The Hobbit films, previously to be directed by Guillermo del Toro and now to be directed by Peter Jackson again.

I see onionring :-( (xxposts)

Apparently, it'll cost 350 million Euros to film, will be in 3D and in two parts. First part in cinemas in December 2012, second part in December 2013. (was in a Belgian newspaper today, am too lazy to find english source :-) )

here you go
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni4941178/

thankig u

Simon Pegg's interview in the Observer today had him casually dropping the fact that Martin Freeman has been cast as Bilbo. Anyone heard anything about this?

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29175

Already a google image search of this dude is bringing up hobbity photoshops.

good bilbo, i'll give them that much.

Perhaps some studio bigwig made him do it, but Pegg retracted that via Twitter.

how will he top the lovely bones? i'd rather it be stop motion animation like 'mary and max' or 'chicken run'

chicken run style hobbit would be the best thing ever. especially if the hobbits were chicken hobbits.

shouldn't think he'll be changing all that much from the billion dollar franchise that paid for his lipo tbh

And here come the casting announcements:

http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/peter-jackson-sets-first-names-for-the-hobbit/

Richard Armitage is a hell of an actor. amazing in the bbc version of north and south.

There's a whole bunch of crap going on down here in NZ at the mo about this project - may be moved from NZ - it's all getting a bit bizarre. This pretty much covers the situation if anyone's interested http://publicaddress.net/default,hardnews.sm

Yeah seems like the final hurdle is whether or not it actually is filmed in NZ.

you know what? i will probably not see these cuz of the 3d. it's more expensive and gives me a headache.

i am just so damn tired of hobbitses

3D movies are always released in 2D versions as well, you know!

I'm fine with the choice for Bilbo, wasn't Jack Black rumoured for it once? That would've been terrible!

I'm mainly happy for Tim. Should keep Dawn in art equipment for a while.

Ha yeah, how many crayons?

watching harry potter and half blood prince right now

jim broadbent would have made a perfect older bilbo, though i've no complaints against ian holm

i thought fam was 1p3 mods only

oops

let it stand

zing

Cate Blanchett and Ornaldo Bloomps to reprise their roles as EXTREME ELVES.

maybe the two worst-cast characters in the lotr movies.

Or maybe all the elves were terribly cast. Yeah that could be it

wait waht? Neither of those characters is in the Hobbit

They're doing two plots hence the two films, apparently.
Gossip and rumours here
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/board/nest/174599595

marton csokas was dope as whoever he played, he should come back

tell me where is gandalf
forimuchdesire to speak with him
tell me where is gandalf
forimuchdesire to speak with him

Who was the super camp one who copped for it at helms deep?
"you breath so loudly master dwarf i could have shot you in the dark" mmmmm ;)

I really have seen it too many times :(

They're doing two plots hence the two films, apparently.

ugh waht

this is stupid

I had a dream last night that Peter Jackson decided to do Lucas-style re-releases of all the LOTR movies that included new footage of new characters, a corsair played by Nic Cage in an eyepatch and an evil witch played by Andie McDowell.

― assorted curses (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, January 3, 2011 6:44 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

he's just gonna cut a battle with king king vs a cave troll halfway through, because the plot needed speeding up.

dunno why i used 'cut' there when i meant the opposite, but fuck peter jackson f'real

Serkis and McKellen are in, hooray!
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29860

So is Elijah Wood, er, what?
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29849

Concerned Jackson might be coming down with a case of the Lucases.

so looking forward to hating this

I'm up for a single Hobbit film, under two hours, showing young Frodo having some fun uncomplicated adventures and maybe filling those who don't know in on how he met Gandalf, found the Ring etc. Doesn't look like that's what we're getting.

marton csokas was dope as whoever he played, he should come back

tell me where is gandalf
forimuchdesire to speak with him
tell me where is gandalf
forimuchdesire to speak with him

― omar little, Monday, January 3, 2011 4:44 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

lol

I like how the two film thing was talked about at the start of the thread and then seems to continually surprise people. I look forward to it happening again.

showing young Frodo

Not quite.

Yeah I meant the other one.

Bongo.

Concerned Jackson might be coming down with a case of the Lucases.

the LOTRs were already a massive drop from his previous films (even The Frighteners is better than Two Towers)

C'mon they're aiming for radically different things. I'd probably say that Heavenly Creatures is his best film, but you wouldn't watch it when you're in the mood for some orc slaying. The LOTRs aren't flawless, but I maintain they're pretty damn good on their own (admittedly ludicrous) terms.

giblets in a lawnmower >> billions of CGI orcs falling over

yeah, when i'm in the mood for some orc-slaying, i find that i still have to wait for someone to fucking make one