# peter jackson's next endeavor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657 "2003-08-12T15:56:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/1 "2003-08-12T15:56:37Z")
surfing around this morning i found [this](http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=1054) if you dont want to check out the link, essentially peter jackson, fran walsh, and philippa boyens are getting paid together $20 million to make a new king kong movie filmed in new zealand, due out in 2005. :):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SpaceForRent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@SpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/2 "2003-08-12T16:09:31Z")
Yep, the original King Kong (from way, way back) was one of his greatest inspirations, and he’s always wanted to do it. I guess after what he did with LotR, he deserves to do pretty much whatever he wants for his next project. Should be a great version, though. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/3 "2003-08-12T16:14:26Z")
I’d dearly love to see him make The Hobbit. I shiver at the thought of what WETA could do with Smaug. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/4 "2003-08-12T16:45:05Z")
It better be DAMNED good, though… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/5 "2003-08-12T17:43:06Z")
I hope in this version we get to see the [giant spiders in the canyon](http://www.aboyd.com/kong/kongfaqa6.html). ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/6 "2003-08-12T17:47:59Z")
how dare he redo Kong!?! As if he could outdo the greatness of the DeLaurentis classic remake! _G_ ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/7 "2003-08-12T19:22:32Z")
I just wish he’d use his clout to make something grand that we’ve never seen. King Kong has been done to death. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/8 "2003-08-12T21:14:04Z")
He should do a film version of **Sword of Shannara** next. Elijah Wood as Shea Ohmsford Ian McClellan as Allanon Just think, he’s already got plenty of usable footage! Production costs would be trivial… 😃 :::ducking the tomatoes::: ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/9 "2003-08-12T21:38:07Z")
To Monstre: Tomatoes are way too good for you ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/10 "2003-08-12T21:46:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monstre \* > \*\*He should do a film version of **Sword of Shannara** next. > > Elijah Wood as Shea Ohmsford > Ian McClellan as Allanon > > Just think, he’s already got plenty of usable footage! Production costs would be trivial… > > 😃 > > :::ducking the tomatoes::: \*\* Hehehe…what would be really cool is to see a fanfilm where someone rebuds the LOTR movies with Shannara dialogue… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/11 "2003-08-13T02:59:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RikWriter \* > \*\*I’d dearly love to see him make The Hobbit. I shiver at the thought of what WETA could do with Smaug. \*\* Has anyone else heard that they are planning on making the Hobbit? I read an article once, I have no idea of when and where, but basically I remember it said: they were going to make the movie after the LOTR releases. The reason they waited was because they didnt want to make it before the release of LOTR in case LOTR was a massive flop, and people would assume the two films to similiar and they would both be flops. I know thats wrote all over the place. Sorry. But has anyone else heard this story? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/12 "2003-08-13T03:38:38Z")
I’d like to see them do the Silmarillion! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/13 "2003-08-13T03:41:56Z")
I Kong going to climb the ESB? What ever he does I hope he doesn’t do [this.](http://lbstone.com/void/SWYUWZVHLI/bilbo.mov) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/14 "2003-08-13T10:28:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Delly \* > \*\*Has anyone else heard that they are planning on making the Hobbit? I read an article once, I have no idea of when and where, but basically I remember it said: they were going to make the movie after the LOTR releases. The reason they waited was because they didnt want to make it before the release of LOTR in case LOTR was a massive flop, and people would assume the two films to similiar and they would both be flops. > > I know thats wrote all over the place. Sorry. But has anyone else heard this story? \*\* I’ve read that he is interested in making it, but I haven’t heard anything definitive about whether it will get done. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/15 "2003-08-13T11:32:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by watsonwil \* > \*\*I just wish he’d use his clout to make something grand that we’ve never seen. King Kong has been done to death. \*\* I don’t know about that. The last real remake was in 1976, although there was that **King Kong Lives** junk in 1985 or so. Still, that would be two remakes in 27 years! Now, there have been other KK films in the meantime, but compare it with Godzilla - now _that_ has been done to death. (Maybe he’ll take on a Harry Potter movie one of these years, eh? ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/16 "2003-08-13T12:23:41Z")
> [@](#): > > What ever he does I hope he doesn’t do this. Thanks for giving me brain damage. Jesus Christ, how did we ever make it through the 60’s? ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/17 "2003-08-13T14:51:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Delly \* > \*\*Has anyone else heard that they are planning on making the Hobbit? I read an article once, I have no idea of when and where, but basically I remember it said: they were going to make the movie after the LOTR releases. The reason they waited was because they didnt want to make it before the release of LOTR in case LOTR was a massive flop, and people would assume the two films to similiar and they would both be flops. > > I know thats wrote all over the place. Sorry. But has anyone else heard this story? \*\* I think there are much bigger obstacles vis-a-vis rights with the Hobbit. Forget where I read that, maybe boxofficemojo? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/18 "2003-08-13T16:04:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > [What ever he does I hope he doesn’t do [this.](http://lbstone.com/void/SWYUWZVHLI/bilbo.mov) My eyes! My eyes! IT BURNS! Now I’ll have that tune stuck in my head the rest of the day. Thanks. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/19 "2003-08-13T19:50:39Z")
It’s been in my head for over a WEEK! ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657/20 "2003-08-14T00:00:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Polycarp \* > \*\*I’d like to see them do the Silmarillion! \*\* So would I! Ive had that book about 6 years and never been able to get into it. Regards the rights to the Hobbit and thats why there was a problem? Id heard they were bought along when LOTR was? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jacksons-next-endeavor/194657.md?page=2)