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From TORn, first this:


Word from a reliable source indicates that Sam Raimi has been approached to direct THE HOBBIT. Since Peter Jackson's (Middle-)earth shattering news that he is off the project, it seems the Spider-Man director may step into his place. Raimi was born on October 23rd, 1959 in Royal Oak, Michigan. His first big hit was 'The Evil Dead' but he really gained cult status with 'Evil Dead II'. It is his amazing work on the Spider-Man series that has propelled Raimi to the mainstream. His latest film 'Spider-Man 3' is due out this May.


Now this:


Saul Zaentz On The Hobbit

Saul Zaentz, the owner of Tolkien Enterprises, and ultimate holder of the film rights to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings was very recently interviewed about the Hobbit and Peter Jackson's involvement.

The interview has since been posted on German Rings site Elbenwald. You can read it here.

It's in German, so here's a translation of his comments.


Q: What is with the long anticipated Hobbit-adaption?

A: It will definitely be shot by Peter Jackson. The question is only when. He wants to shoot another movie first. Next year the Hobbit-rights will fall back to my company. I suppose that Peter will wait because he knows that he will make the best deal with us. And he is fed up with the studios: to get his profit share on the rings trilogy he had to sue New Line. With us in contrast he knows that he will be paid fairly and artistically supported without reservation.






So, in Zaentz's opinion, it's a big game of chicken - who'll blink first, you might say. His comments do put all of this in an interesting perspective. New Line's all shirty about what they want, but the ones with the power to hold things up are saying, "No, we want PJ to direct." And they can hold things up long enough that New Line will no longer have a say.


As for the director choice, that would be interesting. Sam Raimi's pretty damn good, and he has a feel for character. I wonder what production company they'd be going with, however. If he could work with Weta, then I think we could have something worth doing. Since it is another book by the same author, having a different director working with the same production and design team would actually have a lot of potential, at least in my opinion.

What do you think?

Date: Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 08:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serai1.livejournal.com
Hm, I wouldn't agree with that. It's not like PJ is going around trying to get people to influence the decision, a la "I was robbed!" He's said that if he can't do it, he'd actually welcome the chance to sit down to someone's else's version. Maybe it's because I've never actually read the Hobbit (only pieces of it), or maybe because I'd really love to see other filmmakers take on Tolkien, but I'm trying to stay away from attaching any kind of sacredness to PJ's LOTR. It's a fucking amazing piece of work, but he's not the only director on the planet who could do Tolkien well. Like I've said before, nobody would have thought PJ could pull it off, so there's no reason why somebody else in the world couldn't do just as well.

And if it doesn't turn out that way, well, I think all of the fans should keep in mind that PJ's version was a result not only of hard work and love, but also enormous luck and serendipity. That kind of thing tends to run out. I'd actually be surprised if the whole Hobbit thing comes off perfectly with everyone involved again, and a beautiful product and a big success and all. Very pleased, but definitely surprised. Life rarely works out with that kind of perfection.

Date: Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 09:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oohasparklie.livejournal.com
Yeah, I wish I could look at it more objectively, but I can't, and I don't really want to. PJ made those movies very special and very sacred to me, and if I get a chance to experience that again with The Hobbit, and that same crew of wonderful people, then I just don't think I could accept it from anyone else. For me, It's PJ's personality that made those films magical, and anything else would be just...less.

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