The Hobbit: There And Back Again pushed back five months
Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy will not conclude until the end of 2014, it's been confirmed...
This, we should point out, perhaps isn't the most surprising news you'll read all day. When Warner Bros confirmed that it was splitting The Hobbit into three films, as opposed to two, it revealed that the second movie - The Desolation Of Smaug - would be in cinemas at the end of 2013, whilst the final one - There And Back Again - was scheduled for July 18th 2014.
However, the studio has done a little about turn. Whilst The Desolation Of Smaug remains on course for this coming December, the studio has now pushed There And Back Again to a December 17th 2014 release.
This makes more sense, and there's no sign of any trouble that's led to the delay. Each of the Lord Of The Rings films arrived in December, and it did seem odd that the final Hobbit movie would land slap bang in the middle of summer. Furthermore, it was set to go head to head with X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Thanks to its new date, Brad Bird's intriguing-looking Tomorrowland movie is now its main competition.
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Bah. Edit the poster to have Bilbo clutching a pile of dollars and be done with it.
Somewhere, on the American continent, Bryan Singer is sighing with relief. As are most film geeks... Or at least this one at any rate.
Knew it. It wouldn't have fit in the summer, and ever since they announced it, I've been expecting them to push it back.
Right decision, rather odd they didn't do this in the first place but right decision.
And the award for most predictable news goes to...
Yep, totally agree it's the right move. December is the perfect time for jaunts to Middle-Earth; it's tradition!
With other words: No Sherlock Holmes threequel until 2015. (Why? The first two movies both premiered in December + The Hobbit and Sherlock Holmes are both Warner Bros. productions.)
its good to have pushed back.. As i see they require 8 weeks of shooting and additional months on the post processing.. And it will also give them enough time on editing the second movie.. its better to take time and produce quality films.. The Hobbit An Unexpected journey though critically pressurized was a quality film if one doesn't compare it to the Lord of the rings or remove the 48 fps part.. The story is well told and importantly its a solid fountain for the future films to take hold and develop the trilogy into a beautiful story that might equal the original novel and in most probability exceed it being a prequel.. or might i say an excellent bridge to the lord of the rings.. The six stories together will make a fantastic middle earth experience.. that no other franchise has ever dreamed of achieving...
Because if they did, there would be one news less to talk about.