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Hmmm... So according to that site, it's now only going to be about an extra year's wait for the EEs, not the original thinking of another 2 years (to coincide w/ the theatrical boxoffice opening of The Hobbit)?
BTW, I also hadn't realized that The Hobbit will be a 2-part-er coming to theaters in consecutive years. Maybe that means each part will be 2-to-2.5 hours long instead of one huge 4-to-5-hour marathon.
Yeah, it was changed. They found that there wasn't that much material to fill a 'filler' movie, basically. Also, they were afraid they'd have to do too much altering to fit the Hobbit into one movie, so it's going to be split across two films with additional material drawn from the appendices/simply made up.Originally Posted by Ryan-G
Last I had heard, Hobbit wasn't going to be two parts. The first movie would be The Hobbit, the second movie would be bridge the gap between Hobbit and LotR, with material drawn from that compendium book JR wrote.
It may have changed since I'd heard, But I thought that was the intention.
Yes, apparently that thing about a third Hobbit movie was supposedly an April Fools joke. If you search the net you can find some info about it.Originally Posted by Brian Borst
Yeah, it was changed. They found that there wasn't that much material to fill a 'filler' movie, basically. Also, they were afraid they'd have to do too much altering to fit the Hobbit into one movie, so it's going to be split across two films with additional material drawn from the appendices/simply made up.