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An unexpected journey

It is only at the end of a shoot that you finally get the chance to sit down and have a look at the film you have made. Recently Fran, Phil and I did just this when we watched for the first time an early cut of the…

What in the world would warrant the HOBBIT to have a trilogy when LOTR only got a trilogy? Not that I would ever complain of detailed world-building film of Middle-earth…but….I’m crossing my fingers it’s going to be more Tolkien rather than Tolkien fanfic.

What I’ve been told is that it’s a trilogy because they’re pulling in a whole lot of Silmarillion material that would otherwise never see the silver screen because… yeah, you really just can’t make a movie out of the Silmarillion.