yeah i read that today on the net with an iterview a mag done with him, he said..
"rather than make a prequal of a prequal, namely; The Samillirion, I will incorperate
more lore and history into The Hobbit, like what we did with the special extended
editions of the lord of the rings dvd boxsets."
Awesome.. can't wait ^^
NOT sure if anyones aware.. there are 2 fan-made films of the past made in middle earth
one film tells you the story of when they tried hunting for golem which takes place just
before the start of the first LOTR's film, which is also part of the appendices of the books
.. here's the link to watch for free..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaakJk9vR7U
The other film tells you the story of the dunedain, the rangers of the west before the war
of the rings..Inspired by only a couple of paragraphs written by Tolkien in the appendices
of LOTR it follows Arathorn and Gilraen, the parents of Aragorn, from their first meeting
through a turbulent time in their people's history.. here's the link for this film too ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qINwCRM8acM
The dunedain films the better one of the two but both cinematography, music and storys are
pretty awesome, well worth the watch, I actually recorded these from youtube, changed them
over to mp4 and burned these to dvds to add to my collection ^^