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IamPixie

12-18-2007, 10:16 AM

Exciting news!

Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have mended their strained relationship. The two were bitterly and publicly fighting over profits from the Lord of the Rings franchise.

On Tuesday, it was announced that Jackson would produce The Hobbit and its sequel, both prequels to the Rings mythology.

Principal photography is expected to begin in 2009 - with films being staggered for a release in 2010 and 2011.

The movies will be shot simultaneously. (http://www.perezhilton.com/)

You better not be pulling my chain, perez

DarkHippie

12-18-2007, 10:19 AM

What sequel?

IamPixie

12-18-2007, 10:23 AM

What sequel?

I think there's gonna be a prequel and then one or two sequels to the prequel. :wacko:That's my understanding of it.

Doogie

12-18-2007, 10:25 AM

I remember hearing about this project many years ago, and I thought it had just fallen through.

IamPixie

12-18-2007, 10:26 AM

I remember hearing about this project many years ago, and I thought it had just fallen through.

Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have mended their strained relationship. The two were bitterly and publicly fighting over profits from the Lord of the Rings franchise.

There's more money to be made!

jetdog

12-18-2007, 11:12 AM

Wasn't the story in the hoobit also called "there and back again"?
Maybe it could be, "The Hobbit: There..." and "The Hobbit II: and Back Again."

There is defenitely enough material in that book for two, if not three movies anyway.

foodcourtdruide

12-18-2007, 11:25 AM

I could see the first one ending when they first escape the Goblins and hundreds of Wargs gather underneath them or before they meet Beorn, because the meeting of Beorn would make a really good beginning of the second movie.

Either way, I'm really excited. I love Lord of the Rings.

jetdog

12-18-2007, 11:40 AM

They could probably even make it all the way to the Dale and still have a movie left.

spankyfrank

12-18-2007, 11:43 AM

the only other book was the similarion which was waaaaaaaaaaaaay before the hobbit. It is going to be interesting to see this movie.

topless_mike

12-18-2007, 11:52 AM

You better not be pulling my chain, perez

its not chains that he pulls on...

anyhoo, i love the shoot all at once theorum.
this way, they are locked in with characters, and the continuity throughout the series.

potter had to switch dumbledores because the original one kicked after part 2 i think.

BeerBandit

12-18-2007, 12:07 PM

I could see the first one ending when they first escape the Goblins and hundreds of Wargs gather underneath them or before they meet Beorn, because the meeting of Beorn would make a really good beginning of the second movie.

Fifteen birds, in five fir trees
Oh what shall we do with the funny little things

foodcourtdruide

12-18-2007, 12:13 PM

Fifteen birds, in five fir trees
Oh what shall we do with the funny little things

Nice!

deepinthewoods

12-18-2007, 12:30 PM

http://www.badinia.com/hobbitIII.jpg

Let's hope they cast the right tools for the right jobs.

midwestjeff

12-18-2007, 03:55 PM

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:HO0OLniyraHG0M:http://kotaku.com/assets/resources

WampusCrandle

12-18-2007, 04:21 PM

i can't wait for the Hobbit - Jackson will do it justice. The Hobbit is my personal favorite of any J.R.R. Tolkien book

scottinnj

12-18-2007, 05:23 PM

Clickey Clickey (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=503286&in_page_id=1773)

Peter Jackson is going to be the producer of The Hobbit, the prequel to The Lord of the Rings.

New Line Cinema is still the movie studio that is marketing it.

Apparentley according to this story, it will be shot and be done as two movies.

Marc with a c

12-18-2007, 05:26 PM

what a closet dork.

cougarjake13

12-18-2007, 05:54 PM

cant wait til they come out

TheGameHHH

12-18-2007, 06:41 PM

There's more money to be made!

Mel Brooks is apparently directing the Hobbit sequel, its gonna be called "Hobbit 2: The Search For More Money"

RingWraith

12-19-2007, 12:08 AM

Finally!!!

Furtherman

10-22-2010, 05:59 AM

Martin Freeman has officially landed the part of Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's Hobbit movie. (http://io9.com/5670428/peter-jackson-announces-the-hobbit-cast-including-martin-freeman-as-bilbo)

This was a wise casting decision. But that's not all, Jackson released a list of dwarf castings. Here they are:

Richard Armitage (Captain America) will play Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the Dwarves who all wanted to reclaim their ancient dwellings inside the Lonely Mountain which was destroyed by the dragon Smaug and leader of Bilbo's Dwarf pack as well.

Aidan Turner (smoldering hot vampire from BBC's Being Human) and Rob Kazinsky (EastEnders, Timeless) have been cast as the Dwarf brothers Kili and Fili. They're the nephews of Thorin and a bit comical at times. They are definitely the youngest of the bunch.

Graham McTavish (Secretariat) is Dwalin, the first dwarf to arrive at the home of Bilbo Baggins at Bag End.

John Callen will play Oin, a dwarf who's not crazy about Bilbo.

Stephen Hunter (Spirited) has been cast as Bombur, the fattest and sleepiest of the bunch.

Mark Hadlow (King Kong) is Dori, the biggest and strongest dwarf who constantly carries Bilbo about.

And finally, Peter Hambleton will play Gloin, brother of Oin. Also it should be noted that Gloin is Father of Gimli's Dad (from The Lord of the Rings).

As far as the non-dwarf roles (Elves and Wizards) Deadline is reporting that David Tennant (among a few other surprising names) is still in the running.

The bad news is that because of some kind of actor or production strike, The Hobbit may have to be filmed somewhere other than New Zealand, which I can't imagine any other place would fit in for Middle Earth without using vasts amounts of CGI.

Willmore

10-22-2010, 06:03 AM

Gutter

10-22-2010, 06:10 AM

when i read the link at the top i thought it said "Morgan Freeman landed the part of Bilbo Baggins" hahaha.

the list of characters sounds like they're going to start filming Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Willmore

10-22-2010, 06:14 AM

Gutter

10-22-2010, 06:17 AM

Have you read the book?

Unlike LotR, it's basically a bunch of dwarves and a hobbit.

i didn't read the Hobbit.....read Silmarillion though. i thought the Hobbit was really just Bilbo and a friend or two. I didn't know it involved that many other characters.

RingWraith

10-22-2010, 11:10 AM

i didn't read the Hobbit.....read Silmarillion though. i thought the Hobbit was really just Bilbo and a friend or two. I didn't know it involved that many other characters.

oh yeah, there was like 13 dwarfs that were with Bilbo most of time in the Hobbit story. Gandalf made occasional appearances.

Anyhoo, I'm definitely looking forward to the Hobbit movies.

Gutter

10-22-2010, 11:28 AM

oh yeah, there was like 13 dwarfs that were with Bilbo most of time in the Hobbit story. Gandalf made occasional appearances.

Anyhoo, I'm definitely looking forward to the Hobbit movies.

sweeeeet.......i've been looking forward to this for a while.

Furtherman

10-27-2010, 09:24 AM

Good news....

New Zealand prime minister John Key announced Wednesday that production of "The Hobbit" will stay in-country, local broadcast outlet Tvnz reports.

Agreement to keep the Peter Jackson-directed film in Kiwi country follows face-to-face negotiations between high-level local government officials and co-producer/distributor Warner Bros.

Producers for the film threatened to bolt New Zealand, after a local talent union -- backed by the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of TV and Radio Artists -- threatened to boycott the production.

Furtherman

04-14-2011, 10:30 AM

TheGameHHH

04-14-2011, 10:50 AM

that was very cool, im excited to see this movie

Misteriosa

04-14-2011, 10:52 AM

i just had a total geek out watching that vid :o

CountryBob

04-14-2011, 11:14 AM

This was cool - make sure to keep us up to date if more of these are released

Furtherman

04-14-2011, 11:21 AM

If I knew the next three years of my life would be working on this movie....

meh i just depressed myself.

Contra

04-14-2011, 02:25 PM

Yay

Now to wait almost two years

keithy_19

04-14-2011, 02:42 PM

i just had a total geek out watching that vid :o

Me too. I've read the Hobbit at least 5 times (which actually doesn't seem like that many). It's my favorite out of the entire Lord of the Rings collection.

cougarjake13

04-14-2011, 04:49 PM

never read any of the books but a buddy of mine did and the whole time the trilogy came out he kept saying that the hobbit was better and would be a better movie

SonOfSmeagol

04-14-2011, 05:35 PM

we loves it

RingWraith

12-20-2011, 07:08 PM

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=85322

Looks freakin' awesome!

cougarjake13

12-21-2011, 04:21 AM

Indeed

Furtherman

12-21-2011, 06:03 AM

Watch it here...

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cougarjake13

12-21-2011, 06:07 AM

Pumped!!!!!

CountryBob

12-21-2011, 06:20 AM

we loves it

This cracked me up! :clap:

furie

12-21-2011, 04:38 PM

a whole year to wait?!

brettmojo

12-21-2011, 04:39 PM

a whole year to wait?!
Minus a week.

fezident

12-22-2011, 02:15 AM

I've read the Hobbit at least 5 times

WOW! I'm an avid reader but, I've never been able to commit to reading a title more than once. I've actually tried but, just couldn't do it. To do it FIVE times is amazing. You must've gotten more out of it and noticed more details each time. Kickass.

cougarjake13

12-22-2011, 06:12 AM

I can't think of any book I've ever read more then once

Misteriosa

06-07-2012, 06:06 AM

Misteriosa

07-03-2012, 05:38 AM

11 new images show off Peter Jackon’s gorgeous Middle-Earth in The Hobbit (http://io9.com/5923103/11-new-images-show-off-peter-jackons-gorgeous-middle+earth-in-the-hobbit)

Entertainment Weekly has released a handful of stills from The Hobbit for their big Comic-Con debut, and on the cover is Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf looking quite stately. Inside the issue is a collection of revealing Hobbit snaps including the dwarves all tucked away in their escape barrels. Plus, look how director Peter Jackson has managed to make sexy Tolkien dwarves — take a look at Aidan Turner as Kili. How odd yet delightful!

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thepaulo

12-07-2012, 02:58 AM

The 48 frames per second format has caused a lot of controversy.
I've seen the 24 frames per second 3D and frankly that was dizzying at times.
I will be seeing the other on Monday.
The Hobbit is a small source compared to the Trilogy for three movies but this first one is pretty crammed with story and action.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-the-hobbit-unexpected-journey-reviews-20121206,0,6992954.story

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/07/entertainment-us-hobbit-idUSBRE8B605J
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit:_An_Unexpected_Journey

RingWraith

12-15-2012, 12:48 PM

Saw The Hobbit last night and really enjoyed it. It was fun and you can definitely tell that Peter Jackson filmed it in the same tone as the book was, meaning it was more light hearted and less dark compared to the LOTR trilogy. Definitely something to bring the kids to see.

I went to see this on IMAX 3D w/ 48fps, and I must say it was definitely distracting especially in the beginning, but eventually eyes adjusted to it after a couple of minutes. While I think it's gutsy for PJ to film it in that format, ultimately it didn't really needed to be filmed like that. Reason I went to see it in IMAX 3D/48fps was because I was curious as to how it looks in the big screen and wanted to check it out. (Plus the 9 minute preview of the new Star Trek movie was definitely a nice bonus)

I might check it out again next week or so, but only in 2D format.

HBox

12-15-2012, 02:18 PM

I liked it but it was so goddamn long. I can't ever see myself being able to watch it in one sitting ever again. If they could cut this to 1:30 to 2 hours it would be awesome. Too bad it's almost 3.

RingWraith

12-15-2012, 02:47 PM

I liked it but it was so goddamn long. I can't ever see myself being able to watch it in one sitting ever again. If they could cut this to 1:30 to 2 hours it would be awesome. Too bad it's almost 3.

Well, the previous Lord of the Ring trilogy were 3 hours each (Return of the King being 3+ hours) when they came out a decade ago. In fact, The Hobbit is 10 minutes shorter than Fellowship of the Ring. Anyhoo, I was expecting The Hobbit movie to be long anyway and I'm sure the next two movie will be the same as well.

HBox

12-15-2012, 03:50 PM

Well, the previous Lord of the Ring trilogy were 3 hours each (Return of the King being 3+ hours) when they came out a decade ago. In fact, The Hobbit is 10 minutes shorter than Fellowship of the Ring. Anyhoo, I was expecting The Hobbit movie to be long anyway and I'm sure the next two movie will be the same as well.

There was a lot of source material to draw from the original trilogy. They are now making a trilogy roughly the same length as the previous one from a third of the source material. And it really showed. I don't want to give scenes away but there were two that could have been easily cut as they served very little point.

I spent much of the movie wondering how much longer it was going to be. By the end it fianlly hit a stride but then it ended.

Dude!

12-15-2012, 05:23 PM

There was a lot of source material to draw from the original trilogy. They are now making a trilogy roughly the same length as the previous one from a third of the source material. And it really showed. I don't want to give scenes away but there were two that could have been easily cut as they served very little point.

I spent much of the movie wondering how much longer it was going to be. By the end it fianlly hit a stride but then it ended.

is the part with Bjorn
in this movie?

HBox

12-15-2012, 05:24 PM

is the part with Bjorn
in this movie?

This movie ended right before that.

Furtherman

12-27-2012, 07:47 AM

I went to see this on IMAX 3D w/ 48fps, and I must say it was definitely distracting especially in the beginning, but eventually eyes adjusted to it after a couple of minutes. While I think it's gutsy for PJ to film it in that format, ultimately it didn't really needed to be filmed like that. Reason I went to see it in IMAX 3D/48fps was because I was curious as to how it looks in the big screen and wanted to check it out. (Plus the 9 minute preview of the new Star Trek movie was definitely a nice bonus)

I might check it out again next week or so, but only in 2D format.

I enjoyed the movie as well, and yea, the high rate film was strange at first - in fact, it seemed like Bilbo was moving too quickly in the opening scenes. Or was that just my eyes? In some scenes - close-ups mostly - you could see the make-up and fake prothetics on the dwarves faces. But other scenes, like the escape from the goblin's lair, looked amazing, especially in 3D.

I'm not sure if I'm on with that new technology. I'll have to compare it in normal format as well.

I liked it but it was so goddamn long. I can't ever see myself being able to watch it in one sitting ever again. If they could cut this to 1:30 to 2 hours it would be awesome. Too bad it's almost 3.

Agreed. Great movie, but very long.