The Hobbit Movie Thread

[Raphael]

except for the stupid flipping Trade Unions trying to demand that all the actors must have union contracts (illegal in NZ).

And the fire this week at the Minitures studio.

[Rayado]

I will be very surprised if this movie even makes it to the big screen, and on any semblance of a schedule, and without major, major changes. I've just about given up hope.

[Raphael]

This ticks me off! An Australian Trade Union unilaterally decides to call for a boycott unless all the contracts with actors are Union contracts. (which is illegal in NZ. if everyone happens to be a Union member they can all have Union contracts; but a Union is not allowed to demand that even non-union members have a union contract)

And to top it off AUSTRALIA is one of the countries who have gone to Warners and offered themselves as an alternate location!!!!!!!!

[Manwë Súlimo]

I will be very surprised if this movie even makes it to the big screen, and on any semblance of a schedule, and without major, major changes. I've just about given up hope.

There never was much hope. Just a fool's hope.

[Brandalf85]

Theonering.net is reporting from multiple sources that the Hobbit is now officially greenlit!

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010...e-green-light/

Time is also officially announcing PJ is directing it

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/15/...ng-the-hobbit/

The only hurdle is some sort of actors union disputes...still, a good sign! Two in fact!

[95th]

Heck they should just film it in the uk, where it should be filmed

[Brandalf85]

The Hobbit officially greenlit

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010...-installments/

[Manwë Súlimo]

CASTING OF BILBO AND DWARVES CONFIRMED: http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/10/21/th...to-play-bilbo/

Movie fans, nerds of all stripes, and aficionados of small, furry-footed hominids, take heed! The cast of director Peter Jackson’s long-awaited, much-delayed, crazily anticipated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Hobbit is finally officially taking shape! As EW predicted, English actor Martin Freeman, best known for his deadpan portrayal of cubicle drone Tim Canterbury in the original BBC version of The Office as well as the films Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Hot Fuzz, will play the Hobbit hero Bilbo Baggins, who is reluctantly recruited by Gandalf the Wizard and a company of Dwarves to join in a dangerous quest for a dragon’s treasure. “Despite the various rumors and speculation surrounding this role, there has only ever been one Bilbo Baggins for us,” Jackson said in a statement, calling Freeman “intelligent, funny, surprising, and brave — exactly like Bilbo.” Jackson also announced that Richard Armitage, who has starred in the British TV series MI-5, will play the leader of the company of Dwarves, Thorin Oakenshield, while Irish actor Aidan Turner and English actor Rob Kazinsky will play the Dwarves Fili and Kili. Rounding out the cohort of Dwarves thus far will be Graham McTavish (24) as Dwalin; John Callen (TV’s Power Rangers Jungle Fury) as Oin; Stephen Hunter (TV’s All Saints) as Bombur; Mark Hadlow (King Kong) as Dori; and Peter Hambleton (TV’s The Strip) as Gloin.

[95th]

i read they are going to film this in the UK...

[Raphael]

i read they are going to film this in the UK...

Nonsense. John Key is still negotiating with Warners.

The problem is the stupid Union twits won't flipping well shut their traps.

[Raphael]

The Hobbit will be remaining in New Zealand.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10683486

[Manwë Súlimo]

Cate Blanchett is reprising her role as Galadriel for the movie. What her role can be is anybody's guess.

[rogue06]

And now, for the same thing only completely different...

There's a group calling for a boycott of the new Thor movie because an African-American was cast to play the Norse 'god' Heimdall.

[Rational Gaze]

i read they are going to film this in the UK...

I've been to a place in Cornwall that looked exactly like the pleace where they filmed the scene where Frodo, et al. hide from the ringraith when they come to that road, in Fellowship of the Ring. EXACTLY.

[Raphael]

I've been to a place in Cornwall that looked exactly like the pleace where they filmed the scene where Frodo, et al. hide from the ringwraith when they come to that road, in Fellowship of the Ring. EXACTLY.

That would be the bit that was filmed in Otaki Totara Forest, just north of Wellington.