Matthew on 29/11/2006 at 14:47
Yeah, otherwise they scream the house down
Gorgonseye on 29/11/2006 at 15:36
I should know....
Edit: Except, I don't scream...I BURN the house down.....
Matthew on 29/11/2006 at 17:32
Dahyum son, I think you need to tell the teacher about that
Moi Dix Mois on 21/12/2007 at 16:01
How do I necromanced thread?
Days before their rights expired (aparently) New Line finally caved and settled up with Peter Jackson over the 'creative accounting' issues from the LoTR trilogy, opening the way for The Hobbit and an un-named sequel* to be finally get into production.
Quote Posted by Time magazine
Bilbo Baggins is finally progressing on his most fraught journey — landing a leading role on the big screen. After three years of legal wrangling and public sniping, director Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached an agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings blockbuster trilogy that made nearly $3 billion at the box office and earned 17 Oscars.
Since he's stupendously overbooked for the next couple of years, all signs point towards PJ's involvment being as Executive Producer only (What exactly does a Producer do, anyway?). Although nothing has been officially announced, other news sources seem pretty much convinced that Sam Raimi will be directing. He certainly made his interest very clear over the past few months.
*Nothing of the potential plot has even been hinted at yet, but I'll go out on a limb and say it'll focus on Aragorn.
Between Hobbit and LoTR he grew up, met Arwen and battled against Orcs with Elrond's sons. He also became a commander in the armies of Gondor (without revealing his true identity) which culminated with him leading a force down to Umbar, burning the corsair fleet and killing their leader.
Good fodder for a film I guess.
Hier on 21/12/2007 at 16:27
Quote Posted by Moi Dix Mois
Since he's stupendously overbooked for the next couple of years, all signs point towards PJ's involvment being as Executive Producer only (What exactly does a Producer do, anyway?).
Depends on the movie I think. In general the producer basically does everything except sit behind the camera and direct the actors. He oversees the casting, hiring of the director, set construction, props, special effects, music.
Some directors, like PJ himself, sometimes have a much bigger hand in the production than others. But I think this is actually good. PJ's world-building vision and attention to detail and visual style were phenomenal, but the actual directing of the actors I thought was weak at times, particularly during the dozens of death or fake-death scenes that occur every 20 mins in LOTR. If he can have a major hand in these movies, to set them up to have the same visual style as the LOTR trilogy but hand the directing over to someone else, I'd be optimistic (I'd want to know the director, of course).
George Lucas was similar with the original Star Wars trilogy. He's a great producer, not a great director.
Muzman on 21/12/2007 at 19:33
Worth remembering that LoTR was shot with something like six camera units working at a time, of which Jackson was directing one.
And, yeah, the producer is the management side of a film project. Not to be confused with an Executive Producer who merely puts up/controls the money or an Associate Producer which is a CV stuffing credit given to your mates, interfering investors or to placate overpaid actors who think they ought to have some say in things (or at least look like they do).
fett on 21/12/2007 at 20:29
Good news anyway - there's a strong tradition to live up to with the Middle-Earth films now, so hopefully New Line treads carefully. I think I'd rather see Barny the fucking dinosaur direct it rather than Raimi though. I envision Bilbo strolling through the Shire pointing finger guns at lady hobbits while B.J. Thomas plays in the background. Then shit blows up.
Fuck Sam Raimi.
Scots Taffer on 21/12/2007 at 23:49
Quote Posted by fett
I envision Bilbo strolling through the Shire pointing finger guns at lady hobbits while B.J. Thomas plays in the background. Then shit blows up.
I'd pay cold, hard-earned cash to see that movie.
D'Arcy on 21/12/2007 at 23:55
I feel deceived. When I saw the 'In a hole in the ground...' words in the title of this thread, I thoought that 'WITH AN OWL' would follow :(
fett on 22/12/2007 at 01:47
IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND LIVED 2 GIRLS WITH A CUP.
