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Originally Posted by Violator
As I remember Jackson went to the studio and said i want to do the hobbit I need about 500million for it studio said no as they wouldn't give him the money then he said what about lotr they said yes.
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I thought it was more like this (going from memory of the FOTR DVD extras):
Jackson: "I want to do LOTR. Here's my idea for two movies."
Studio: "This looks great! But why not three movies? There are three books!"
Jackson: "Erm, I thought it would be easier to pitch two movies, but okay!"
Also, I recall reading very early (1999) that the movies were predicted to be fairly low cost, but I don't know if that's accurate at all. It sure seems like they were big-budget from the start.