7 December 2012 10:00 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
How did Peter Jackson and team manage to turn all 310 pages of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" into three films (410 if you count the appendices)? Easy, just add several back-story inserts, plenty of walking and a lot of chasing, pausing only for brief moments of discussion after which all that was discussed will be ignored. It has been nine years since we last followed a group of fantastical characters as they walked around Middle Earth and with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Adventure we are followers once again. Only this time realizing a story one-fifth the size of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" novels has been needlessly stretched out into three films as commerce continues to drive art. Where Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy was a financial risk, The Hobbit trilogy is a financial certainty and with 3-D and three films it's going to mean big bucks for Warner Bros. »
- Brad Brevet
Similar News Items
Peter Jackson (I)- DVD Review: 'West of Memphis' (From CineVue. 20 May 2013, 11:59 PM, PDT)
- Gandalf Photobombed In Behind-the-Scenes Photo From Peter Jackson’s ‘Hobbit’ Trilogy (From LatinoReview. 20 May 2013, 11:06 PM, PDT)
- Team Hobbit Is Back At Work (From EmpireOnline. 20 May 2013, 5:10 PM, PDT)
Elijah Wood
- Death Waltz Records Reveals Details for Maniac Soundtrack on Vinyl (From shocktillyoudrop. 20 May 2013, 2:47 PM, PDT)
- The Hobbit Resumes Production in New Zealand (From MovieWeb. 20 May 2013, 2:15 PM, PDT)
- Ray Manzarek Dead -- Stars React to The Doors Co-Founder's Death (From TooFab. 20 May 2013, 11:50 AM, PDT)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Costume & Weapon Designs (From ComicBookMovie. 18 May 2013, 1:55 PM, PDT)
- Iron Man 3 Soars Past $1bn. at the Global Box Office (From HeyUGuys. 17 May 2013, 12:02 PM, PDT)
- Iron Man 3 Surpasses $1 Billion Worldwide (From Beyond Hollywood. 17 May 2013, 9:47 AM, PDT)
company.