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    Ian McKellen's Blog

    in Return to Middle Earth

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    I'm not entirely sure - I don't know what he meant by seeing 3D bilbo. I didn't think so, but a lot of big films are being made in 3D these days. I kind of hope not, especially for part 1. I think that Peter Jacksons directing is of such a high standard and the story is captivating enough without additional effects IMO.

    Ian McKellen's Blog

    in Return to Middle Earth

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    Hey! I thought we could create a thread to talk about Ian McKellen's blog and what he writes about (in particular the Hobbit)

     

    CLICK HERE for a direct link to the blog.

     

     

     

    Here is the latest Hobbit related one.

     

    I've seen Bilbo — in three dimensions.

     

    I was visiting old friends in the Stone Street offices and heard Martin Freeman was just round the corner by the permanent greenscreen, done up as Bilbo, testing his costume in front of the 3D cameras. Indeed, there he was in the open air, mostly oblivious to the camera, though turning this way and that as required. Martin improvised a hobbity gait, padding back and forth, testing his big hairy Hobbit feet, pointy ears and little tum.

     

     

    Beneath the shade of a tent, in a sun hat, Andrew Lesnie was remotely controlling the two lenses within the mighty camera which digitally records in 3D. His screen showed the familiar 2D image but next to it, above the director's chair, was a large colour screen in full magical three dimensions, much as it will appear in the cinema — courtesy of the spy-glasses that transform the blurred outlines onscreen to the high definition exactitude of the 3D effect.

     

    Three Bilbos simultaneously, two performances on screen and the actor beyond: which was the real one? Martin Freeman was transmuting into a character whose reality will soon be as authentic as his own.

     

    — Ian McKellen, Wellington, March 2011

     

     

     

     

    It's exciting to know that things are progressing fast! I love the fact that Ian is getting very involved with the project and watching all of the 3D stuff (and reporting back to us!). Do you want The Hobbit to be in 3D or do you think that will ruin the overall effect of the film?

    here is the place to put the latest news on the Hobbit

    in Return to Middle Earth

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    Ian McKellen arrived FIVE WEEKS EARLY to the set of the Hobbit. No'one told him that the schedule was delayed due to Peter Jackson's operation. He doesn't seem to happy and I wouldn't be either if I had flown all the way to New Zealand! He blogged about it:

     

     

     

    “A wizard is never late: but I hadn't intended last Thursday to arrive in Wellington for The Hobbit filming, five weeks early. Filming was to start at the end of February 2011. I curtailed a holiday in India to make sure I would be on time. Then, while I was away, Peter Jackson had his stomach operation. The insurance company has insisted on five weeks recuperation. Which is why, yet again, I’m here early.â€

    Who's Going. And how many

    in Return to Middle Earth

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    Hey! I haven't booked yet but I should be next month when i've saved up enough for a silver ticket. My sister and I should be going and getting silver tickets. I've been to the twilight convention and a vampire diaries one but this is definitley the one i'm most excited about to date!

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