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[showmasters]

what ever news you have on the Hobbit please post it up here so we can all see how the film is coming along , we are all looking forward to this film

this is what we know so far

this is funny



this fan made one looks quite good



he is ready for a 3D film





new images of the sets being rebuilt is quite exciting  









nice to see this starting

jason









as of October 2, 2010

Bad News: Fire Destoys a Set From The Hobbit



Just when you think there’s nothing else that could slow down the production of Peter Jackson’s movie, The Hobbit, more bad news hits the production. On the verge of a green light (we think) news comes in from Deadline that:
A fire has engulfed the New Zealand workshop set which would have been used for the Tolkien movies. It took 50 firefighters three hours to quell the blaze in Wellington. All that’s left now is a burned-out warehouse at Jackson’s Portsmouth Miniatures Studio which had been used in the past as a specialist miniatures shooting facility, one of the few in the world, to create special effects for his The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong.

[showmasters]

[InYourHonour]

Already looks awesome haha

[Big_Pants]

I'm really getting excited for this now!

[Evie_Nitram]

I was at Hobbiton last November, and they had already begun cultivating the grounds for the new sets back then so that the greenery and trees would have a true settled look to them. The interesting thing that we got told back then is that this time round, they're supposed to be laying deeper foundations to the hobbit holes and other buildings so that they can be left behind once filming has finished. It would be awesome to go back when it's all done!





My family hiding in the exact spot the hobbits hide from the Nazgul.

And lastly this is from the model at the Weta Workshops!

[RingsFan]

Here are the confirmed names so far:

Bilbo Baggins Martin Freeman
Gandalf the Grey Ian McKellen (in negotiations)
Thorin Oakenshield Richard Armitage
Balin Ken Stott
Dwalin Graham McTavish
Kíli Aidan Turner
Fíli Rob Kazinsky
Dori Mark Hadlow
Nori Jed Brophy
Ori Adam Brown
Óin John Callen
Glóin Peter Hambleton
Bifur William Kircher
Bofur James Nesbitt
Bombur Stephen Hunter
Galadriel Cate Blanchett
Legolas Orlando Bloom (in negotiations)
Radagast the Brown Sylvester McCoy
Beorn Mikael Persbrandt
Drogo Baggins Ryan Gage

Andy Serkis and Hugo Weaving are also in negotiations it is believed

Martin Freeman probably now knows his life is about to change forever  

[rayray_x]

Shut up James Nesbitt is gonna be in it?!

[nosfer2]

I was hoping Brian Blessed would be cast, I think he'd make an excellent dwarf.

[RingsFan]

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/

You will see James Nesbitt is reporting for dwarf training in January courtesy of the theonering.net today!!

[Blonger]

ian mckellen has been confirmed for part 1 but is still rumored for part 2 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005212/  it seems and brian blessed is rumoured and andy serkis is confirmed

http://www.imdb.com/...ullcredits#cast

thats the hobbit cast

Edited by Blonger, 22 December 2010 - 11:01 AM.

[DavidB]

Wouldn't rely too much on IMDB for confirmations. They do often get it wrong sadly.

[RingsFan]

I think the chances of anyone else playing Gandalf would be beyond belief. He has said on record it is and always will be the greatest role of his life. Sir Ian would never let anyone else place Gandalf. Probably just part of contract negotiations.

There is nothing on his website to suggest he will do only half a film, as David said imdb not reliable

[swan]

So when is filming scheduled to begin?

[DavidB]

February apparently.

[Delorean 2015]

Im pretty lucky as I live in Wellington / New Zealand at the mo so get to chat with guys at Weta Workshop quite regularly.. They had a casting call here a couple of months back for size doubles and you cant help noticing a distinct increase of either really tall or really small people around the city!! Stone Street studios also has a nice big green screen in theyre parking lot which im guessing is for some of the staged outside studio work.. Oh yeah and the Remarkables ski field in Queenstown has been rumoured to be one of the key locations for the Misty Mountains scenes.. Wellington Airport introduced a couple of trolls to theyre new Weta Giftshop several months back which made me wonder whether they were test sculpts for the film. So yeah its all shaping up nicely. The Hobbition Movie Set tours end mid January so I wouldnt be suprised if filming starts pretty much then. Youve gotta love New Zealand, its the home of middle earth!!  

Edited by Delorean 2015, 29 December 2010 - 07:56 AM.

[Rhianydd]

oh wow! I would SO love to go and look at the hobbiton sets.

That was one of the bits for me that really hit me, when you first see the Shire on screen, I gave a little squeal and poor Kev rolled his eyebrows at me for being such a kid in the cinema.

Cant wait for this movie!!!!!!!         

[Delorean 2015]

Very cool

Edited by Delorean 2015, 04 January 2011 - 12:01 PM.

[MikeDonovan]

Delorean 2015, on Dec 23 2010, 07:06 AM, said:

Youve gotta love New Zealand, its the home of middle earth!!  

No thanks to the unions -it came very close to being made in Ireland :)

IMDB is pretty much useless as a source of future film information as DavidB says - but no-one else is going to be playing Gandalf. That said, if I were Peter Jackson and I wanted Christopher Lee to reprise the role of Saruman (even in a cameo), I'd be wanting to film it sooner rather than later. I don't think Chris will be around for too much longer.

Also, I agree about Brian Blessed. I think he's a bit long in the tooth to play a dwarf, but I suspect that PJ would love to shoehorn him in somewhere!

[rayray_x]

MikeDonovan, on Jan 6 2011, 12:17 PM, said:

I don't think Chris will be around for too much longer.

Don't be saying that D: !

[Manklin]

Elijah Wood reported to be in Hobbit, this titbit from the  good folk ot TORN