- THE HOBBIT (Comic Con)
The Hobbit |
Director Peter Jackson didn't mention this in The Hobbit
press conference, but he's really looking to shoot more stuff.
If you didn’t already know, the film will not just be based
on the book, as there is a ton of material from all different Tolkien
publications, including when Gandalf disappears without explanation. Jackson
says he doesn't just want this to be a kid film. He wants it to fit into the
"Lord of the Rings" universe and feel the same, so that we crazy fans
can watch them all together if we wish.
Nothing is confirmed, as he himself admits, but there is
always a possibility.
Peter Jackson |
He says, "It's very premature. I mean we have an
incredible source material with the appendices because 'The Hobbit' is
obviously a novel but we also have the rights to use this 125 pages of
additional notes where Tolkien expanded the world of 'The Hobbit' published at
the end of 'Return of the King' and we've used some of it so far and just in
the last few weeks as we've been wrapping up the shooting and thinking about
the shape of the story, Fran and I have been talking to the studio about other
things we haven't been able to shoot and seeing if we persuade them to do a few
more weeks of shooting, probably more than a few weeks actually, next year. And
what form that would actually end up taking, well the discussions are pretty
early. So there isn't really anything to report but there's other parts of the
story that we'd like to tell that we haven't been able to tell yet.
We've used more source material than 'The Hobbit.' For
instance in 'The Hobbit' when Gandalf mysteriously disappears for chapters, it
was never really explained where he's gone. Much later Tolkien filled in those
details. In these appendices where he did talk about what happened. And it was
all together a lot darker and more serious than what is written in 'The
Hobbit'. And also to be honest I want to make a series of movies that run
together so if any crazy lunatic wants to watch them all in a row there will be
a consistency to it, a consistency of tone.
The cast and crew at comic con |
So I don't want to make a children's story to go into 'The
Lord of the Rings' so we are providing a balance. I mean a lot of the comedy
and the charm comes from the characters. You're dealing with Bilbo Baggins who
is a bit more reluctant to go on an adventure than Frodo was and with Dwarves
who have a personality and camaraderie all of their own, so there's a lot of
humor but there are still some serious themes involved."
Well it certainly seems that Peter Jackson is not ready to
let go of the Hobbit just yet, as still has a story to tell about these
characters. So maybe the Hobbit will become three films, lets wait and see.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opening in theaters on
December 14.
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