I'll go see a film version of the Hobbit no matter what!
That old cartoon one was sooooo bad,
anything will be an improvement. It could be done by someone other than Jackson....FoTR was GREAT, but someone else could maybe steal the good ideas (set of the shire) yet make it a little different. Ian Mc should still be Gandalf....the older the better
but they would need a new actor for young Bilbo, and I could do with a different Elrond myself.
Rivendell shouldn't be so grand either....just the last homely house, with some really silly elves.....
I thought some of Jackson's LoTR humour was so so....and the Hobbit has some pretty funny bits, so I'll hold judgement. Still, as someone said....he'll probably end up doing it. This kind of hype is just what the studios like......