Will Peter Jackson Direct 'The Hoibbit'?
Tue, June 15, 2010 
According to Deadline's "sources" Warner bros and MGM are intent on having Peter Jackson return to the directors chair for the franchise he started with the nearly 3 billion grossing Lord of The Rings franchise.
In other obvious news Warner would also like Chris Nolan to direct Batman 3, but of course that seems much more likely. Anyways, back to The Hobbit, it's already a well known fact that Jackson is just too damn busy to take over as director of two more movies right now. He's directing Tin Tin 2 next year, the sequel to the motion capture adaption he's producing with Spielberg. As well as a million other projects in development. Not to mention I seem to remember them saying just recently he couldn't come back if he wanted to, due to contractual obligations.
They're saying that other directors are interested in the job as well. Of course they are, but that means nothing at this point. The Hobbit is currently in, and will remain in development hell.
I've already pointed out the facts in The Hobbit's ultimate demise in my weekly series The Anderson Chronicles. But for those of you still holding on to that bit of hope that something will come together for this franchise, I'd let go now. There'll be no movement on this project any time in the near future. At best you could expect an entirely different take some point down the road from a different creative team.
I know some of you are saying, well what about Sir Ian McKellen's comments via twitter just last week. For those of you who don't know, He said:
"Hobbit' sets are ready, script ready and movie is casting this month. Fans are not to worry. The films will get made. I suspect we'll start shooting at end of this year."
I take those comments about as serious as I take Tom Arnold when he says to expect True Lies 2.
Reader Comments (1)
My brother seems to think Jackson will direct this movie :)
But then, he actually likes the band, The Runaways, lol. What does he know? *snicker*