Jackson 'to write Hobbit script'.
Kasey Cleveland
21 August 2008
Jackson directed the Lord of the Rings trilogy Peter Jackson is to co-write the screenplay for The Hobbit, according to US trade paper Hollywood Columnist . Jackson, who presided over the Oscar-winning Lord Of The Rings trilogy, is executive producer on the new Tolkien adaptation, which will be out in 2011. He'd already handed over the director's reigns to Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro. But following an eight-month search for a suitable scribe, the pair made a decision to conform the epic novel themselves. Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, who worked with Jackson on Lord of The Rings, have also joined the writing group. The big-screen version will be separate into 2 parts. As with Lord Of The Rings, they'll be shot simultaneously and released over consecutive years. |