The Hobbit coming in 2011

[OldTimer]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I don't believe that had much to do with the box office draw...

A bit of disagreement there. It would have been massive anyway, but they knew they'd enhance the box office even more by stocking the movies with very attractive actors. Unfortunately, sometimes that hurt the story - did we really need Legolas-of-a-thousand-unbelievable-moves?

BTW, if the only 'cartoon' LOTR you've seen is the Rankin-Bass, PLEASE check out the Ralph Bakshi. A lot of people made fun of, it but I thought it was creative and very much worth watching, and LIGHT YEARS above the Rankin-Bass.