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There's not a lot in the appendices. Werthead Send a noteboard - 30/07/2012 09:31:11 PM
Most of the appendices is stuff that's unusable (stuff on calendars and languages), stuff that's not relevant (the detailed timeline of the 2nd and 3rd Ages) and stuff that's already been used in the trilogy (Arwen and Aragorn's romance).

What's left is basically 'Durin's Folk', which contains a couple of slivers of additional info on Gandalf finding Thrain and getting the idea of taking down Smaug, and that's about it. What they really need is 'The Quest of Erebor', in Part III of UNFINISHED TALES, which contains highly detailed information on Gandalf's descent into Dol Guldur, finding Thrain, meeting Thorin, proposing the attack etc. But they don't have the rights to UNFINISHED TALES and Christopher Tolkien has cheerfully said they'd be sued into oblivion if they tried to use any of that material without his permission, so that's not possible.

So my guess is that a lot of this material is going to be pulled out of someone's backside. I'm just hoping that THE HOBBIT will still be the two films and this third movie will be 'bridging' material to the LotR trilogy, which can be safely ignored if its garbage.
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So now there'll be THREE Hobbit movies. - 30/07/2012 07:40:26 PM 1639 Views
This has to be them trying to milk it. - 30/07/2012 07:56:26 PM 882 Views
Re: This has to be them trying to milk it. - 30/07/2012 08:56:39 PM 877 Views
There's not a lot in the appendices. - 30/07/2012 09:31:11 PM 910 Views
Bad news for you - all 3 movies will be the story of the Hobbit..... - 31/07/2012 12:27:51 AM 827 Views
That would be my guess. - 31/07/2012 01:25:07 AM 910 Views
Re: That would be my guess. - 31/07/2012 04:27:48 PM 862 Views
So what you're saying is ... - 31/07/2012 04:47:22 PM 845 Views
Re: So what you're saying is ... - 01/08/2012 10:01:50 PM 877 Views
You didn't get the joke. - 01/08/2012 10:54:06 PM 879 Views
That is bullshit of the highest caliber and you know it. - 31/07/2012 12:37:37 AM 823 Views
Are you really going to skip out on a 3rd movie? - 31/07/2012 03:15:54 AM 861 Views
Heh. I wasn't even aware that they were going to make two. - 30/07/2012 09:13:44 PM 804 Views
*sniff* I smell cash grab. *NM* - 30/07/2012 09:04:50 PM 420 Views
And the worst part is... - 30/07/2012 10:21:07 PM 870 Views
No. - 02/08/2012 05:50:00 PM 852 Views
LOL, gotta love that Liv Tyler. - 02/08/2012 06:40:38 PM 862 Views
I don't understand the whole cash grab thing everybody is talking about - 31/07/2012 03:11:46 AM 810 Views
if they are sick of money-grubbing filmmakers - 31/07/2012 09:43:39 PM 797 Views
I ain't skipping it. - 31/07/2012 02:43:05 PM 794 Views
As long as they're good, more power to the director. - 31/07/2012 04:13:00 PM 883 Views
Peter Jackson hates me - 01/08/2012 11:12:02 AM 1032 Views
The LOTR trilogy was amazing! Right? - 01/08/2012 11:48:59 PM 808 Views
For my part, what I hated most wasn't what they took out... - 02/08/2012 04:29:56 AM 862 Views
YES! - 02/08/2012 07:42:54 AM 1016 Views
Re: For my part, what I hated most wasn't what they took out... - 02/08/2012 02:38:18 PM 798 Views
Re: For my part, what I hated most wasn't what they took out... - 02/08/2012 07:05:28 PM 807 Views
Re: For my part, what I hated most wasn't what they took out... - 03/08/2012 06:17:43 AM 804 Views
Damn, fanboys sure are defensive - 03/08/2012 06:54:39 PM 849 Views
Don't do that. He has the right. - 03/08/2012 07:15:15 PM 781 Views
Of course they do, otherwise they wouldn't be fanboys. - 04/08/2012 06:00:40 AM 786 Views
Here's what probably will be added - 02/08/2012 08:32:40 PM 1074 Views
Sound very good indeed! Thanks for the link! *NM* - 04/08/2012 08:25:31 PM 383 Views
That sounds awesome. I can't wait for all 3 films. *NM* - 10/09/2012 08:29:47 PM 497 Views
Now we know the titles and release dates - 01/09/2012 11:00:22 AM 915 Views

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