"It is only at the end of a shoot that you finally get the chance to sit down and have a look at the film you have made... We were really pleased with the way the story was coming together, in particular, the strength of the characters and the cast who have brought them to life. All of which gave rise to a simple question: do we take this chance to tell more of the tale? And the answer from our perspective as the filmmakers, and as fans, was an unreserved 'yes.'"
I'm kind of sceptical now. I can see The Hobbit as being two films, but three? I'm curious to see if this is just a cash-grab or not. The Silmarillion is something I can see being made into three films.
I'd rather a trilogy to space some of the story out rather than cut out possibly important parts or rush through some aspects in order to stick to a set time limit, but I'm also a little skeptical about it being a useless cash-grab. I don't know how they'll establish when/where each movie begins and ends in relation to the books, but if it works better than squishing a lot of stuff into two 3-hour movies, then I'm all for it.
EDIT: The first movie of the trilogy is set to be released to theaters in December, with the second (and what was supposed to be final installment) set for December 2013. I'm curious to know how this planned third movie will fit into this series. Seems a little late to be adding a third movie to the series.
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The Silmarillion is unfilmable. I'd simultaneously applaud and boycott any director that would make the effort.
I guess it's not totally implausible for The Hobbit to fit into three films, if they included everything that occurs in the book. Although we are extremely skeptical.
Heard about this earlier today from a friend, and I share all of your scepticism. Unless I am mistaken, the Hobbit Book is about half the size of the other three books. Each of the other three books was told in a single film, now they're going to produce a book/film combo that is half the story from one of the older films and stretch it into three films?
Either they're dragging the entire story out here, or they're going to be adding scenes that aren't mentioned in the books at all. In regards to the surprise 3rd film, I would expect that they'll either move Hobbit #2 into June '13 and Hobbit #3 into the December '13 slot, or, more than likely they'll have Hobbit #2 in December '13 and Hobbit #3 in December '14.
As for how they've got three films from filming for two. It's a fair bet that they've simply reduced the time of the individual films. Say they've got six hours worth of film which they were going to have as two three-hour films, they'll have instead opted to go for three two-hour films.
I have faith in the producers, developers and cast 'cause they done such a great job with the LotR Trilogy, though my scepticism remains.
Each film is going to be coming out in December; 2012, 2013, and the finale in 2014. Same thing happened with the other three LOTR films. It is very weird though, as the Hobbit is no where near the size as some of the other books, which they did a very good job squeezing into one film each.
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Each film is going to be coming out in December; 2012, 2013, and the finale in 2014. Same thing happened with the other three LOTR films. It is very weird though, as the Hobbit is no where near the size as some of the other books, which they did a very good job squeezing into one film each.
I know Wikipedia isn't exactly known to be correct all of the time, but:
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Although originally made as a two part film, Jackson and MGM have confirmed plans for a third film as well. The first film is currently titled The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, though the titles of the second and third film are currently unconfirmed. The first and second films were shot back-to-back in New Zealand and are currently in post-production; principal photography began on 21 March 2011 and completed on 6 July 2012. They are scheduled to be released on 14 December 2012 and 13 December 2013, respectively. The final film will be released in the summer of 2014. While the third film will make use of footage originally shot for the first and second films, it will require additional filming as well.
Looks like they're bringing the third film to an earlier release date.
Apparently too, there are a few scenes to be included that aren't in the books at all. Heck, Evangeline Lilly (Kate from LOST) is set to play the part of an Elven women who isn't in any of the books, so I figure they're going to be adding a few scenes of their own to make these three films worthwhile.
It wouldn't surprise me either if the third film doesn't focus so much on the hobbit tale, but more a bridge between the hobbit story and that of the LotR's trilogy. There is (I believe) a significant gap between the two tales, one that they could easily fill in if they're going freelance with the script.
Three movies out of 310 pages, nice. Peter Jackson says it will have some of the LOTR trilogy's extra material, which allows them to tell the 'full Hobbit story'. Whatever that is, seems like moneygrubbing and lessening the hype for the first one.
But he has been very accurate when portraying the other books so maybe he can pull it off.
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