Sam Raimi Wants Peter Jackson to Direct Hobbit

hewpot on 10-17-2007 01:35 AM

hip hip-HOORAY!

adu on 10-17-2007 01:42 AM

This is fantastic news for all PJ and LOTR fans. I also like the alternative that if PJ does not direct he might play produce. The Raimi-PJ combo could be exciting!

Let's start the Hobbit already... Ian Mckellen is getting old!

Bloody Mathias on 10-17-2007 03:38 AM

That's that right, Raimi. Know your place. No director, even-drop-the-ball-on-Spidey3-Raimi, should touch The Hobbit. PJ's worked nonstop for 3 years to create the greatest sequel since the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones and he's earned then trust and loyalty of all LOTR fans.

Why would PJ produce instead of direct?
If anybody else picks up the camera, it'll be a travesty.

bamb0o-stick on 10-17-2007 04:00 AM

Sam Raimi has a history of messing up things after the first sequel of trilogies (i.e. Army of Darkness and Spider-Man 3). If he directs The Hobbit let's hope he breaks his habit.

Some guy you dont know on 10-17-2007 04:37 AM

Army of Darkness, the movie with the largest cult following ever, is a mess-up? The most famous, beloved, legendary, iconic film of all underground cinema is a mess-up?

Spider-man 3 wasn't even his fault... And after he made Spider-man 2 and 1, can't we give the man some respect?

And hey.... Atleast I'll get a cameo out of all of this.

Ender7406 on 10-17-2007 05:26 AM

I agree, Army of Darkness needs to be viewed in the light it was intended to be viewed in: It's not the dramatic journey of a young rogue seeking the Necronomicon. It's the KICKA## journey of a young rogue seeking the Necronomicon. Give Raimi his due, he made what he wanted to make. Go watch A Simple Plan and tell me he's not an excellent director. And Spider-Man 2? Bamboo Stick, you disappoint me.

dracus on 10-17-2007 06:01 AM

Guess what Sam, so do all the LOTR's fans.

Elixor on 10-17-2007 06:01 AM

I agree that Spiderman 3 was not Raimi's fault. The directing was fine. The screenplay sucked, and whomever thought it would be a good idea to write three frickin storylines into one movie should be fired.

Army of Darkness is a great movie.

Although I think Peter Jackson is overrated, he did a great job with The Shire and Hobbit aspects of LoTRs and should do a great job with the Hobbit. I've got problems with what was done with the LoTR trilogy, but it could've been a lot worse.

dahluzz on 10-17-2007 06:54 AM

me: 'i don't think raimi has the chops to handle this sort of project. it's not really in keeping with his body of work and he hasn't expressed that he's a mega-fan of the source material as jackson did.' raimi-lovers: 'well, that's what they said about him with spider-man.' me: 'yeah, and spider-man wasn't that good.'

by spidey 2 he had found his rhythm, and it was great, but here he won't have a second shot to figure things out. with the third spider flick he had gone completely over-the-top. if anyone but jackson directs this, i'll be highly skeptical.

High School With Money on 10-17-2007 08:16 AM

Whatta buncha studio-exec trainees there are here. Many times it seems some of you have your responses copy/pasted from a .txt file.

jasperoosterveld on 10-17-2007 08:24 AM

He screwed up spiderman3 big time so i am sceptic.

boomstick8283 on 10-17-2007 08:41 AM

Listen to all of this crap. If they can't figure it out, hell, I'll direct "The Hobbit."

TheAncientEnemy on 10-17-2007 09:11 AM

I want Raimi to direct the bloodiest Hobbit movie ever.

Warheart1188 on 10-17-2007 09:22 AM

Raimi as director for The Hobbit?? What were they ever thinking?? I don't think Raimi could ever pull off it the way PJ would. I just hope that New Line and PJ reconcile and Jackson wil direct it.

sactoking on 10-17-2007 09:38 AM

Having Peter Jackson back is great for continuity but terrible for story. IF he directs, The Hobbit will definitely have the same feel as LOTR. It will also be about as inaccurate. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Bilbo was an elf, Thorin discovered the One Ring at the Battle of Five Armies, and Beorn never existed.

Alterran on 10-17-2007 10:18 AM

Good. Jackson should direct it.

Paul_Is_Drunk on 10-17-2007 10:56 AM

Did someone just rip on Army of Darkness?

You see this? THIS... is my BOOM STICK!

rgallitan on 10-17-2007 11:16 AM

A Raimi/Jackson combo is something I had never considered. I love it!

rgallitan on 10-17-2007 11:22 AM

Meanwhile, where could Campbell fit in? He's probably known too well as a comic to be taken seriously as Bard, but he's got the chin for it. I say put him in a little age makeup and make him the spineless leader of the Lakemen.

Stanley QBrick on 10-17-2007 11:55 AM

Oh, the horror, the horror!!. Mr. Raimi should not even consider the gravy train associated with this franchise.
We know deep down Peter will direct. in fact I am so sure of this bussiness trasaction that i am willing to bet my hard-earned cash.

I have this distinctive feeling New Line Cinema are feeding us this crap just to keep us interested, until Peter finishes The Lovely Bones. They are well aware he'll direct. In the meantime they sees us sweating and arguing: it is called business strategy.
The 3 Lords of the Rings made more than a billion $, what makes you think they want to kill this golden goose? That is not how Hollywood works.
The hobbit=2movies=one more billion$

No other franchise has such an intelligent and huge fan base, except for Star Wars,and look what George did with Jar Jar Binks.