So there's been an immense amount of chaos swirling around who the heck is going to make The Hobbit movie. Is New Line Cinema making it? Is Peter Jackson directing it? Who currently owns the rights? Why can't the two companies settle and just make the thing the way everyone knows it'll be best made?

I haven't been following the developments because, frankly, it depresses me. We got three amazing movies by Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema, but what you may not know is that New Line was an incredibly greedy mammoth corporation that enjoyed pushing everyone around. I haven't been able to find an official article, but I read that Peter Jackson and Tolkien Enterprises (the organization who actually owns LotR today) had to sue New Line because they weren't getting their promised royalties.

Now, New Line is trying to clinch on to the rights to make a Hobbit movie and they either kicked Jackson off or Jackson kicked himself off... But the fact remains that Jackson isn't going to direct Hobbit if New Line makes it. I believe Jackson was fighting with another company for the rights, but New Line kept saying 'no'

But all this may come to an end. The owner of Tolkien Enterprises said in an interview that The Hobbit movie would definitely be made by Peter Jackson since the rights that New Line has to make The Hobbit are expiring and Tolkien Enterprises will be able to give those rights to anyone they want. They may even keep the movie rights themselves and work directly with Jackson to make the Hobbit movie we all know will be perfect.

JRR Tolkien is turning over in his grave because of all this fighting over who makes money off of HIS works. It makes me sick at all these stupid money-pinching publishers who are clambering to do the prequel to the movies of the best books of all time. Can't they treat the case with a little dignity, instead of 'no! Our rights! OURS OURS OURS!' Stupid publishers... Sacrificing quality and originality to churn out a fast money maker.