Jackson confirms Hobbit to be "One film in Two parts"

[Allyn Gibson]

Have I misheard or aren't they supposed to include a large part of the Silmarillion in that two-parter?

You misheard. The film rights to The Silmarillion have never, to the best of my knowledge, ever been sold.

The "bridge" film would supposedly have dealt with events described in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings.

 

[sidious618]

I wouldn't be surprised if we get that bridge film, or some sort of Silmirillion film, sometime in the future.

 

[ClayinCA]

So, can I pay for one admission in two installments?

 

[milo bloom]

Have I misheard or aren't they supposed to include a large part of the Silmarillion in that two-parter?

You misheard. The film rights to The Silmarillion have never, to the best of my knowledge, ever been sold.

The "bridge" film would supposedly have dealt with events described in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings.

And that's some really interesting stuff in there. I never bothered with the appendices the first few times I read LOTR, but going back when the movies came out and since then, there's a ton of stuff that should be read, and quite possibly should have been in the main body of the books to begin with (the whole Aragorn/Arwen bit is only found in the appendices for starters).

I'm still hoping there's a little bit of this stuff in The Hobbit. Esp. bits explaining where Gandalf was the various times he left the party.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I think that expanding upon Gandalf's departure to join the White Council and the Elves for an assult on Dol Gulder (Sauron's fortress at the time of The Hobbit) is entirely doable. Tolkien's "The Quest for Erebor" already places The Hobbit within the context of the White Council's machinations against Sauron's rise.

 

[Tulin]

Have I misheard or aren't they supposed to include a large part of the Silmarillion in that two-parter?

They decided not to do that and instead stretch the Hobbit into two films.

Wrong.

"The Silmarillion" was never going to be used. Jackson and co. do not have the right to adapt ANYTHING from that book. The stuff for the second film was going to come from the appendices, for which there is quite a bit of info.

 

[Falcor5]

Have I misheard or aren't they supposed to include a large part of the Silmarillion in that two-parter?

They decided not to do that and instead stretch the Hobbit into two films.

Wrong.

"The Silmarillion" was never going to be used. Jackson and co. do not have the right to adapt ANYTHING from that book. The stuff for the second film was going to come from the appendices, for which there is quite a bit of info.

Yea someone else already corrected us above.

 

[Roshi]

Ok, ok, ok, my bad...