REASONS TO LIVE

For those of you looking for reasons to live beyond the DVD release of Return of the King, and the special in-cinema release of the long versions of all three, Peter Jackson said tonight after the Oscars that the only real holdup, aside from him filming King Kong, was the distribution rights, owned oddly by MGM, and suggested that the New Line and MGM attorneyshave a couple of years to go at each other. Also reported are intents to have McKellen, Liv Tyler (woo!), and Hugo - Weaving again, (leaving Bilbo uncast - perhaps I should warm up the old acting shoes - I haven't had a call in 25 years, time for a new agent.)