Peter Jackson says “we should have certainty with The Hobbit sometime soon”

by Liam on August 25, 2010 · 5 comments

gandalf the hobbit With MGM in talks with Spyglass for a merger it looks like the situation holding up The Hobbit and Bond 23 may be over soon. The delay has lost us Guillermo del Toro, but Peter Jackson is still steering the project forward and may or may not end up directing. No beacons can be light while MGM are still in debt, but Jackson revealed in a recent interview that The Hobbit will have “certainty” sometime soon.

From Stuff.nz (via The One Ring):

A decision was still to be made on whether he would direct The Hobbit, which is in limbo while problems are resolved with Warner Bros and MGM, which is heavily in debt and up for sale.

But he said yesterday that Warner Bros was “making progress untangling the MGM situation, so we should have certainty with The Hobbit sometime soon”.

The article also mentions Jackson is eager to sort out his Hobbit duties (whether directing or just producing) as it will allow him to map out a five-year plan for projects “that will keep many people very busy”.

With fans, MGM, Warner Bros. and Guillermo del Toro wanting Jackson to direct the two Hobbit films it would seem like a difficult decision to turn down, but Jackson has projects he wants to work on so the sooner a green-light is given the better.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kendrat199 Kendra Taylor

    please for the love of God have this two-part sequel be given the green light! I’ve loved Lord of the Rings -if anyone has seen my posters, the extended edition versions, etcetera they’d understand- and so to make The Hobbit -one of my favorite books- would just make my year. Literally

    Plus, I heard Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellan, and Andy Serkis signed on -and it’s hard to get those guys, at least the first two.
    -kendra <3

  • Harry

    I hope that they cast Bruce Payne as Thorin and Sean Pertwee as Thranduil :-)

  • Dylan

    I’d be happy if I just got 1 Hobbit film … but 2 … definately! Come on and sort out the problems!!!

  • http://twitter.com/aeghast [A]

    what his “problems” could be..? he needs to prove himself again. ok, maybe not — but after THE LOVELY BONES..

  • http://twitter.com/aeghast [A]

    by the way.. the other day I saw an interview for the directors of THE SWITCH. The directorS, that’s two of them. How come a rom-com needs two guys but a massive trilogy like The Lord of the Rings can be handled by just one guy..