After announcing that MGM wanted to make The Hobbit, and Peter Jackson stating that no studio has even approached him about it... here's a bit of encouraging news.
There has been an online petition to get The Hobbit made... that petition, with the 39116 signatures accumlutated at the time of printing, was delivered to the studios along with a copy of MrCere's open letter to the studios. No response from New Line at all... but MGM had something to say:
Dear organizers of The Hobbit Petition:
We would like to give you the official statement from Rick Sands, COO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Feel free to pass this along to your members and affiliated web sites. Thank you and please see below:
"Peter Jackson's phenomenal success with The Lord of the Rings trilogy makes him the first and most ideal choice for directing The Hobbit," said MGM COO Rick Sands. "MGM would be thrilled to collaborate with the Academy Award-winning director on this MGM New Line Cinema production. And, I'm sure to the delight of the 50,000 filmgoers who have petitioned us in recent weeks, demanding we bring this film to fruition, we have had a few initial conversations about the project with Mr. Jackson's representatives."
Best regards,
Theo Dumont
Manager of Public Relations
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Hopefully PJ can squeeze this into his schedule somehow.... he's keen on making two movies so he can flesh out parts of the story and make it a more mature piece... instead of following the book's child friendly tone. I'll definately keep you all updated!!
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