# Wish list for Peter Jackson's next big project.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-list-for-peter-jacksons-next-big-project/199833>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 5, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-list-for-peter-jacksons-next-big-project/199833 "2003-09-05T22:29:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-list-for-peter-jacksons-next-big-project/199833/21 "2003-09-06T16:25:31Z")

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**elfkin,** Bilbo finds the ring in Gollum’s cave about a quarter of the way into the book. It’s quite early. You must have _really_ hated it not to have got that far. And _The Sword of Shannara_ is derivative of _Lord of the Rings_ for many, many more reasons than that they both use swords, elves, and magic. There isn’t really any one thing; it’s an aggregate of numerous parallels. Of course, you’d have to read both to understand why.

I would love to see PJ do _The Hobbit_ if only because I can’t imagine anybody else doing it properly.

FISH

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-list-for-peter-jacksons-next-big-project/199833/22 "2003-09-06T16:33:40Z")

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Maybe a World War Two epic. Operation Pedestal, perhaps.

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**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-list-for-peter-jacksons-next-big-project/199833/23 "2003-09-06T16:37:01Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Drastic \*  
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> I’d be highly amused and pleased if he collaborated with Raimi to direct Evil Dead IV: Army of Darkness II: Shop Smart, Shop S-Mart! A sort of return to his splatstick roots with much more budget.  
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That gave me a boner.

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-list-for-peter-jacksons-next-big-project/199833/24 "2003-09-06T19:08:15Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Drastic \*  
> **I’d be highly amused and pleased if he collaborated with Raimi to direct Evil Dead IV: Army of Darkness II: Shop Smart, Shop S-Mart! A sort of return to his splatstick roots with much more budget.**

Oh, man, a Raimi flick with a Peter Jackson budget. That’s a little slice of heaven right there.

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**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-list-for-peter-jacksons-next-big-project/199833/25 "2003-09-06T19:40:36Z")

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I think Raimi’s Spiderman actually had a bigger budget than any of the individual LOTRs–and if not, the second one surely will. (Yes, yes, I know what you mean.) 🙂

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