The Hobbit Trilogy Discussion Thread

[Ernest Rister]

No chance in hell Radcliffe gets the role. This is just silly UK press dogpoop.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

they s/b done w/the last potter movie by spring next year they've said.

I don't think he can handle 1 1/2 to 2 years of filming after the Potter films are done. The boys young. He needs his rest.

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

I don't think he can handle 1 1/2 to 2 years of filming after the Potter films are done. The boys young. He needs his rest.

i think so too....and wouldn't mind seeing him in this role.

i'm really not looking forward to hearing people always say "all i see is harry potter when i look @ him."

everyone has to work, it's a series he did and he's gonna move on afterwards.

[SonOfArathorn]

I'd also like to see someone like Angus McFadyen (Robert the Bruce from Braveheart) as Bard. That's going to be a key role and they'd better nail that casting as well... same with the voice of Smaug (please not Jeremy Irons) and Thorin. Fingers crossed they get it right... They nailed so many in LOTR but dropped the ball on the most crucial (Frodo). Viggo as Aragorn almost made up for it though.

[Mr.White]

Does Jackson really need to give The Hobbit the Che/Kill Bill/HP 7 treatment. Do really need two films?, how bout one big presentation like Grindhouse did , two for the price of one!

[SonOfArathorn]

They'd have to leave too much out I think, in order to get it under 3 hours. Plus we get some White Council stuff and extras that were only hinted at in the books, it'll be worth it mate.

[Mr.White]

Originally Posted by SonOfArathorn

They'd have to leave too much out I think, in order to get it under 3 hours. Plus we get some White Council stuff and extras that were only hinted at in the books, it'll be worth it mate.

Do think people will go ga-ga over these films like they did for LOTR?

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

Don't think he'll do it. He still has to do the other 2 Potter movies. Doing those and 2 Hobbit movies. He would be one busy guy.

He only has about 100 days left of filming on both parts of #7. After that he'll be looking for something to do

Originally Posted by Mr.White

Does Jackson really need to give The Hobbit the Che/Kill Bill/HP 7 treatment. Do really need two films?, how bout one big presentation like Grindhouse did , two for the price of one!

This way they can put the budget of two movies into one story.

[SonOfArathorn]

I think once the trailers hit excitement will build and yes, people will be lining up for these movies. Don't know that it'll match the LOTR craze though, that came at a time in the world that is very different from now and those movie lifted a lot of people's spirits so soon after 9-11, the war in Iraq etc.

[anomynous]

McAvoy please

[waaimasjien.]

No way they're even going to consider Radcliffe. The guy is too young, and although he is improving his acting is quite crappy.
Tennant would come closest.

[Josh]

Of the three, Tennant would be the obvious choice. I just wonder if any of these guys are going to be Bilbo.

Originally Posted by SonOfArathorn

They nailed so many in LOTR but dropped the ball on the most crucial (Frodo). Viggo as Aragorn almost made up for it though.

Really? You didn't like Elijah Wood in that role? Who would you have liked to see in that role?

[KubrickFan]

Isn't Bilbo supposed to be fifty in The Hobbit? That would make all of the choices wrong.
I think Martin Freeman would be good for the role. But anything's better than Daniel Radcliffe. He just can't act.

[Diesel]

Lawsuit Seeks to Derail The Hobbit, No Bilbo Casting At Comic Con

Yesterday we helped perpetuate the rumor that Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson might announce the actor who’ll play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit while at San Diego Comic Con next week. But reportedly, that isn’t happening. No surprise, but too bad. News would have livened up the Con quite a bit. Why won’t we hear anything? Because according to Peter Jackson, who spoke to Empire, the script isn’t done. “No, we won’t be announcing Bilbo for a little while. We’re starting to think about casting, but we’re knee-deep in the script right now. And when we do go to actors, they’re probably going to ask to see a script, so we’re powering ahead with getting the first draft done.”

Then again, if a Tolkien family lawsuit (yes, another LOTR lawsuit) takes its toll, the film might not happen at all. Insert ominous foley effects here, and then hit the jump to read more.

The bottom line is that the Tolkien family claims that they’re owed $220m from New Line to cover back profit payments from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The family heirs are suing New Line claiming breach of contract, and as part of the suit are asking to recover all further film rights to Tolkein’s work. If that somehow went through, The Hobbit film (as currently set up at new Line and MGM) would be toast.

In 1969, JRR Tolkien sold the film rights for 250,000 pounds and 7.5% of future profits. But the family says they haven’t been paid anything out of the trilogy’s $6b worldwide sales. The Guardian reports that New Line lawyers say the original contract terms are ambiguous; Tolkien family lawyer Bonnie Eskenazi says “Should the case go all the way to trial, we are confident that New Line will lose its rights to The Hobbit.”

This is lawsuit number three regarding New Line and undistributed profits from the trilogy. Peter Jackson reached an undisclosed settlement in 2007, and Saul Zaentz settled in 2005. Hollywood accounting is notoriously creative and self-serving, and New Line (which struggled before being folded into Warner Bros) has been more determined than most.

[cflames89]

If this does not happen, someone will pay.

[MCT]

Seriously. SERIOUSLY. I have been waiting for this f'n movie since Return Of The King ended 6 years ago. If it gets derailed AGAIN, there will be hell to pay. From me! I'll yell and scream and kick! Yeah!

[SonOfArathorn]

ToRN has a lot more info on the suit, I don't think it'll derail anything. This article makes it sound worse than it appears to be.

[tommyboy81]

They need to pay them there F'n money already. If he sold it for a certain amount PLUS 7.5% of FUTURE PROFITS I think they're entitled to it. Now if there is something in that contract that says future profits to just him then oh well family. Unless he's able to give it to his family through his Will.

[GreenScar]

We’ve gotten so used to movies being shot with excessive CGI backgrounds that it’s kind of refreshing to know that someone is out there, in wide open spaces, actually building a life-size set. The One Ring is following around Guillermo del Toro’s production team for The Hobbit, and they managed to snap still photos of construction underway in New Zealand, where they’re rebuilding the fantastic Hobbiton set from Lord of the Rings.

The plan is simply to get it back in Hobbit shape, while at the same time adding perhaps a little more. Right now they’re planting hedgerows, fruit trees, and extending the path that runs in front of Bilbo and Frodo’s house at Bag End. New Hobbit holes have been marked out and should be going in, but even without any of that it’s still one of the most iconic locations in film history. Click over to The One Ring to see the slow return of Hobbiton.

[GreenScar]

Update July 19

We’ve gotten so used to movies being shot with excessive CGI backgrounds that it’s kind of refreshing to know that someone is out there, in wide open spaces, actually building a life-size set. The One Ring is following around Guillermo del Toro’s production team for The Hobbit, and they managed to snap still photos of construction underway in New Zealand, where they’re rebuilding the fantastic Hobbiton set from Lord of the Rings.

The plan is simply to get it back in Hobbit shape, while at the same time adding perhaps a little more. Right now they’re planting hedgerows, fruit trees, and extending the path that runs in front of Bilbo and Frodo’s house at Bag End. New Hobbit holes have been marked out and should be going in, but even without any of that it’s still one of the most iconic locations in film history. Click over to The One Ring to see the slow return of Hobbiton.