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Your daily Hobbit update. :)


A hint courtesy of garfeimao, who's a TORN staffer, posted in reply to my entry from yesterday: "A written letter is worth a lot more than emails, it's a legal thing, they have to keep all written correspondence for a specific time period. The links include real world snail mail addresses. Make each letter you write address the specific receiving party, their place in the grand scheme of things and stay polite. But most importantly, make yourself heard." Thanks a lot!

And in case you lost the link, the addresses of New Line, MGM etc. are here.



Courtesy of TORN:

A Hobbit Flap News Roundup

A Sydney Morning Herald article: Jackson's sidelining raises ire of Shire fans

And saving the best for last... Dork Tower Rips New Line A New One ROTFLMAO!!! Thank you John Kovalic for expressing what we can not put into our letters/e-mails to New Line! :D

Do keep an eye on TheOneRing.net - they're the ones with the best information, and almost everything I post here is gleamed from them.



Also, something that was pointed out by someone in primulabaggins' LJ: The current issue of German CINEMA magazine (issue #343, 12/06) has an interview with Saul Zaentz, and at the end of it they asked him about LOTR/The Hobbit. He reveals a few pieces of information which I've never heard before! Here's my translation - apologies if the English isn't the best, I'm a bit in a hurry:

For decades you held the film rights to "The Lord of the Rings". Why did you pass on production?
In the 70s I produced the animated adaptation of the first book, and wasn't happy with the result. Computer animation didn't exist back then, so it wasn't possible to do better. Already in the 80s I met Peter Jackson, and immediately had him contractually fixed as director for potential live action movies, because no one had a better grip on Tolkien's novels than him. When my company gave the rights to New Line, because we aren't equipped for productions of this size, New Line honoured that. And therefore I now earn more from the profits of Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" than from other films. Although I've never set foot on the set in New Zealand.

What about the eagerly awaited adaptation of "The Hobbit"?
It will definitely be made by Peter Jackson. The only question is when. He wants to shoot another film first. Next year the rights to "The Hobbit" fall back to my company. I assume that Peter will wait this long, because he'll get the best deal in the business from us. He too is fed up with the studios: He had to sue New Line for his share of the profits. (sorry, can't remember the correct term right now - ODQ) With us on the other hand, he knows that he'll be paid fairly and that he'll get unconditional artistic support.

Very interesting - and I'd love to hear what Mr. Zaentz has to say about the current situation!

I think I just found the architect for my Hobbit Hole!

*drools*

Small A&E Insider update regarding Wedding Wars

Another A&E Newsletter just landed in my inbox, pointing to some new Wedding Wars content in the A&E Insider section. See this comment by vampirefan on the seanmaher community if you aren't a member but want to go look at it yourself! :)

First, a slightly bigger version of the cast pic they had up last time I posted:



Doesn't Sean look gorgeous?! *drools*


Second, they have a list of Wedding Wars cast appearances on talk shows - no Sean unfortunately, but I guess we can hope for clips featuring him. ( Current schedule behind the cut )

I hope someone will record and upload these.


It looks like the clips they have up are still the same. In case someone missed my post last Wednesday - I'm mirroring downloadable versions here. There's also quizzes about Eric Dane and John Stamos, but who wants those? ;)

I do hope they'll soon put up those behind-the-scenes cast interviews (and there better be some Sean) they're promising on the movie's page!

I promise I'll stop spamming in a moment...

but just saw a link on TORN to Sir Ian's website - he's posted about the current Hobbit crisis. The post is here, but I've copied his remarks below:


Q. Have you seen Peter Jackson's announcement that he is withdrawing from "The Hobbit" movie? And what is your reaction, please?

A. Here is Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh's announcement in full, which they mailed to me and theonering.net. As you can tell it's not so much a "withdrawal", but rather what he feels to be an impossible situation imposed on him.

[Full text of PJ's e-mail follows]

The LOTR fans are already expressing a sense of betrayal. On my own account, I am very sad as I should have relished re-visiting Middle Earth with Peter again as team-leader. It's hard to imagine any other director matching his achievement in Tolkien country. We will have to await developments but being an optimist I am hoping that New Line, MGM and Wingnut can settle outstanding problems so that the long expected "Hobbit" is filmed sooner rather than later.

From Serena's mouth to the ears of Michael Lynne and Bob Shaye!