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New Line Blacklists Jackson

Tags: J.R.R. Tolkien + The Hobbit + New Line + Robert Shaye + Peter Jackson

CapitanPOP
Posted by CapitanPOP 2 years 10 months ago; via scifi.com/scifiwire/index...

In the latest comment in the controversy surrounding a proposed movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, New Line head Robert Shaye told that the studio won't work with Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson on that film or any other film. Ever. At least not as long as Shaye is in charge.

Shaye's comments marked the first time a New Line executive has commented publicly on the fracas since Jackson announced that he has pulled out of the project and also appears to harden New Line's position against Jackson.

"I do not want to make a...

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Owner of Tolkien Rights Says that 'The Hobbit' will be shot by Peter Jackson

Tags: J.R.R. Tolkien + Saul Zaentz + New Line + Peter Jackson + The Hobbit + Tolkien

Valmort
Posted by Valmort 2 years 12 months ago

As Lord of the Rings fans mounted a protest following word that New Line had dropped Peter Jackson from consideration as director of The Hobbit and another Lord of the Rings prequel, producer Saul Zaentz has given assurances that Jackson will indeed direct the two films. A German website, Elbenwald.de, posted an interview with Zaentz, who acquired the rights to the works of the late Rings writer, J.R.R. Tolkien, in 1976 (the Saul Zaentz Company owns Tolkien Enterprises), in which Zaentz says, "It will definitely be shot by Peter...

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