The Hobbit

[Thoran]

Originally posted by SpiritWarrior: Errrr...I didn't, Link. I added Willow (not Conan) to a list of good fantasy movies in the history of fantasy movies.

Willow was a good story, and even though the Conan's were very simple I enjoyed them at the time.

I also enjoyed The Dark Crystal (I was pretty young, pre-teen methinks... right in the target audience for the movie), and the Neverending Story too.

I agree that none of these did what LOTR did though... which is to tell a serious adult story. No comedy conversion (Princess Bride and Willow) or childs story (Dark Crystal, Neverending Story). Although IMO PJ did turn Gimli into more of a "Comic Relief" than I'd have preferred.

[john]

By the way " The Princess Bride 2 " is now being made,and this morning on Mark and Brian they were interviewing PJ and he did say he would love to make the "Hobbit" if they get the legal stuff taken care of.

[SpiritWarrior]

Well it is gonna happen. I just heard on the news that MGM and new line (?) are now fueding in pre-production court about who owns the rights. Eventually someone will win but time is a factor here. I read this about Spiderman 7 years ago.

[Cienden]

Yes I saw that also. Read a bit on it. Looks like New Line has the rights to make it, but MGM still has the distribution rights.

"I guess MGM's lawyers and New Line's lawyers are going to have a huge amount of fun over the next few years trying to work it all out," he told reporters recently in Los Angeles, according to AP Radio. "I'm obviously busy for a couple of years on 'King Kong' so those lawyers can just go at it for a long time." ~Peter Jackson