The Hobbit

Post by **finn** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:00 am

Sunbaneglasses wrote:Ummmmmm, I just want to see Bilbo fight the spiders.

Hmmm, I wonder if the spiders have a shop steward?

Post by **Rigel** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 6:28 am

At the risk of going off topic, read this piece:
www.aintitcool.com/node/47057

Two Hobbit films officially greenlighted with Peter Jackson directing!

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The two Hobbit films will be shot back to back much like the original LOTR Trilogy was and it looks like cameras will be rolling February 2011.

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Now I just want a guarantee that Christopher Lee is back as Saruman and I'll be one happy nerd!

Post by **Stone Magnet** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:03 am

^ Greenlighted. GOOD news. Greenlight At the Mountains of Madness too you drolls!

Post by **SoulBiter** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:45 pm

movies.msn.com/paralleluniverse/hobbit-cast-revealed/story/feature/?gt1=28101

Peter Jackson Reveals Cast for 'The Hobbit'

Martin Freeman will play Bilbo Baggins, while Richard Armitage will play Thorin Oakenshield

By Jeff Sneider
TheWrap.com

Martin Freeman will indeed play Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit," with Richard Armitage as head dwarf Thorin Oakenshield, New Line and Warner Bros. announced Thursday.

Other castmembers -- all of them to play dwarves -- include Rob Kazinsky, Aidan Turner, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Stephen Hunter, Mark Hadlow and Peter Hambleton.

Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are also expected to reprise their respective roles as the powerful wizard Gandalf and the wretch Gollum.

Post by **Cagliostro** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 3:42 pm

Awesome. I really like Martin Freeman, and so now I'm even more pumped. I think he fits Bilbo well.

As for the rest, well, going through the list and googling the images, there are a lot of young beefcakes in the dwarves as well as some older gents, which I suppose makes sense. And I see that they have fairly different faces as well, which is good as they tend to all blend together. However, under the makeup it might be harder to tell them apart still. We'll see.

Post by **Cambo** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:58 am

This just in: Roman Polanski expresses interest in making a feature film in NZ. Prime Minister John Key commits to lowering age of consent to 13.

Post by **danlo** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:24 am

Post by **Hiro** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:53 pm

The one thing that bugs me about 'The Hobbit' is the 3D. Wholly unnecessary.

Post by **Sunbaneglasses** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:14 pm

Sunbaneglasses wrote:Ummmmmm, I just want to see Bilbo fight the spiders.

That was a sarcastic response to all the bickering that was going on in the thread. But I SERIOUSLY want this film to be made, and i want it to be very good. The Hobbit was read to me by my father when I was 6 and I have read it to my boys. The Hobbit is very special to me and it sparked a lifetime love of good fantasy literature. (and I do want to see Bilbo fight the spiders).

Post by **Cagliostro** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 8:34 pm

I'm right there with you SBG. It was really the first book I really picked up on my own just for the joy of reading. I picked it up from the school library right as I was getting excited about chapter books, thanks particularly to a teacher reading us Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. I enjoyed that, and had enjoyed the Rankin Bass version that had run for the first time on TV (I'm seriously showing my age now), and I ended up just falling in love with it. Then my sister let me know there were three other books following it.
Actually, now that I think about it, I think the Return of the King Rankin Bass version had just come out, but I saw the original airing of the Hobbit when I was a bit younger. Because I remember while reading the Hobbit not being concerned about Gandalf during the times he disappeared because I knew he was in the later bits. And that spoiled it when I eventually did get around to reading The Lord of the Rings as well, which made the aftermath of Moria a little confusing, but also not as powerful emotionally.

Post by **Orlion** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:01 pm

The best thing to come from Tolkien

Post by **Zarathustra** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:41 pm

Orlion wrote:The best thing to come from Tolkien

I followed your link, and then saw this one:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqVD0swvWU&feature=fvw

How the LOTR should have ended. It's basically the same complaint we've heard for years: why didn't the eagles just drop it in the volcano? But the end banter is pretty funny.

"That was extremely easy."
"Can you imagine what might have happened if we'd tried to walk the whole way?"
"Someone might have died!"
"It is a very long way."

Post by **Cagliostro** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:37 pm

Orlion wrote:The best thing to come from Tolkien

Amen, brutha. I was sad when they didn't have the song in Peter Jackson's version.

Post by **Phantasm** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:58 pm

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12391286

Director Jackson sets start date for Hobbit filming

Filming of the two Hobbit movies will finally begin in New Zealand next month, director Peter Jackson has said.

"Despite some delays we are fully back on track and very excited to get started," he said.

Problems faced by the movies included a threat by their makers to move filming after a row over actors' wages.

The films, the first of which is due out in December 2012, were further delayed when Jackson was hospitalised last month because of stomach pains.

Jackson, whose Lord Of The Rings trilogy was also filmed in his homeland of New Zealand, underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer and was discharged on Thursday.

Warner Bros and New Line had previously considered taking the production away from New Zealand after acting unions threatened to boycott the films in protest over payments to actors.

The studios agreed to film the movies in New Zealand after the government granted them tax breaks worth millions of dollars and changed employment laws.

The films, which will star Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, were earlier stalled by problems including rows over distribution rights and the exit of original director Guillermo del Toro.

Post by **Rigel** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:41 pm

That's too bad. While I like what Jackson did with the first trilogy (though it wasn't perfect, but then what is?), I was really looking forward to seeing another voice take over. Especially one as talented and unique as Guillermo del Toro.

Post by **Harbinger** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:34 am

Cameras are officially rolling. Note how they didn't mention "union strike."

– 16 mins ago, March 20, 2011

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Filming has started on director Peter Jackson's production of "The Hobbit" in New Zealand.

Pre-production on the $50 million, two-movie production was plagued by problems including studio funding problems, a threatened actors' boycott and ulcer surgery for Jackson.

The director posted a studio news release on his website Monday saying production has commenced in New Zealand on the much-anticipated project.

British actor Martin Freeman stars as hobbit Bilbo Baggins alongside Elijah Wood, Sir Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom. The movies are based J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel about a short, hairy-footed hero.

"The Hobbit" is a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy by Tolkien that Jackson helmed to blockbuster film success.

Post by **Rigel** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:24 am

No, they didn't mention "union strike," but they did mention "a threatened actors' boycott."

Ah, sugarcoating

Post by **Zarathustra** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:41 pm

Wait ... Frodo is in this movie? WTF?

Post by **Hashi Lebwohl** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:45 pm

Zarathustra wrote:Wait ... Frodo is in this movie? WTF?

I concur, especially given the fact that Frodo was born long after the events in The Hobbit.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:36 am

I don't recall Legolas being in the Hobbit, either. But at least he was alive then.

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