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The Hobbit

TheOneRing.net reports that MGM has held talks with Peter Jackson about doing a movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. MGM responsed to a fan petition to New Line and MGM on Sept. 22 with more than 39,000 signatures Their statement read in part: "We would like to give you the official statement from Rick Sands, [chief operating officer] of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. . . . Peter Jackson's phenomenal success with The Lord of the Rings trilogy makes him the first and most ideal choice for directing The Hobbit. . . . MGM would be thrilled to collaborate with the Academy Award-winning director on this MGM New Line Cinema production. And, I'm sure to the delight of the 50,000 filmgoers who have petitioned us in recent weeks, demanding we bring this film to fruition, we have had a few initial conversations about the project with Mr. Jackson's representatives."

Serials Not A Cinch

Extended, One Hour Serial dramas are not finding the audiences of the recent past. CBS is pulling "Smith" from its schedule, NBC is moving "Kidnapped" to the graveyard of Saturday night and ABC lost five million viewers for its hot "Lost." San Francisco Chronicle columnist Tim Goodman disclosed ABC's plan to put "Lost" on hiatus for 13 weeks starting next month to avoid repeats. "What if five million more people don't come back?" Goodman asks.

Priscilla on Stage A musical stage version of "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," has premiered in Sydney. The stage show has a budget triple that of the movie. Director Simon Phillips said: "It's a great responsibility to something that's such a treasure in the Australian film iconography to find a vivid and exciting and joyful way of putting it on stage."

Dr. Grave

ComicBookMovie.com says that GigaPix Studios will produce a live action/CGI film based on the crass comic series Dr. Grave. Ed Vis, creator of the underground comic published by Slave Labor Graphics, adapted the comic to screenplay himself, with a projected budget of $40 million-50 million. Kenneth Kokin and Bruce L. Berman will produce the film about the sarcastic anti-hero Dr. Grave and his trusty assistant Shandar.

Pope Joan Franka Potente play the title role in Volker Schlondorff's adaptation of the Donna W. Cross novel "Pope Joan." The story follows a medieval legend aboutthe life of a female pope who supposedly reigned from 855 to 858. The legend circulated in the Middle Ages about a woman who disguised herself as a boy in order to join a monastery in her quest for knowledge and quickly climbed the ranks by impressing her superiors. Production starts in May. The story was filmed in 1972 with Liv Ullmann starred in the title role.

Najimy's Got Their Numb3r Kathy Najimy starts filming next week when she joins the cast of the CBS crime drama "Numb3rs," which has just began its third season. She plays the recurring role of the division chair of the physics, math and astronomy departments at the university where Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz) and Larry Fleinhardt (Peter MacNicol) work.

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