Possible "Hobbit" trilogy more than just rumor

Peter Jackson teased fans during ComicCon recently when he talked about wanting to shoot a bunch of additional footage for "The Hobbit". He was asked if this additional material might become a third Hobbit film and said “It’s very premature... The discussions are pretty early.” As a result a lot of people began to get their hopes up although, realistically, it seemed like maybe he was just engaging in some flight-of-fancy speculation.

Well now it seems that there might be something to it after all as EW has confirmed that serious discussions are taking place between Jackson and Warner Brothers about possibly extending The Hobbit to a third film. There's no word on exactly what shape such a film might take and there are a slew of logistical problems that would have to be worked out before Jackson and the studio could commit to a third Hobbit film but the fact that its actually on the table is music to the ears of Middle Earth fans the world over. We'll keep you posted.