Hobbit likely pushed back to 2012?

Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:35 pm

I don't usually put much credence to these type of reports (I've resisted posting anything about the hullaballoo caused by Jackson's comments about the filming being pushed back), but for some reason I get the sense that this is trustworthy. Maybe it's just that the reporter looks trustworthy to me (though I know nothing about her, specifically).

Anyway: Hobbit-Lovers Wait: It's Likely Pushed to 2012

Post by **vison** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:32 pm

Oh, dear. But the world will end then and we'll never get to see it.

Post by **Teremia** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:44 pm

Take heart, vison, dear. The world doesn't end until December 2012. We'll have plenty of time to see Hobbit showings beforehand. <whew>

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:31 pm

Except they'll probably open it in December, as they did for the LotR films (or so I read somewhere). Which means, it depends on what day in December, or whether the meteors happen to miss the particular theater we prefer.

Of course, in California you'll all be sliding into the sea anyway. . . .

Post by **sauronsfinger** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:36 pm

While I hate to hear of any delay, it is fine with me if that delay is necessary to make a high quality product. Sure, Christmas releases worked really well for the trilogy, but I wonder why a summer 2012 release is not even considered?

Post by **WampusCat** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:06 am

And if the world ends in 2012, we'll never see Part II. Dratted cliffhangers...

Post by **halplm** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:09 am

WampusCat wrote:And if the world ends in 2012, we'll never see Part II. Dratted cliffhangers...

One can only hope.

Post by **sauronsfinger** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:23 am

That is a perfect cartoon summing up ten years of debate on JRRT sites. The young man on the left believes that a book is a book is a book even when it is not a book. The young man on the right believes that a movie is a movie is a movie even if it comes from a book.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:50 am

Fortunately, we have all learned a wise toleration from the P&R wars on other boards, in other times. Right?

. . . Right?

Post by **yovargas** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:02 am

Post by **WampusCat** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:00 am

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:03 am

Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:09 am

Post by **Lalaith** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:43 am

You guys rock. We should plan an ultimate moot to watch the Hobbit together--before we all die.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:31 am

Or we could just die first.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:24 pm

Back in '04 when the RotK EE was over and we started looking forward to the next thing, I predicted that an economic downturn would prevent the Hobbit from being made. I guess this buys me more time to be right.

Post by **sauronsfinger** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:19 pm

Movies continue to get made no matter what the economic times. Making films is a business and business must have a product to offer the public. With no product, there is no more film industry and the first goal of any organism is self preservation. So they will continue to make movies.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:29 pm

Movie theaters also have not suffered in the recession (or at least weren't yet, the last I heard). People are looking for less expensive ways to entertain themselves and their families, and going out to the movies is one way to do that.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:29 pm

Unless things fall apart completely, which is what I was expecting back then. So far, it hasn't come to that. :knock: :knock:

Post by **solicitr** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:11 pm

The young man on the right believes that a movie is a movie is a movie even if it comes from a book.

Um, did you notice that the young man on the right is depicted as a clueless dingleberry? Just wonderin'.