Adaptations The Hobbit

gollum depicted in 1989 comic-book adaptation david wenzel

the first authorized adaptation of hobbit appeared in march 1953, stage production st. margaret s school, edinburgh. hobbit has since been adapted other media many times.

the first motion picture adaptation of hobbit, 12-minute film of cartoon stills, commissioned gene deitch william l. snyder in 1966, related deitch himself. film publicly screened in new york city. in 1969 (over 30 years after first publication), tolkien sold film , merchandising rights hobbit united artists under agreement stipulating lump sum payment of £10,000 plus 7.5% royalty after costs, payable allen & unwin , author. in 1976 (three years after author s death) united artists sold rights saul zaentz company, trade tolkien enterprises. since authorized adaptations have been signed-off tolkien enterprises. in 1997 tolkien enterprises licensed film rights miramax, assigned them in 1998 new line cinema. heirs of tolkien, including son christopher tolkien, filed suit against new line cinema in february 2008 seeking payment of profits , entitled cancel... future rights of new line... produce, distribute, and/or exploit future films based upon trilogy and/or films... and/or... films based on hobbit. in september 2009, , new line reached undisclosed settlement, , has withdrawn legal objection hobbit films.

the bbc radio 4 series hobbit radio drama adaptation michael kilgarriff, broadcast in 8 parts (four hours in total) september november 1968. starred anthony jackson narrator, paul daneman bilbo , heron carvic gandalf. series released on audio cassette in 1988 , on cd in 1997.

the hobbit, animated version of story produced rankin/bass, debuted television movie in united states in 1977. in 1978, romeo muller won peabody award teleplay hobbit. film nominated hugo award best dramatic presentation, lost star wars. adaptation has been called execrable , confusing not familiar plot.

a children s opera written , premiered in 2004. composer , librettist dean burry commissioned canadian children s opera chorus, produced premiere in toronto, ontario, , subsequently toured maritime provinces same year. opera has since been produced several times in north america including in tulsa, sarasota , toronto.

in decembers of 2012, 2013, , 2014, metro-goldwyn-mayer , new line cinema released 1 part each of three-part live-action film version produced , directed peter jackson. titles hobbit: unexpected journey, hobbit: desolation of smaug, , hobbit: battle of 5 armies.

a three-part comic-book adaptation script chuck dixon , sean deming , illustrated david wenzel published eclipse comics in 1989. in 1990 one-volume edition released unwin paperbacks. cover artwork original illustrator david wenzel. reprint collected in 1 volume released del rey books in 2001. cover, illustrated donato giancola, awarded association of science fiction artists award best cover illustration in 2002.

in 1999, hobbit: 3-d pop-up adventure published, illustrations john howe , paper engineering andrew baron.

me games ltd (formerly middle-earth play-by-mail), has won several origins awards, uses battle of 5 armies introductory scenario full game , includes characters , armies book.

several computer , video games, both licensed , unlicensed, have been based on story. 1 of successful hobbit, award-winning computer game published in 1982 beam software , published melbourne house compatibility computers available @ time. copy of novel included in each game package. game not retell story, rather sits alongside it, using book s narrative both structure , motivate gameplay. game won golden joystick award strategy game of year in 1983 , responsible popularizing phrase, thorin sits down , starts singing gold.