Jackson Reveals More About “The Hobbit” Films

Producer/director Peter Jackson talked with our friends from SciFi Wire at this past Comic Con about the upcoming Hobbit films.

Here is a brief summary of the areas covered by Jackson. For a full report on this and his conversations about his other two projects “The Lovely Bones” and “District 9” visit SyFy HERE.

The script for the first film is complete.

Full casting has yet to be decided, but that process is likely to begin after the script gets turned over to the studio which takes place in about three weeks.

The entire Hobbit saga will take two films which, like LOTR, will be filmed back-to-back.

Both films will center on the book material and won’t act as a bridge between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring.

Jackson reveals why he opted out of the director’s chair and wanted Gullermo del Toro for the center seat.

Tentative release dates for the films are: Film One – December 2011; Film Two – December 2012.