The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey News
Evangeline Lilly Discusses The Hobbit Evangeline Lilly, formerly of "Lost", will be starring in the upcoming "Hobbit" films. She will be playing the role of Tauriel, a Mirkwood elf. and will be appearing in both films, but will have the most screen time in the second film.Lilly said, "I still have to go back for five more months of filming. (I've been there) on and off for the past six months. It's a two-year shoot in total for both f...
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Titles and Dates for "Hobbit" Films are Released The titles and dates for the upcoming "Hobbit" movies have been released by New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" will be released on December 14th 2012, and "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" will be released a year later on December 13th 2013.These films will take place, chronologically, before the storyline of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy....
Titles Registered for "THe Hobbit" Films According to TheOneRing.net, two film titles have been registered by New Line that will most likely be the titles for their two "Hobbit" films.The titles are "The Hobbit: There and Back Again", and "The Hobbit: An/The Unexpected Journey."Filming begins in three weeks. They are slated for December 2012 and December 2013....
Guillermo Del Toro Drops Out of The Hobbit Variety has reported that Guillermo Del Toro has dropped out of directing "The Hobbit". The surprising news is said to be due the delays in the film getting greenlit. Del Toro said "In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming 'The Hobbit,' I am faced with the hardest decision of my life. After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien'...
Peter Jackson To Hold Hobbit Auditions Heat vision has reported that casting for "The Hobbit" will begin this week. Peter Jackson's upcoming film will be holding wide auditions for all of the characters, except for Gandalf, who will, of course, be played by Ian McKellen. Jackson said,"We're auditioning for every role,"apart from Ian McKellen who we obviously want to return as Gandalf. We are not really offering any roles to anybody u...
The Hobbit December 2008 Update Guillermo del Toro recently held a live chat on BD Live discussing the two upcoming "Hobbit" films, which will be released December 2011 and December 2012, respectively.Del Toro was asked if there would be any of the same crew working on these films as there was for "Hellboy 2" as well as any new types of creatures like the film had.According to the director, he says that the crew will "hop...
Guillermo del Toro Talks "The Hobbit" Director Guillermo del Toro recently sat down with New Yorker staff writer, Daniel Zalewski, and discussed his vision for the new "Hobbit" films, as well as his involvement in a new version of Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein".He discussed how he goes about gathering information and getting ideas for his projects. "I find you have to discipline yourself to write in the morning, and then watch and re...
Sir Ian McKellen Will Return As Gandalf It has been confirmed that Sir Ian McKellen will definitely be returning to his role as Gandalf in the upcoming epic, "The Hobbit". The actor says, "Well, I haven't had the contract yet but it's everyone's intention that I play Gandalf so yes, I will be returning to the role. Although it's not until 2010, I'm very much excited about returning."He also say s that he has spoken quite a bit to Del To...
It's Official...Guillermo del Toro to direct The Hobbit Guillermo del Toro has signed on to direct "The Hobbit" and its sequel, according to Variety. Del Toro is known for his work in "Cronos," followed by "Mimic," "The Devil's Backbone," "Blade II," "Hellboy" and "Pan's Labyrinth."The announcement came Thursday afternoon from exec producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich, and Ma...
Peter Jackson To Produce The Hobbit ACADEMY AWARD WINNER PETER JACKSON AND NEW LINE CINEMA JOIN WITH MGM TO PRODUCE "THE HOBBIT," EAGERLY-ANTICIPATED FANTASY ADVENTURE EPICNEW LINE AND MGM TO CO-PRODUCE AND SHARE WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTSPETER JACKSON AND FRAN WALSH TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE TWO FILMS BASED ON "THE HOBBIT"Los Angeles, CA (Tuesday, December 18, 2007) Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson...
Lord of The Rings: The Hobbit Gets New Director? Sam Raimi may be directing the upcoming movie, "The Hobbit". Rumors have been circulating since November, but were never confirmed as to whether or not this would come to fruition. However, according to the L.A. Times, Raimi has been spreading the word that to associates that he will indeed direct the J.R.R. Tolkien classic.Peter Jackson and New Line have split ways on the project, and the studio ...
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