Two Hobbit movies

[Erendis]

But they mentionned something of a second movie as a gap-filler between "the Hobbit " and LOTR! ANOTHER PROMISE NOT KEPT!?

[Tuor in Gondolin]

A bit of an update on TH movies in

stuff.co.nz

...Jackson, who is also an executive producer on the project, said The Hobbit would now take up all of both films. "We decided it would be a mistake to try to cram everything into one movie," he hold British film magazine Empire.

"The essential brief was to do The Hobbit, and it allows us to make The Hobbit in a little more style, if you like, of the [Lord of the Rings] trilogy."

Jackson's confirmation backs comments made late last year by The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro that it was likely The Hobbit would be spread over two films rather than one.

Del Toro told Empire the two-part Hobbit movie would expand on two areas that were only alluded to in the book - wizard Gandalf's visits to arch-villain Sauron's stronghold in Mirkwood forest and the wizard's involvement in the White Council.

Speculation: could this mean PJ is actually thinking of a seperate "bridge" movie between TH and LOTR?

[Elmo]

They're obviously trying to maximise the number of films they can do, milking the franchise for all its worth. I'm sure they'll try and do more films after these 2(3).

[Erendis]

I tremble only to the thought of the White C ouncil on screen...Nobody really knows who their members exactly were.So,God save if we see Legolas as a member ,Just for commercial reasons...

[Elmo]

They won't need to shoehorn Legolas into the white council scene it would be more natural for him to meet up with Bilbo in his father's kingdom. Maybe Legolas can be the drunken guard.

[Erendis]

Haha!A splenid idea,dear Elmo!Such a scene might be also a reference to the drinking contest in ROTK 's extended version

[radagastly]

Originally posted by Elmo:

They won't need to shoehorn Legolas into the white council scene it would be more natural for him to meet up with Bilbo in his father's kingdom. Maybe Legolas can be the drunken guard.

Actually, I seem to recall that someone suggested this back before there was any plans on New Line's part to even create a "Hobbit" movie. Still, what has Orlando Bloom done since the last PotC movie? He's probably ready to revive his career in some way or other. Why not get drunk on wine or at least appear in his father's court when the dwarves are captured? He's probably begging for work by now.