October 26th, 2006 -- Written by John Campea
As you know, a little while back I reported that MGM was moving ahead with plans for making The Hobbit, which got all of us film fans totally buzzing, and well we should. News is that they’re going to break The Hobbit movie into 2 separate parts, which is also good news (to me anyway). So everything is right in the world… or is it?
Yesterday I was reading a news blurb on the whole thing from the good folks over at Moiveweb… and in the middle of chat about Terminator 4, this little bit appeared:
(MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands) is in discussions with New Line Cinema to get the rights to produce two prequel films to “The Lord of the Rings” series, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, he said. Other projects he mentioned include a sequel to “The Thomas Crown Affair,” set to star Pierce Brosnan, and a remake of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Wait a second. What was that?!?! He’s still “in negotiations”!?!?! The previous releases seemed to suggest this was a done deal. Now it’s “still in negotiations”? Oh good grief, please someone tell me we’re not looking at another Indiana Jones 4 situation here… talk and talk and talk and never get an actuall bloody movie. I have a bad feeling about this.
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MGM either has the rights or they don’t.
I don’t see “Hobbit” happening anytime soon.
In fact, “Thomas Crown” will be out before “Hobbit”.
A remake of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”? Hmmm…no intrest there.
(I’d rather have “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Twenty Years Later”)
- In Reverse, D.
The Hobbit will happen sometime but I think with Peter Jackson wrapped up for at least the next couple of years, it’s not going to be anytime soon.
A remake of the fabulously funny Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is an awful idea.
I say the possibility of seeing a Hobbit film soon is slim. Though it would be nice if they could get the ball rolling.
Oi. I tend to agree. I think we’ll see a film at some point but it might still be a few years away.
The Tolkien franchise is a big generator. A couple of Hobbit films released a year apart at Christmas like the LOTR films adds stability to MGM/New Line’s stock. If they can come to an agreement with Jackson it wouldn’t surprise me at all if he cleared his calendar for The Hobbit. A franchise that bankable changes a lot of the rules.
a remake of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”? What the HELL
I’m not sure what to make of the ‘Dirty Rotten Scounders’ remake. I already consider it one of the funniest films of all time.
Steve Martin’s ‘Ruprect’ almost had me piss my pants, it was so funny.
It truly is an underrated classic.