Jackson plans on filming The Hobbit

[Kaylen]

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=417967&section=news

There's also a little tidbit on King Kong.. and I don't exactly share the sentiment that it'll be better than Lord of the Rings.

'Cause nothing ever will be in my mind.

[Ciarin]

cool

[Coffee]

And I'm so happy! So very happy!

[Gnomish]

HOBBIT!! WAH!! It will be very good.. not as good as LoTR, but very good neveryou mind...

[Ciarin]

Here you go my hobbit friends (http://homepage.mac.com/evanbaumgardner/iMovieTheater6.html)

[Raven00x]

This pleases me. I am happy.

[Naryn]

Sounds awesome :)

The battle of the armies should be amazing stuff :) Can't wait to see the dwarves bust out from under the mountain and Beorn tearing through the goblins :)

[Dakya]

I have only one word to say: Yay!

[Satarus]

w00t sounds like another movie thats gonna be great.

[Wooleen Shadowraith]

Woot

I always liked the simplicity of the hobbit, compared to the broad scape of the LOTR.

[Bisuketto]

YAY.

[BlackMage]

Ive heard that song before, but haven't seen the film before. That was... funny in a weird way.

Woo, go Hobbit movie. I'm actually re-reading the hobbit right now.

[Karimi]

I always liked the simplicity of the hobbit, compared to the broad scape of the LOTR.

Whoa exactly what i believe, i liked LOTR but it was too complex i forgot most of what happened.

[Dragondude06]

Good thing he is doin it. anyone elts may compramise the integraty of the films he created.

[BlackMage]

Dragondude06. Elf's secretly added in html to your post, making it bold and large.

I also like the simplicity, since I haven't quit reading and then retrying to finish The Hobbit for the umpteenth time.

[rayfinkle]

Hoozah!

[Kaylen]

I liked the Lord of the Rings more than the Hobbit. It was simply epic.. and I like epic.

[Dr.Gonzo]

Im realy glad about him trying to the hobbit, but PLZ GAWD, no more Arwen!!

[Isador Marilith]

I tell ya.... Ever since I saw the Hobbit and the Fellowship of the rings, Cartoon / Live action, I have always wanted them to finish the entire epic. Now that they have completed the trilogy, I think they have no choice but to do the Hobbit as well. I'm completely stoked about the whole project, and after like 15-20 years, the entire epic will be completed by one man, just as the books were.
This is awesome!

[Keiran]

Out of curiosity, how many here were Tolkien fans before the movies?

[Kaylen]

I've been a Tolkien fan for as long as I can remember. Which, for the moment, does extend quite beyond the movies.

There are, unfortunately, some people who do not even know there are books..

[Dakya]

I've loved Tolkien ever since I was oh... six years old. Having a parent who adored The Hobbit and liked to read aloud brought me a great appreciation for his works at an early age.

While I love the movies in their own right... a couple months back in a bookstore, I saw a kid ask his mom for a set of Tolkien's books. The mom told him no, because "we already bought you the movie. You don't need to read those." How sad.

[Shrineerune]

I've been a Tolkien fan forever, and I am so happy about this news!

Thanks for the news article link! (Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Simerilian was somehow filmed as well? That would be tricky though...)

:D

[Coffee]

Been a Tolkien fan since I was a kid.
Read the Hobbit back in the mid 80's. Still have the book, needs re-bound though.

Read the Lord of the Rings first in the early 90's and several times since. Had 3rd edition set of the three books too, which I stupidly gave away to a friend.

[Isador Marilith]

Thats horrible Dakya. I'm a parent myself, and we try to read to our kids when ever we can. I can't imagine that a parent would tell a kid that it's not important to read just because they have the movie. That is one of the most depressing things I have heard. I mean, the mind is a wonder thing to waste, well, when it comes to fantasy and fiction anyway :-).
Thats just really hard to hear.

[Naryn]

Been a Tolkien fan myself since 6th or 7th grade. The Hobbit was on the school's Accelerated Reader program list. That also led me into the Lord of the Rings, not to mention the entire The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe series.

[Raven00x]

read the hobbit when i was 8 or 9, lord of the rings by 12. tried reading the silmarillon but...that turned out to be a better sleep-aid for me than war and peace. maybe i'll give it another try some time in the future.

[Satarus]

I didn't know too much about the LotR before they made the moves, but it motivated me to actualy pull it off my family's books shelf and start reading it. I got the the council of rivendale just before I saw fellowship, and finished the series the summer before two towers.

[Ciarin]

There's books?

[Cougarshand]

I read them all at ten years old, and I've read through all of them three more times since. Some books just lend themsleves to rereading, they feel like old friends. I've lost count of how many times I've reread The Chronicles of Narnia.

this will be a good movie

[Devis]

I have only one word to say: Yay!

I concur. Yay!

Edit: Hohum, I hate to leave my posts so short. I read The Hobbit and saw a play about it when I was in primary school and then I got half way through LotR before I stopped.. for reasons unknown. It's still bookmarked and sitting on my shelf. Guess I'll have to pick it up again some day.

[Erling E.]

This is cool. Michael Jackson filming the Hobbit.

Aooowww!

[Coffee]

Er...that's Peter Jackson Erling.

[Velenka]

ROFLMAO Erling!

I have to say I'm excited for this one too :)

[Erling E.]

Er...that's Peter Jackson Erling.

No! It's Michael Jackson! Michael! I insist.