![]() “We called up Harvey (Weinstein, head of U.S.-based Miramax), since we had a first-look deal with him. So we finally thought, ‘Why don’t we inquire about rights to these books?’ I assumed they would be tied up and impossible. “We kept referring to Tolkien’s books, which were such a benchmark as we attempted to write an original. “Around 1995, the time of ‘The Frighteners,’ Fran and I began writing an original story,” Jackson recalled. ![]() Jackson and Walsh had been thinking about a film adaptation for years, but it seemed like a remote dream: Various Hollywood companies had held the rights since the 1960s, after the three “LOTR” volumes were published between July 1954 and October 1955. ![]() Tolkien’s works are in two different styles: ‘Hobbit’ was written as a children’s book and ‘Lord of the Rings’ obviously wasn’t.” “Our first idea was to do ‘The Hobbit’ as single film, then if that worked, do two ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies. ![]()
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