The Hobbit Trailer

[Spider]

I know that Jackson shot all 3 LOTR films in one to save costs etc and that they were released every couple of years to maximise income but this is just a one off and as such it seems a bit mean to plug it and then sit on it.

Wrong on two counts:
1. The Lord of the Rings films were released each Christmas for three sucessive years
2. This trailer is for the first of two Hobbit films.

 

[looney]

First 2 LOTR films were boring in my opinion, OK for commited nerds but thats about it.

I suspect these will be a bit Star Wars 1 and 2.

 

[BadFish]

Because there has NEVER EVER been a massive multi-film story where the films were made in the wrong order...

Except Star Wars

 

[SeagullSongs]

Except Star Wars

Well done, you clearly detected my sarcasm...

 

[BadFish]

Well done, you clearly detected my sarcasm...

No I didn't...........o you little tinker you got me again!

 

[looney]

Except Star Wars

And Underworld.

 

[portlock seagull]

Do not people know that 1 film is the Hobbit (as in the book); and the other's going to be about events mentioned in both LOTR and TH. In other words, Jackson's going to take us to parts of Unfinished Tales and ad lib a bit. Should be good! If it was just the story of the Hobbit, then it would only be a single film.

 

[AMEXican Wave]

Do not people know that 1 film is the Hobbit (as in the book); and the other's going to be about events mentioned in both LOTR and TH. In other words, Jackson's going to take us to parts of Unfinished Tales and ad lib a bit. Should be good! If it was just the story of the Hobbit, then it would only be a single film.

No - that plan changed and is no longer how it will be. The Hobbit story will be split into 2 films, which will each also feature Lord of the Rings linking backstory - Jackson does not have the rights to use material from Unfinished Tales, but can use anything mentioned in the appendices of Lord of the Rings, which includes the Middle Earth timeline. So no Dragon-Fest / 5 army battle in the first film.

 

[Acker79]

This is old news now, but wasn't in the thread, it's going to be three movies.

This is from Peter Jackson’s facebook page:

“It is only at the end of a shoot that you finally get the chance to sit down and have a look at the film you have made. Recently Fran, Phil and I did just this when we watched for the first time an early cut of the first movie - and a large chunk of the second. We were really pleased with the way the story was coming together, in particular, the strength of the characters and the cast who have brought them to life. All of which gave rise to a simple question: do we take this chance to tell more of the tale? And the answer from our perspective as the filmmakers, and as fans, was an unreserved ‘yes.'

We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance. The richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth.

So, without further ado and on behalf of New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Wingnut Films, and the entire cast and crew of “The Hobbit” films, I’d like to announce that two films will become three.

It has been an unexpected journey indeed, and in the words of Professor Tolkien himself, "a tale that grew in the telling."

Cheers, Peter J”​

And now a new trailer:

The Hobbit: New Trailer | SFX

 

[el_ciddy]

What's better than 2 films making 200 million each?

Cha-ching.