main-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t