manoman81 Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15821905/ I just don't get it. The guy that made New Line so much money and made the conversion from book to movie (for the most part) pretty well and they're dropping him. Way to go...
IG-64 Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Screw that. Now I know they're not gonna do this right. Boycott.
Commander Obi-Wan Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 That sucks, he did such a great job for the LOTR movies. Bah humbug.
Jeff Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Hopefully they can get their little dispute solved and get him back on board, but sounds like that's not gonna happen. Too bad because he was awesome for LotR. Hopefully they can get someone good to replace him...
Master_Ginn Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 This makes me wonder whether or not Ian McKellen and some of the other actors will return if Peter Jackson is not directing it.
MasterRoss08 Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 This is all stupid. Just pay the guy the money he deserves &*^%$. He is making you millions for doing such a great job on this series so dont go blowing it now. Its not like he is asking for that much more. Resolve this issue so he can also get to work on a Halo movieas well
abespam Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Having another director wouldnt be the only bad thing. By losing Jackson they lose their production company WETA, which did all of the work for the lotr movies. Also it may no longer be shot in New Zealand. Basically the movies would have characters (such as orcs) and settings (such as the shire and rivendell) completely different to what the LOTR movies had. ie twill be ****.
Emperor Devon Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Having a Middle-Earth film without Jackson is like having Star Wars without Lucas.
Sabretooth Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Let's just hope they don't get Uwe Boll, or somebody like him, to direct the Hobbit. The weirdo will probably make the movie based off The Hobbit the Game. And that would be worse than anything mentioned here.
jon_hill987 Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 *Insert Darth Vader "NO!" here* I would rather they didn't make the film than have someone else directing. If we start some sort of petition do you reckon we could change things?
BongoBob Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 If an online petition ever worked the world would implode.
Samuel Dravis Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Having a Middle-Earth film without Jackson is like having Star Wars without Lucas.Actually, losing Lucas wouldn't be too bad, but losing Jackson is not good.
Monkey Mania Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Actually, losing Lucas wouldn't be too bad, but losing Jackson is not good. You fool!
abcd1234 Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Hold up on the worrying. I just read an article on RottenTomatoes.com that might make you all a little more optimistic. Clicky Here
milo Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Even if it sucks, it can't be as bad as the original animated version of the hobbit.
Pie™ Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 On a side note, they have the right to do another prequel? If they start an EU for Middle-Earth, I will kill someone.
coupes. Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 On a side note, they have the right to do another prequel? If they start an EU for Middle-Earth, I will kill someone. I would love to see a series based on The Silmarillon though.
abcd1234 Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 I had heard rumor that the second sequel would be some Silmarillion based stuff, as well as sort of connect The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring.
Pie™ Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 Silmarillion is my favourite book, but I don't think it would work as a movie/series. The stories are too fragmented, and there isn't enough dialogue, only narrative.
Jeff Posted November 23, 2006 Posted November 23, 2006 I've tried to read the Silmarillion twice and I just can't get through it. I love the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books but Silmarillion just reads to slow or something for me.
Samuel Dravis Posted November 23, 2006 Posted November 23, 2006 You fool!What? He's good at ideas, but not so good at implementation of said ideas IMO. When he let other people do what they know best like with ESB and RotJ it worked out well. With the prequels we got Jarjar and battle droids with highpitched voices. I've tried to read the Silmarillion twice and I just can't get through it. I love the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books but Silmarillion just reads to slow or something for me.I love the Silmarillion. Knowing the history of the world, in addition to how bad things actually are for men and elves makes the stand they take in LotR all that much more awesome. The elves' history is a real downer though; it's like every time they make a little headway they get ground into the dust...again. Actually, I doubt it would make a good movie because of that. There's very few parts where the good guys actually win, and if they do win it's only temporary...
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