October 2007

Sam Raimi Wants The Hobbit Movie

Published on: 17th October, 2007

Sam Raimi held a press conference in Los Angeles today to promote his latest movie ‘30 Days Of Night’ and ended up throwing his hat in the ring for The Hobbit movie should Jackson not direct.
Raimi told reporters, “There’s no better choice to direct ‘The Hobbit’ than Peter Jackson. I’m a fan of ‘The Lord [...]

Tim Tolkien Speaks Out

Published on: 16th October, 2007

The nephew of JRR Tolkien has spoken of his wish to see Peter Jackson at the helm of The Hobbit movie.
“It would be complete madness for Peter Jackson not to be involved” Tim Tolkien told The Independent.
The British newspaper also reported that Robert Shaye (NewLine bos and Lord Of The Rings producer) is said to [...]

Gandalf expecting a happy ending.

Published on: 15th October, 2007

Reuters are tonight quoting Sir Ian McKellen who has been speaking once more about The Hobbit movie and the Peter Jackson saga.
“When Peter announced he had withdrawn from ‘The Hobbit,’ he sent me an e-mail saying ‘Because I am not going to do it, it doesn’t mean you have to do the same. Of course, [...]

Samwise Gamgee In Support Of Jackson

Published on: 9th October, 2007

Here we go again… Samwise Gamgee AKA Sean Astin, is the latest Lord Of The Rings star to come out in support of Peter Jackson as director of The Hobbit movie.
Speaking to ReelzChannel about his new film ‘The Final Season’, Sean was quick to join (what seems like) the rest of the fellowship by saying:
“The person [...]

The Hobbit Movie To Feature In Entertainment Weekly

Published on: 5th October, 2007

The Hobbit movie is to feature in this weeks Entertainment weekly, even making the front cover. They will be bringing their readers up to date with all the gossip and the Jackson saga so far.
The fact they are giving so much coverage to a movie that as yet doesn’t exist probably means they’ve realised what [...]