Drunken Pumpkin

For those of you that care, it looks like Peter Jackson may be directing the New Line version of the Hobbit after all.

After the alarming success of Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy it would seem like a no brainer for Jackson to make Tolkein’s original story about the Bagginses. However, a dispute over who owed whom what made it look like Jackson wouldn’t be involved. And there was much dispair in Middle Earth.

The theOneRing.net posted the story and Pete’s side of things created quite a stir, resulting in a massive letter writing campaign. By the looks of a recent Entertainment Weekly article Jackson may be back in the driver’s seat.

And things went back to normal in Middle Earth. Unless you keep thinking about it. All of the little fanboys claim they would have boycotted the film if Jackson didn’t direct it. But seriously, they wouldn’t. They might grumble and complain and pan it in their blog, but they’d go see it. Hell, they buy it when it came out on DVD. All of the versions. Even the one with the stuffed monkey that has nothing to do with the film. They’d buy them and hate their lack of faithfulness to Jackson. I think all of them need to write to New Line and tell them how much they appreciate New Line saving them lots of cash on therapy.

Tune in tomorrow for further adventures in Hobbitton and why people really wanted Jackson back at the helm of The Hobbit.