A Prequel!!

The Hobbit 2010 & 2011!!



Its about dang time!! So i short... 2 different companies owned rights to the hobbit... A little history about 3 years ago Peter Jackson sued one or both of the comoanies in hopes of getting The Hobbit [aka There and Back Again] in production... So the companies were not very stoked on Jackson... The some tuff guy started talking with Jackson several months ago and they worked this out.... 2 Movies, each side of ownership pays out 125 million per movie... and its being scripted now... Peter Jackson will not be filming as he did for the Trilogy... but he will be producing I think... and his FX company will again but it together in NZ...

Lets start bitching for a Silmarillion now... so maybe we can have it by 1015...

FYI... for you lames... The Silmarillion is the Prequil to the Hobbit.

One Does not Simply Walk Into Mordor A funny LOTR animation.

Latest News-----

3/21/2008
Del Toro is still in negotiations about directing The Hobbit, he recently said.
Article on theonering.net | Discuss

2/29/2008
Time Warner has fusioned The Hobbit studio New Line with Warner Bros, making it one big company. Apparently the New Line bosses Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne won't be on board any more.
Article on CNBC | Discuss

2/24/2008
Universal was stunned to hear about Del Toro as Hobbit director, because they want him for a Hellboy sequel and for Lovecraft's 'At the Mountains of Madness'. Universal production chef Donna Langley: "We're in discussions with how to rectify that with Guillermo".
Article on Variety | Discuss

2/15/2008
Del Toro wants the actors from Lord of the Rings, like Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen, in The Hobbit, too.
Article on Empire | Discuss

2/11/2008
The Tolkien Trust and HarperCollins are suing New Line, claiming the company failed to pay a cut of gross profits for the Lord of the Rings movies.
This could cause another serious delay for The Hobbit. Let's hope it won't.
Article on SFGate.com | Discuss

1/30/2008
Guillermo del Toro will direct The Hobbit, he said himself in an interview.
Update: This is not official yet and may proove wrong, Del Toro admitted.
Article on theonering.net | Discuss

1/29/2008
Nothing is finalized yet in the director question, according to MarketSaw. Jackson did contact Del Toro and talked about "possibilities".
Article on MarketSaw | Discuss

1/28/2008
Guillermo del Toro is in talks with New Line and MGM to direct The Hobbit.
Article on Hollywoodreporter | Discuss this in the forum

1/24/2008
This rumor was denied by New Line!
The contracts of Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne with Time Warner will expire this year. Rumors say they won't be renewed.
Shaye and Lynne founded New Line, which now belongs to Time Warner, in 1967. According to Deadline Hollywood Daily it is 'virtually certain that the studio pair will be shown the door'.
Article on Deadline Hollywood Daily | Discuss this in the forum

1/13/2008
Elijah Wood wants to reappear in a minor role in the second movie as young Frodo. He confirms that this movie should fill the gap between Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
Article on MTV Movies Blog | Discuss this in the forum

1/10/2008
Christopher Lee hopes there will be a place for him in The Hobbit.
Article on Miami Herald | Discuss this in the forum

1/9/2008
Peter Jackson will play host to key insider people for a scale discussion on what 3D options to elect for The Hobbit, says Marketsaw.
Discuss this in the forum

12/27/2007
Here is a very good and detailed summary of the current Hobbit situation.
Article on The Frodo Franchise | Discuss this in the forum

12/19/2007
Rumors tell of Hellboy-director Guillermo del Toro as a new candidate to direct The Hobbit.
Article on Entertainment Weekly

12/19/2007
This site now has its own forum for discussions on The Hobbit movie.
The Hobbit Movie Forum

12/19/2007
According to Entertainment Weekly, the first movie will deal with the book The Hobbit, whereas the second will link The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
I suspect, that then the second movie will use a lot of material from the appendices.
Article on EW

12/18/2007
The Hobbit movies will be made with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh as producers! New Line and Jackson have reached agreement, the dispute between New Line boss Shaye and Jackson seems to be settled. Jackson and Walsh will produce two Hobbit movies, a director isn't named yet. Both movies will be shot simultaneously, like The Lord of the Rings movies were. Production will start in 2009, the movies are scheduled to come to our cinemas in 2010 and 2011.
Official announcement




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The Hobbit

Gandalf tricks Bilbo into hosting a party for Thorin's band of dwarves, who sing of reclaiming the Lonely Mountain and its vast treasure from the Dragon Smaug. When the music ends Gandalf unveils a map showing a secret door into the Mountain and proposes that the dumbfounded Bilbo serve as the expedition's "burglar". The dwarves ridicule the idea, but Bilbo, indignant, joins despite himself.

The group travels into the wild, where Gandalf saves the company from trolls and leads them to Rivendell. There Elrond reveals more secrets from the map. Passing over the Misty Mountains, they are caught by goblins and driven deep underground. Though Gandalf rescues them, Bilbo gets separated from the others as they flee the goblin tunnels. Groping along lost, he finds a ring and then encounters Gollum, who engages him in a game of riddles with deadly stakes. With the help of the ring (which confers invisibility), Bilbo escapes and rejoins the dwarves, raising his reputation. The goblins and Wargs give chase and the company are saved by eagles before resting in the house of the shape-shifter Beorn.

The company enter the black forest of Mirkwood without Gandalf. There Bilbo first saves the dwarves from Giant Spiders and then from the dungeons of the Wood-elves. Nearing the Lonely Mountain, the travellers are welcomed by the human inhabitants of Lake-town, who hope the dwarves will fulfil prophecies of Smaug's demise. The expedition travels to the Mountain and finds the secret door; Bilbo scouts the dragon's lair, stealing a great cup and learning of a weakness in Smaug's armour. The enraged dragon, deducing that Lake-town aided the intruder, sets out to destroy the town. A noble thrush who overheard Bilbo's report of Smaug's vulnerability reports it to Bard the Bowman, who slays the Dragon.

When the dwarves take possession of the mountain, Bilbo finds the prized Arkenstone gem and steals it. The Wood-elves and Lake-men besiege the Mountain and request compensation for their aid, reparations for Lake-town's destruction, and settlement of old claims on the treasure. Thorin refuses and, having summoned his kin from the north, reinforces his position. Bilbo tries to ransom the Arkenstone to head off a war, but Thorin is intransigent. He banishes Bilbo, and battle seems inevitable.

Gandalf reappears to warn all of an approaching army of goblins and Wargs. The dwarves, men, and elves band together, but only with the timely arrival of the eagles and Beorn do they win the Battle of Five Armies. Thorin, mortally wounded, lives long enough to part from Bilbo as a friend. The treasure is divided fairly, but, having no need or desire for it, Bilbo refuses most of his contracted share. Nevertheless, he returns home with enough to make himself a very wealthy hobbit.



---------------THE SILMARILLION-------



Ainulindalë and Valaquenta

The first section of The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë, takes the form of a primary creation myth. Ilúvatar ("Father of All") created the Ainur before anything else, a group of eternal spirits or demiurges, called "the offspring of his thought". Ilúvatar then brought the Ainur together, and showed them a theme, from which he bade the Ainur to make a great music. Melkor—whom Ilúvatar had given the "greatest power and knowledge" of all the Ainur—broke from the harmony of the music to develop his own song. This caused discord and division as some Ainur joined him, while others continued to follow Ilúvatar. The music then stopped, and Ilúvatar showed them all a vision of Arda and its people. After a while, the vision disappeared, but Ilúvatar, seeing the desires of the Ainur, brought the vision into being.

Many of the Ainur descended, taking physical form and becoming bound to the new world. The greater Ainur became known as Valar, while the lesser Ainur were called Maiar. The Valar attempted to prepare the world for the coming inhabitants (Elves and Men), while Melkor, who wanted Arda for himself, repeatedly destroyed their work, until, slowly, through waves of destruction and creation, the world took shape.

Valaquenta describes Melkor and each of the fourteen Valar in detail, as well as a few of the Maiar. It also tells how Melkor seduced many Maiar—including Sauron and the Balrogs—into his service.

Quenta Silmarillion

Quenta Silmarillion, which makes up the bulk of the book, is a series of interconnected tales set in the First Age making up the tragic saga of the three magical jewels, the Silmarils. The Valar had attempted to fashion the world for Elves and Men, but Melkor continually destroyed their handiwork, so they removed to Aman, a continent to the west of Middle-earth, where they established their home called Valinor. When the Elves awoke, the Valar decided to fight Melkor to keep them safe. They defeated and captured Melkor, and invited the Elves to come to Aman. Many Elves journeyed to Aman, but some did not attempt the journey, and others stopped along the way. The elves who came to Aman were the clan called the Vanyar, and some of the Noldor and Teleri clans. They became known as the Calaquendi - the elves who had seen the light of the Two Trees of Valinor , the source of light for Aman. The elves who stayed behind in Middle earth became known as the Moriquendi, or those who had not seen the light of the trees. While in Aman, an Elf named Fëanor of the Noldor clan created the Silmarils, jewels which contained the light of the trees. Melkor, having been released after seeming to repent, stole the Silmarils, killed Fëanor's father, and destroyed the Two Trees. Fëanor and his sons swore an oath of revenge against Melkor and anyone who kept a Silmaril from them, and led many of his kin to Middle-earth, where Melkor had fled, killing other Elves for their ships.

When Melkor arrived in Middle-earth, he attacked the Elvish kingdom of Doriath, but was defeated. This battle was the first of five battles between Melkor and the Elves, aided at times by Men and Dwarves. This conflict came to be known as the War of the Jewels. Soon, the Noldor arrived in Middle-earth and attacked Melkor, and though Fëanor was slain, they were victorious. After a peace, Melkor again attacked the Noldor, but was defeated and besieged. Nearly four hundred years later, Melkor broke the siege and drove the Noldor back. A man named Beren survived the battle and wandered to Doriath, where he fell in love with Lúthien, the daughter of the king. The king would only allow their marriage if Beren gave him a Silmaril for a dowry. Together, Beren and Lúthien stole into Melkor's fortress and stole a Silmaril, which Beren gave to the king. The Noldor, seeing that Melkor was not invincible, decided to attack again, but were utterly defeated. All of the Elvish kingdoms fell, until Eärendil the half-Elf, using the light of the Silmaril Beren retrieved, travelled across the sea to Aman to ask the Valar for help. The Valar agreed; they attacked and defeated Melkor, completely destroying his fortress and sinking Beleriand, and expelled him from Arda. This ended the First Age of Middle-earth.

Akallabêth


This short section, comprising about thirty pages, recounts the rise and fall of the island kingdom of Númenor. After the destruction of Middle-earth at the end of the First Age, the Valar granted to the three loyal houses of Men who had aided the Elves in the war against Melkor the right to leave the devastation of Middle-earth and settle in Númenor, within sight of Valinor. Their tragic fate is brought about in large measure by the influence of the evil Maia Sauron (formerly the chief servant of Melkor), who had arisen during the Second Age and tried to take over Middle-earth. The Númenóreans moved against Sauron, who, seeing that he could not defeat the Númenóreans with force, allowed himself to be taken prisoner to Númenor, where he quickly seduced the king, Ar-Pharazôn, led the Númenóreans into worshipping his former master, and urged them to wage war on the Valar themselves. Ar-Pharazôn created a fleet and sailed to Aman, but his campaign ended with the destruction of the fleet and the drowning of Númenor by Ilúvatar, in punishment for their rebellion against the rightful rule of the Valar. Sauron, however, escaped and returned to Middle-earth. Some Númenóreans remained loyal to the Valar and also fled to Middle-earth, where they founded the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor.

Of The Rings of Power and the Third Age

The concluding section of the book, comprising about twenty pages, describes the events that take place in Middle-earth after the fall of Melkor and the end of the First Age. The events of the Second Age involve the emergence of the Dark Lord Sauron as the main power in Middle-earth, and the forging of the Rings of Power. This leads to many battles between the peoples of Middle-earth and Sauron, culminating in the War of the Last Alliance, in which Elves and the remaining Númenóreans united to defeat Sauron, bringing the Second Age to an end. The Third Age opens with the passing of the One Ring to Isildur. However, shortly after this, Isildur is ambushed at the Gladden Fields, and the One Ring is lost (being found many years later by Gollum). This section also gives a brief overview of the events of the Third Age leading up to and taking place roughly 2,500 years later, in The Lord of the Rings, including the waning of Gondor, the re-emergence of Sauron, the White Council, and Sauron's final destruction along with the One Ring.