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Originally Posted by The Strangler
I only hope someone has the brains to pay for the rights to The Hobbit.
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Its not that New Line and Peter Jackson aren't willing to buy the rights, its that the Tolkien Estate isn't willing to sell it. The Estate has never supported the movies. The only reason the trilogy was made was because Tolkien himself had already sold the rights to it back in the 60's or something like that.
But Peter Jackson has already said he would like to make The Hobbit and Ian McKellan has expressed interest in reprising his role as Gandalf (and of course New Line would want to make it considering the success of The Lord of the Rings).
*shrugs and walks away*