'The Hobbit' to be two movies

[inzilbeth]

I've just seen this at Theonering.net. http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24610
So the whole of 'The Hobbit' is going to span the two proposed movies. My first reaction to this news was regret that there would be no reprisal of Viggo as Aragorn [at least, in this context, I hope there won't be]. But, although that is disappointing in itself, I really don't think stretching a book that is half the size of FOTR over two movies is the greatest of ideas. Only time will tell, I guess.

Comments

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's a big worry. You just have to wonder what is going to be invented to fill the time.

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

I'm praying I'm wrong again as I was about LOTR, but I swear I can't see The Hobbit being transformed into two films. After all, they made three of LOTR which is a 1138 pages long book (50th Anniversary ed.). I just can't see how they can make the 300 pages (give it or take it) Hobbit stretch into two films.

In my opinion, it doesn't look good.

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

I quite agree.