Comments on: Communities Dominate Brands: New Line Cinema will learn this the hard way ..

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:21:03 +0000

I hadn’t picked up on the whole Jackson/Newline aggro until I read the BBC item on McKellen and his desire to be Gandalf in The Hobbit.
Frankly the idea that anyone could do this better than Peter Jackson strikes me as remote and I’d probably be disinclined to view the Hobbit if directed by another.
I’d like to know more about the dispute. I couldn’t find anything of substance on the net. I’ll guess that Newline stiffed Jackson on the first film. Not entirely unexpected, let’s face it, it was a big risk, and he was an unknown quanitity.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:41:05 +0000

New Line was very foolish to move in this direction. I daresay they underestimate fan loyalty to Peter Jackson. Let’s hope Peter and Fran get the last laugh on this.

By: Mike Stead

Mike Stead — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:35:29 +0000

http://www.cinematical.com/2006/11/26/saul-zaentz-chimes-in-peter-jackson-will-direct-the-hobbit/
Looks like unless they make it within the next year, the owner of the copyright will give Jackson the go-ahead. And you bet he’s got the money to do it entirely off his own bat this time . The major distributors will be falling over themselves to partner.

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:00:37 +0000

I agree, who better to do the prequel to lord of the rings as a movie than the one director who had the guts to acheive success on the lord of the rings movies themselves? As for community, i agree with communities dominating brands but only if the community knows what is happening. not many people i australia, especially kids, know that new line has not allowed peter jackson to direct/produce the hobbit. if they knnew im sure that they would rally against it.

By: Andrew Meadors

Andrew Meadors — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:31:32 +0000

I was equally dismayed at the news of Jackson being dismissed from the Hobbit project. This was due to a lawsuit brought by Peter between New Line Cinema over a profit dispute from the LOTR trilogy.
There is hope however, Producer Saul Zaentz is expecting the rights to the Hobbit story to fall back to him in 07/08 and will tap Jackson for the director role.
http://movies.ign.com/articles/747/747498p1.html
it seems that not only are we voting with our wallets but our blogs as well!