The Hobbit is an announced fantasy film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit. The novel takes place several decades before the events of his later novel The Lord of the Rings, which was originally published in three volumes; thus the film is considered a prelude to New Line Cinema's ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, adaptations of the latter work. New Line has a time limit option until December 1, 2009 to produce the motio...
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The Hobbit is an announced fantasy film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit. The novel takes place several decades before the events of his later novel The Lord of the Rings, which was originally published in three volumes; thus the film is considered a prelude to New Line Cinema's ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, adaptations of the latter work. New Line has a time limit option until December 1, 2009 to produce the motion picture, while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) indefinitely retains the worldwide distribution rights.
In 1966, author J. R. R. Tolkien sold film rights to The Hobbit to United Artists. The film rights then were acquired by producer Saul Zaentz, who in 1976 set up Tolkien Enterprises, a division of the Saul Zaentz Company, to administer film rights to Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Zaentz later signed on as an executive producer for the The Lord of the Rings animated film of 1978. Director Peter Jackson saw the movie as a child...
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