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'The Hobbit'

Started by mistercharlie, October 17, 2010, 08:35:51 PM

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mistercharlie

I'm betting there are a few other Tolkien fans here.

'The Hobbit' is finally over most of the hurdles it's gone through on the road to being filmed. It is slated to start filming in February, with Peter Jackson now on to Produce and Direct.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11560411

I'm looking forward to it.  :crazy:
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yeah, the last I had heard was that Peter Jackson wasn't doing it

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mistercharlie

He's been singed on to Produce it for quite awhile now, and Gillermo Del Torro was supposed to Direct it. But Del Torro backed out and it the went to Jackson.
"I used to be 'with it', but then they changed what 'it' was and now what I'm with isn't 'it' and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me"
Quote from: kellerb on August 02, 2009, 02:29:05 AM
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I heard Samuel L Jackson is going to play the part of Bard...

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mistercharlie

Ian McKellen will return as Gandolf and apparently the part of Bilbo is already cast.
"I used to be 'with it', but then they changed what 'it' was and now what I'm with isn't 'it' and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me"
Quote from: kellerb on August 02, 2009, 02:29:05 AM
You haven't lived until you've had a robot shart in your ear and followed along in the live setlist thread while it happens. 

ph92

WOOO!! yess this is my favorite book

i love the hobbit, im glad jackson is doing it finally
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I'm psyched. Childhood favorite. I was Gandalf for Halloween when I was 7.
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I need to put this book on my to-do list.  I'm not sure how I managed to go this far in life without reading it, but I hear I'm missing out. 
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Quote from: ytowndan on October 18, 2010, 12:37:20 AM
I need to put this book on my to-do list.  I'm not sure how I managed to go this far in life without reading it, but I hear I'm missing out.

Get on that shit, dude.


I'm psyched about this.
Apparently, MGM has been strapped for cash and has been unable to green light shit for a while. Because of those delays, they lost del Toro and were about to lose Ian McKellen (scheduling).

Martin Freeman was rumored to be cast as Bilbo but he had to turn it down due to scheduling problems but that may change...

Igbo

Stoked. Wouldnt have been the same if Jackson didnt do it.

mattstick


Hopefully it's as long and boring as ROTK.

willsteele

Glad DelToro is out and Jackson back in.  I can't fuckin wait for this.  In my opinion, the one Hobbit book beats the shit out of all three LOTR books in a lot of ways.  For one, its a lot less depressing to me...   way too much end of our days and now is the time of man shit in LOTR.  I like it best when man is hardly involved in middle earth.  It will be interesting though to see what they do with movie #2 and how they tie it in to the beginnings of LOTR.   

There is so much material in all of these books that they have to leave out..  wish they didn't but the average movie watching public can only take so much I suppose.  They could make the Hobbit 4 hours long and I would love every minute of it though.
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Quote from: mistercharlie on October 17, 2010, 09:39:19 PM
Ian McKellen will return as Gandolf and apparently the part of Bilbo is already cast.

No Ian Holm return? Is the Bilbo character supposed to be much younger in "The Hobbit"? (Obviously, I haven't read the book.)
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Quote from: V00D00BR3W on October 18, 2010, 11:15:28 AM
Quote from: mistercharlie on October 17, 2010, 09:39:19 PM
Ian McKellen will return as Gandolf and apparently the part of Bilbo is already cast.

No Ian Holm return? Is the Bilbo character supposed to be much younger in "The Hobbit"? (Obviously, I haven't read the book.)

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Quote from: willsteele on October 18, 2010, 10:54:18 AM
Glad DelToro is out and Jackson back in.  I can't fuckin wait for this.  In my opinion, the one Hobbit book beats the shit out of all three LOTR books in a lot of ways.  For one, its a lot less depressing to me...   way too much end of our days and now is the time of man shit in LOTR.  I like it best when man is hardly involved in middle earth.  It will be interesting though to see what they do with movie #2 and how they tie it in to the beginnings of LOTR.   

There is so much material in all of these books that they have to leave out..  wish they didn't but the average movie watching public can only take so much I suppose.  They could make the Hobbit 4 hours long and I would love every minute of it though.


I think that the two movies will contain much of what Gandalf is doing when he leaves Bilbo and co. apparently they've cast Radagast and the entire White Council and Gandalf's dealings with the Necromancer will be the flesh that turns this into two films. I'm pretty psyched about this.


Quote from: V00D00BR3W on October 18, 2010, 11:15:28 AM
Quote from: mistercharlie on October 17, 2010, 09:39:19 PM
Ian McKellen will return as Gandolf and apparently the part of Bilbo is already cast.

No Ian Holm return? Is the Bilbo character supposed to be much younger in "The Hobbit"? (Obviously, I haven't read the book.)


Although they did briefly portray Bilbo finding the ring in the LOTR films, Bilbo is a much younger Hobbit at the time of his journey than he was in LOTR (111.) factor in that Ian Holm is getting older too, it makes a lot of sense to recast, although He did turn in a stellar performance.

I think that if schedules permit, Martin Freeman could make an excellent Bilbo if he puts on a few pounds.