Ian McKellen is predicting that the film-rights conflict between New Line Cinema on the one hand and MGM/UA on the other over J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit will be resolved. In an interview with Britain’s Channel 4 Wednesday, McKellen said, “There is currently a situation where two companies own the rights [to The Hobbit], but when that’s sorted out Peter [Jackson] and I will sit and talk it over. We’ve mentioned it recently and Peter is looking forward to getting it into production.” (Jackson’s next scheduled production is a remake of King Kong.)
McKellen has previously recommended that Jackson turn The Hobbit into a long-running television series. It is a prequel to the Lord of Rings trilogy, describing how Bilbo Baggins originally acquired the ring.
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