Good News on the Halfling Front...

I don't know if I would want another trying to capture Middle Earth now that Jackson has done such a good job of it. Although, if he's producing, that still means someone else will probably direct.

Jackson to produce Hobbit movies
Peter Jackson, Oscar-winning director of the Lord of the Rings movies, has signed a deal to produce two films based on JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit.
The filmmaker had been in dispute with New Line Cinema over income generated by the first film in the Rings trilogy.

Even better news from this article is that Ian McKellen wants to be Gandalf again!