Peter Jackson recently sat down for an interview about The Lovely Bones (directed by Jackson and starring Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz), during which – Jackson confirmed that the script for the first Hobbit film had been completed, and they were now working on the script for the second film. Both Hobbit films are being written by Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and are being Directed by Guillermo del Toro.

Peter Jackson had this to say;

“The Hobbit will be two movies and we’ve written the first script and delivered it to the studio who seem to be happy with it, We’re now halfway through the second script and Philippa, Fran, Guillermo and myself are doing the scripts and having great fun.”

“It was an interesting experience because eight or nine years have passed since we wrote the Lord of the Rings screenplays and I was worried it’d be weird or hard or uncomfortable to go back there, but as soon as we started writing the scripts it was fun, actually, and easy.”

Jackson said, He is “happy” that Del Toro is making the two films based on Tolkien’s 1937 novel.

“It’s our job to support him and to help him tell the story – and my favorite part of the process of film making is the screenplay. That’s the part that’s the least pressured and most creative and it’s fun.”