The Hobbit Trilogy Discussion Thread

[Witch King of Angmar]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

OK, here is your new 'Hobbit in 5' host in her first post guys-

OMG! the new girl is so ugly.

[radagast]

Is there nothing happening with this movie? When LOTR was being filmed, it seemed there was a constant stream of info during the filming.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by radagast

Is there nothing happening with this movie? When LOTR was being filmed, it seemed there was a constant stream of info during the filming.

Have they not been all on vacation for the past little while? I think everyone just got back to Auckland to start working again not very long ago?

[radagast]

Here's a story about Evangeline Lilly on the Tonight Show and she was asked about The Hobbit. Someone wrote in the comments below that she looks like Liv Tyler who played an elf woman as well in LOTR.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/10/04/ev...no-the-hobbit/

[Josh]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Have they not been all on vacation for the past little while? I think everyone just got back to Auckland to start working again not very long ago?

They were supposed to start shooting "Block 2" on September 5th, so as long as that schedule didn't slip, they've been filming for a month.

[Duffy12]

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Exclusive: The first screening of ‘Hobbit’ footage?


October 10th, 2011 by MrCere

Staffer Kristin Thompson has written from the road with a great giveaway item and a hot rumor. Expect this TORn exclusive to heat up the internet today but it seems the spy network has checked in. Kristin says:

“At MIPCOM, a television trade show held in Cannes on October 3 to 6, this great bag with an image of Bilbo was being given away. It’s trademarked by New Line Cinema and MGM. Rumor has it that a few minutes of footage from THE HOBBIT were also screened!”

MIPCOM is an entertainment and television showcase that is attended by around 12,000 industry people in Cannes, France each year. Industries that include TV, film and digital content from both the distribution and production side of things get together to decide trends, make deals, shake hands and see cool stuff before the rest of the world.

It also helps inform buyers and distributors about content rights on a global scale, which is just the kind of thing MGM and Warner Bros. would be doing one year before The Hobbit hits theaters. And, with confidentiality agreements signed and professionals (not press) making up the audience, I feel pretty confident insiders have now seen rough Hobbit footage. Anybody, including studio executives who want to update or correct us with more information, please hit us at SpyMaster@TheOneRing.net. Thanks Kristin!


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[Josh]

New Zealand Labour party trying to repeal Hobbit law:

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/politics/1...eal-hobbit-law

Let me guess, this would take place after filming ended, right?

[Duffy12]

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Hobbit journey starts in Matamata

Magic made in Matamata

WAYNE TIMMO


Film crews are now at Matamata's Hobbiton film set as location shooting on Peter Jackson's two-part fantasy epic The Hobbit begins in earnest – and the movie's stars might not be far away.

One of two convoys laden with film gear arrived in Matamata's Buckland Rd at the weekend, while the other headed to Queenstown from Sir Peter's Miramar studios.

While production company 3 Foot 7 retains a tighter grip on information than Gollum on a certain ring, one nearby resident who declined to be named said the convoy started arriving on Saturday afternoon.

He estimated about 50 trucks and smaller vehicles towing caravans and a mobile generator wound their way up Buckland Rd and onto the film set over 24 hours.

As if by some Gandalf-esque spell, or perhaps because of Sir Peter's keen eye for secluded filming locations, none were visible from the road or neighbouring properties once at the set. Nor were any stars.

"Knowing what they did last time this is like a prelude to get things set up," the resident said. "I expect they'll helicopter them [big name actors] in."

The film crew is already in Matamata, and on Sunday about six of them called in for a coffee at the Espresso To Go cafe on Broadway.

"They were a really artistic bunch, fun with a lot of energy," said cafe owner Jackie Anderson. "But we didn't realise who they were until they were leaving and one of them mentioned something about waiting for the sets to arrive."

If the Hobbit stays true to its literary origins Martin Freeman of The Office fame (Bilbo Baggins) and acclaimed British actors Sir Ian McKellan (Gandalf) and James Nesbitt (Bofur) could be expected to appear, as their characters meet in Hobbiton.

However, there seemed to be little Hollywood buzz so far in Matamata.

A security guard materialised at the front gate late last week once the Hobbiton set had been closed to visitors and a few traffic signs and road cones had sprouted like Middle Earth mushrooms to deal with an expected increase in traffic on the narrow country service road.

"There's certainly no rubberneckers," remarked the Times' observer. But even during The Lord of the Rings filming in the summer of 1999-2000 few had attracted much attention.

"Some of the stars used to walk through Matamata and not be noticed. There was little public interest last time. I think that was because there was this guy called Peter Jackson dreaming of doing three films together and no-one knew much about him or about Lord of the Rings."

The filmmakers have consent for shooting at Hobbiton lasting no more than 15 days before November 8, with other crews also working around the country, including the western side of Mt Ruapehu from November 6, when crew will be based for two weeks in the Turoa skifield car park.

Hobbit-like feet also look set to make an appearance in the King Country with Te Kuiti motels also well-booked with crew for the first week of November.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released on December 14 next year. The second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is slated for release on December 13, 2013.

- Waikato Times

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...ts-in-Matamata

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[Duffy12]

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Hobbits could be coming

By James Beech on Tue, 25 Oct 2011

News: Queenstown Lakes


Middle-Earth appears to be returning to the Wakatipu if construction in a remote valley is anything to go by.

A three-storey wooden set and smaller structure are being built on private land beyond Glenorchy, 66km from Queenstown.

Security staff guarding the gate are turning away tourists and telling them the road does not give access to the nearby unsignposted Paradise estate.

A large marquee, a smaller tent, an articulated truck, four shipping containers, two earth-movers and portable cabins were seen across the paddock from the unsealed road several hundred metres away.

The activity corresponded with resource consent applications lodged by The Hobbit production company Three Foot Seven Ltd last month for filming involving "over 200 people" between early October and mid-December.

The locations listed were Arcadia Station and Paradise, with an extra site on Tucker Beach, by the Shotover River near Queenstown, as well as flight plans for filming on Greenstone Station by Lake Wakatipu.

In the Queenstown Events Centre in late September, hundreds of people of all shapes, sizes and ages answered advertisements for extras with "character faces" for an undisclosed shoot understood to be The Hobbit in late October, late November or early December.

Executive producer, writer and director Sir Peter Jackson, his cast and crew, began the second stint shooting the two fantasy feature films on September 5, according to his production video posted online.

The Queenstown area was mentioned as one of the locations scouted for the ancient Mirkwood forest and the Valley of Anduin grasslands.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is scheduled for release on December 14, 2012. The second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is due to be released on December 13, 2013.


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http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central...ould-be-coming

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[Mahatma]

@Dyffy:I feel they may have dedicated the location to me Hopefully we'll get a trailer at the beginning of next year.

[Josh]

I love the buildings of middle earth. So rustic and homely.

[Cinemave]

Excellent updates. Matamata looks like beautiful country.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

@Dyffy:I feel they may have dedicated the location to me Hopefully we'll get a trailer at the beginning of next year.

LOL

Yea, I keep thinking that you are down there in New Zealand.



Sylvester McCoy Talks A Little Bit About Radagast



October 27th, 2011 by Earl | Source: TVNZ

Moahunter, our New Zealand message board member, has informed us that Sylvester McCoy was interviewed on TVNZ this morning and, among other things, was asked about his role as Radagast the Brown in The Hobbit.

Concerning his schedule, McCoy states he was down in Wellington, New Zealand earlier this year for about 8 weeks, shooting in the studio, and now he’s back there again for a couple of weeks for location shooting. In addition, he’ll be returning again in February 2012 for a couple of days.

The man couldn’t say much about his role though (apparently he’s been programmed by Weta to gag himself the moment his mouth utters the word “Hobbit”), though he could reveal that the main character he’s interacting with is Ian McKellen’s Gandalf the Grey.


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WOW!

It appears that they renovated the 'Green Dragon Inn', and it looks a lot nicer now.

[Show spoiler]

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[frogmort]

That's an awesome shot Duffy!

[Nommag]

Awesome the premier will be in NZ in November next year, Can't wait.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...obbit-premiere

[Mahatma]

Yeah,but shame about the seedy characters Duffy

[Duffy12]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/51748

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[Duffy12]

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More Hobbiton goodness-

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[Grand Bob]

It is nice to see that the production is developing Hobbiton, although little of the action takes place there. Hobbiton remains my favorite location in the Lord of the Rings movies. From the appearance of the Green Dragon, some extensive shooting may occur there. I'm not sure of the function of the multi-story structure under construction, as Hobbits preferred low, one-story buildings.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

I'm not sure of the function of the multi-story structure under construction, as Hobbits preferred low, one-story buildings.

Bob, I am assuming that that one might happen to be Beorn's abode, as we all know from the movies that the structures from the books do not end up identical in the ones in the films...

or something that they may have added that was never even in the book either. [shrug]



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