# Peter Jackson's Next Big Fantasy Film: TEMERAIRE **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452 "2006-09-12T19:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/1 "2006-09-12T19:11:12Z")
According to the Hollywood Reporter, it looks like Peter Jackson’s next big fantasy film will be based on the book(s) TEMERAIRE. [The Hollwyood Reporter Story](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003120747) I have never even heard of the books, so for those of you who have read them, how are they, and what do you think of a Peter Jackson filming of the story? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/2 "2006-09-13T03:48:51Z")
I keep hoping he’ll do _The Hobbit._ ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/3 "2006-09-13T06:44:17Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] I keep hoping he’ll do _The Hobbit._ [/QUOTE] Really, I keep hoping for a Bored of the Rings with the Lord of the Rings actors, sets, etc. Though I wouldn’t be opposed to a really well done Hobbit film. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/4 "2006-09-13T10:07:32Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] I keep hoping he’ll do _The Hobbit._ [/QUOTE] You want more of his stupid script changes in the Tolkien Universe? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/5 "2006-09-13T11:06:31Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] I keep hoping he’ll do _The Hobbit._ [/QUOTE] He might. It’s on the table. [MGM are going to ask him](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10400893), apparently, though they let that slip publicly before actually contacting him about it. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/6 "2006-09-13T11:18:09Z")
They’re fun books… a re-telling of the napoleonic wars, in a world where dragons exist (but not elves, magic spells, or anything else, just dragons). Definitely potential to be great movie(s) ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/7 "2006-09-13T11:30:42Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] You want more of his stupid script changes in the Tolkien Universe? ☹ [/QUOTE] Yes please. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/8 "2006-09-13T11:38:11Z")
I’d love to see a Jackson Hobbit. Temeraire sounds fun too. I’ll have to look for that at the library. Anyway, didn’t I hear that they wanted to split The Hobbit into two films? That seems unnecessary. It’s a much simpler plot, with much simpler characters, than LOTR. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/9 "2006-09-13T13:53:13Z")
[QUOTE=Monkey Chews] Yes please. [/QUOTE] May I have some more, too, sir? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/10 "2006-09-13T14:10:27Z")
My son will be thrilled. He is a huge fan of military history, fantasy, and SF. He just started reading these books. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/11 "2006-09-13T14:16:07Z")
I agree with someone else on these boards that the Hobbit would better be done as a miniseries, by Jackson though. I liked the majority of his script changes and I’d like all critics to point to where someone else has done better or even _tried_. I’ll be waiting over here clutching my copies of the movies. And I would luuuuuurve to see him do the Hobbit. As for this story, I guess I’ll be going off to read it - maybe I can get it from the library today. It sounds a bit too modern for my tastes, honestly - aviators? Naval careers? Historical fantasy can be fun but I like it to be more fantasy and less history. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/12 "2006-09-13T16:29:02Z")
[QUOTE=ddgryphon] Really, I keep hoping for a Bored of the Rings with the Lord of the Rings actors, sets, etc. Though I wouldn’t be opposed to a really well done Hobbit film. [/QUOTE] They better keep Tim Benzedrine in this one. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/13 "2006-09-13T16:32:59Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] They better keep Tim Benzedrine in this one. [/QUOTE] And his Old Lady, too, Dude! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/14 "2006-09-13T16:47:24Z")
Darn. Guess we’ll just have to wait… because… as we all know… [singing] _“It’s a long way to Temeraire…”_ [/singing] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/15 "2006-09-13T17:07:41Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] You want more of his stupid script changes in the Tolkien Universe? ☹ [/QUOTE] Hell yes. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/16 "2006-09-13T17:38:24Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] You want more of his stupid script changes in the Tolkien Universe? ☹ [/QUOTE] I just want to see what Smaug looks like when Jackson gets through with him. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/17 "2006-09-13T19:23:28Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] And his Old Lady, too, Dude! [/QUOTE] Ah yes the lovely Hashberry. Why do I remember this stuff? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/18 "2006-09-13T20:32:17Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Ah yes the lovely Hashberry. Why do I remember this stuff? [/QUOTE] Hash, boo, Valvoline! Clean, clean, clean for Gene! First, second, neutral, park! Hie thee hence, you leafy narc! Must’ve read it at an impressionable age… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/19 "2006-09-13T20:41:02Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] You want more of his stupid script changes in the Tolkien Universe? ☹ [/QUOTE] Count me in for a double helping! And Andy Serkis simply _must_ reprise Gollum. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452/20 "2006-09-14T01:38:40Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Count me in for a double helping! And Andy Serkis simply _must_ reprise Gollum. [/QUOTE] Me three! Too bad all script changes can’t be that stupid 😉 Anyway, most of the changes were cuts to keep the movies from being even longer than they already were. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-big-fantasy-film-temeraire/372452.md?page=2)