The Hobbit movie

We just finished watching "The Lord of the Rings" again. Aaron hadn't seen it before and we've got that condition remedied now. Of course that brought to mind the Hobbit movie that's been discussed for several years now. Here's the latest I can find - the information is from this month:

"It's now official: The Lord of the Rings screenwriting team of Peter Jackson (pictured), Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens will join The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro to pen the screenplay for the two planned Hobbit movies. Sources tell EW.com that the scribes' deals are all complete and they have already begun writing. (With shooting scheduled to begin Fall 2009, at the earliest, in New Zealand, the quartet better get busy!) The Hobbit will center on Frodo's uncle, Bilbo Baggins, and his initial discovery of the immensely-powerful ring. New Line and MGM plan to release the two films Christmas 2011 and Christmas 2012".

An additional page says that "Supposedly, according to Jackson and company, The Hobbit, itself, will be one movie, ending with the battle of five armies. The second movie will fill up the space between the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and probably introduce, or flesh out the story of some of the LOTR's principal characters, like Legolas, Aragorn, Gimili, etc., and touch on Sauron's rise to power, after his imprisonment, and escape in the Hobbit."

So it looks like about 35 months before we see the movie! Just like the others, it will be worth the wait and, just like the others, we plan to see them on opening days with Donna. She just doesn't know that yet.