More rumor-mongering regarding Peter Jackson and The Hobbit.
Jackson said New Line Cinema has the rights to make the movie, but MGM has the rights to distribute it.
“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.”
Jackson said he’d want much the same feel for the flick as the (sequel) trilogy, including bringing back Ian McKellen as Gandalf.
But … is any of that new news?
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Where is he going to get a woman? This was a huge concern about the trilogy among some detractors — “not enough women characters.” And so the pumped-up Arwen, etc. But The Hobbit has the virtues of not having any female characters at all. (This doesn’t bother me one jot, but it makes certain other people go out of their minds.)
Hmmmm … well, I’ve always wondered about Bifur and Bofur …
The Elvenking could easily be an Elvenqueen. Might even be better and more mythic for it. (Must … get … Otto … Preminger’s … voice … out of … my head …)
Smaug could be female. Hell, Bard the Bowman could be a woman.
In point of fact, aside from Bilbo, Gollum, Gandalf, and a couple of the dwarves, there are very few of the characters who story role is gender-driven.
Of course, that would drive certain other people out of their minds …
If they want strong female characters, then they should go to “The Silmarillion” and the other First and Second Age stuff.
Given what they showed in the prologue plus the flashback during the scenes at Rivendell, I’m sure they could do a good job with that.
The Tale of Beren and Luthien, for example…
Beren and Luthien, in many ways, is the archtype that becomes Aragorn and Arwen, so I doubt he’d ever do it. A pity, too.