I would have put money on it anyway but today it was confirmed that the same team that wrote the Lord Of The Rings screen play (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens) will also write the 2 Hobbit movies together with Guillermo Del Toro of course.
The official press release states that Jackson and Del Toro got so deeply involved in The Hobbit that they couldn’t bare the thought of handing it over to someone else.
It was originally thought that Jackson’s schedule was far too tight to allow him to get too involved but apparently gaps have been found.
I suspect though that Jackson has had second thoughts and decided he has to be involved in the writing. He promised the money men 2 Hobbit movies in return for their settling his long running “monies owed” claim. Problem is though, there is only one Hobbit book.
Del Toro stated soon after being signed up to direct that:
“We believe there is a second movie. If there isn’t, there will not be. If we find it, we will shoot it, but by God, if we do not find it, we will not shoot it. I am anxious to shoot the book, and I’m willing and able to dedicate myself to shooting the second film.”
It’s a valid point and one that may well have been raised by outside writers.
Filling the Hobbit out to make two movies is a completely different proposition to the trimming and cutting down they had to do for The Lord Of The Rings. Even when we assume much of the work will come from Tolkiens notes to fill in the gap between the end of The Hobbit and the start of The Fellowship Of The Ring, they are still only notes at the end of the day.
I have a feeling today’s announcement comes after Jackson has had time to mull over the story. He may well feel that if this is to be pulled off, he is the only one qualified to do it and who could argue?
After all, he does have the qualifictions….. He’s been there and now he’s going back again. I just hope the trip is as memorable as the one he made a decade ago.
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