The Hobbit may FINALLY get green-lighted

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Despite studio bankruptcy issues, lawsuits, union woes, director swaps and stomach ulcers, The Hobbit has finally begun production.

 

Variety reports that producer-director Peter Jackson and co-financers MGM and New Line made the announcement yesterday from New Zealand, where the two-film project will shoot (in 3D) over the next 14 months.

 

New Line has registered the titles The Hobbit: There and Back Again and The Hobbit: An/The Unexpected Journey, though there is no official confirmation regarding what the two films will be called.

 

Deadline says that "the cast had its first script read-through at Jackson's Stone Studios on Thursday, sitting in a semi-circle inside the set of Bilbo Baggins' house." And the films' Facebook page now has two photos up from the set. Here's one of them:

 

 

The films are expected to release in late 2012 and late 2013.

 

 

 

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Sick I hope these are just as good as the first 3 are, I will be goin to see this

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A friend of mine who works for Warner Brothers is in New Zealand getting ready to shoot this film. When things really get rolling, I'll see if he can sneak a few pictures my way to share to you guys.

Just a random update, he has recently quit his job to pursue his own animation career.

 

...so I won't be able to get any see-it-first pictures

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Ehh not too thrilled about all the issues this movie has had before production has even started. Usually not a good sign...

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Side note...the 15-disc LOTR:EE is ready for pre-order on Amazon. :beerchug2:

Edited March 26, 2011 by FSUViking

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Side note...the 15-disc LOTR:EE is ready for pre-order on Amazon. :beerchug2:

 

FUCK YEAH!

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-Trilogy-Extended-Blu-ray/dp/B003AQC1CQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301221237&sr=8-1

 

2 months away

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http://movies.ign.com/articles/117/1171505p1.html

 

 

New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM have announced the titles and release dates for filmmaker Peter Jackson's two-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit. The first film, titled The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, will be released on December 14, 2012. The second film, titled The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is slated for release the following year, on December 13, 2013.

 

Both films are set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings," which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The adventure of The Hobbit follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.

 

Under Jackson's direction, both movies are being shot consecutively in digital 3D using the latest camera and stereo technology. Filming is taking place at Stone Street Studios, Wellington, and on location around New Zealand.

 

Ian McKellen returns as Gandalf the Grey, the character he played in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Martin Freeman, who just won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the BBC series Sherlock, takes on the central role of Bilbo Baggins. Also reprising their roles from The Lord of the Rings movies are: Cate Blanchett as Galadriel; Orlando Bloom as Legolas; Ian Holm as the elder Bilbo; Christopher Lee as Saruman; Hugo Weaving as Elrond; Elijah Wood as Frodo; and Andy Serkis as Gollum. The ensemble cast also includes (in alphabetical order) Richard Armitage, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Sylvester McCoy, Bret McKenzie, Graham McTavish, Mike Mizrahi, James Nesbitt, Dean O'Gorman, Lee Pace, Mikael Persbrandt, Conan Stevens, Ken Stott, Jeffrey Thomas, and Aidan Turner.

 

The screenplays for The Hobbit films are by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson. Jackson is also producing the films, together with Fran Walsh and Carolynne Cunningham. The executive producers are Ken Kamins and Zane Weiner, with Philippa Boyens serving as co-producer.

 

The Hobbit films are productions of New Line Cinema and MGM, with New Line managing production. Warner Bros Pictures is handling worldwide theatrical distribution, with select international territories as well as all international television licensing being handled by MGM.

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PJ tweeted that the attack on Dol Guldor and the meeting of the White Council are going to be filmed soon. :beerchug2:

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Balin (Gimli's cousin from Moria) and Dwalin.

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The only one of the books that was well-paced and not a complete bore. The movie better not disappoint.