The Associated Press have just announced New Line and Peter Jackson have reached an agreement (at last) and he will act as executive producer with the director yet to be named.
After their “disagreement” was settled last Tuesday, New Line have had to move fast before the rights to The Hobbit movie returned to the previous owner, Saul Zaentz. Zaentz had already stated Jackson would be directing if this happened.
“I’m very pleased that we’ve been able to put our differences behind us, so that we may begin a new chapter with our old friends at New Line,” Jackson’s statement read. “We are delighted to continue our journey through Middle Earth.”
Two Hobbit movies will be filmed at the same time, similar to how the 3 “Lord of the Rings” films were shot. Production will start in 2009 with a release planned for 2010, with the second part the following year.
Lets not kid ourselves though, Jackson has been given a role to appease the “Rings” fans, the special effects team and of course, the original cast of whom many may well be needed for at least one of the Hobbit movies.
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