Peter Jackson confirms that he will make a third "Hobbit" film
Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson confirmed on Facebook today that he will indeed make a third “Hobbit” movie, drawing not only from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” prequel, which had been planned as a two-movie adaptation, but also from the 125 pages of appendices the author included at the end of his LOTR trilogy capper “Return of the King.”
Here is the message, titled “An unexpected journey,” that Jackson posted on Facebook today:
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. Recently Fran [Walsh], Phil[lippa Boyens] and I did just this when we watched for the first time an early cut of the first movie – and a large chunk of the second. 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.’
We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain untold if we do not take this chance. The richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, allows us to tell the full story of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the part he played in the sometimes dangerous, but at all times exciting, history of Middle-earth.
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