At Comic-Con today, Peter Jackson admitted that he would like to shoot more Hobbit footage and that it could end up being extended footage or possibly another film altogether.
As of now, there are only two films being made from the book: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again, but it sounds as though Peter Jackson has enjoyed shooting The Hobbit so much that he may end up splitting the film into a trilogy. This could potentially be a great thing, as long as there is enough material to warrant a trilogy. After Jackson’s last few films, it’s a bit hard to doubt his gut-instincts.
“We’ve used more source material than ‘The Hobbit.’ For instance in ‘The Hobbit’ when Gandalf mysteriously disappears for chapters, it was never really explained where he’s gone. Much later Tolkien filled in those details. In these appendices he did talk about what happened. And it was all together a lot darker and more serious than what is written in ‘The Hobbit’. And also to be honest I want to make a series of movies that run together so if any crazy lunatic wants to watch them all in a row there will be a consistency to it, a consistency of tone.
“So I don’t want to make a children’s story to go into ‘The Lord of the Rings’ so we are providing a balance. I mean a lot of the comedy and the charm comes from the characters. You’re dealing with Bilbo Baggins who is a bit more reluctant to go on an adventure than Frodo was and with Dwarves who have a personality and camaraderie all of their own, so there’s a lot of humor but there are still some serious themes involved.”
Check out the posters seen at Comic-Con for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which will hit theaters December 14.
Source: Collider
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