I think it had to do with obtaining rights to the film

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Mar 31, 2015
9:36:07pm

BlueBlitzkrieg

I think it had to do with obtaining rights to the film

Someone else had them and they had to wait for the right to expire. Also Tolkien family needed to approve the project.

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BlueBlitzkrieg

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My wife wants to know why LOTR was made before the Hobbit

KingDave

3/31/15 9:25pm

Why did Star Wars episode 3 come before 1...........paradox

LasVegasBlue

3/31/15 9:31pm

No. TNT could explain it to you but he has already bored enough CBers today

TNT

3/31/15 9:36pm

Curious

3/31/15 9:40pm

Revenge of the Sith came before Phantom Menace?

3/31/15 9:48pm

Whoops. meant for LVB.

3/31/15 9:49pm

I think it had to do with obtaining rights to the film

3/31/15 9:36pm

Bingo. New Line Cinema had both film AND distribution rights to LOTR.

byujacob

3/31/15 11:04pm

It's really too bad it wasn't made before or along with them. Probably would

ataylor

3/31/15 10:13pm

Bingo.....there was no need to make 3 movies for the hobbit

WJCougar

3/31/15 10:23pm

Because LotR is obviously more movie worthy material

ByuImaginesDragons

4/1/15 3:04am

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