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Jackson has had discussions about the filming rights with the Tolkien estate and it seems that it could actually happen.

Could be great, could be awful, depending if it would go the LOTR or The Hobbit way.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It was a rights negotiation that kept tripping them up, as MGM held the Hobbit rights. Eventually they came to an agreement to combine MGM’s rights with the Zaentz rights New Line represented for the Hobbit project. But by then Del Toro decided to move on, and Jackson was told that unless he took over and started shooting immediately, the whole thing would be pulled, and given the painful negotiations between New Line and MGM, it would be unlikely to be revived.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Thank you, I was going off memory from the commentary

Yeah, so rushed and overproduced. Not a great combo.