You would think that the movies studies and such would do whatever they can to get this movie made, considering how well the LOTR movies did, but apparently it’s not that easy. Here’s an update on the rights to the movie and such:

Will Peter Jackson make ”The Hobbit”?

Especially interesting was this:

[Peter] Jackson has indeed started thinking about what he might do with The Hobbit. He’s especially intrigued by the idea of making two films and inventing new material to fill in gaps in the story, since the plot — about how Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm in the LOTR films) befriends Gandalf (Ian McKellen), falls afoul of the miserable creature Gollum, and comes into possession of that pesky ring—is fairly simplistic compared with LOTR.

I’m anxious for the movie, so I hope all the red tape gets cut soon…