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I'll never get over the fact, that the Hobbit-deal went down.

posted 10 years ago by GimliSonOfGloin
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Anyone else think, that it would have been one of the coolest thing in movie-history, if he had gotten to do the Hobbit movies?

What annoys me, is that it nearly happened, we were so close.

[–] Cal Hawks 9 years ago

He wasn't offered the job. He was Rolwing's choice to direct the first movie, but the producers didn't want him because of his reputation and financial disappointments.