"The Hobbit" - 2011

Voor de non-believers:


HP2:
As Harry enters Professor Dumbledore's study, a portrait of Gandalf the Grey is included in the collection of the great wizard paintings. It is above the door-frame and slightly to Harry's right.

Pre-production is about to get under way on the two "The Hobbit" movies says Variety.

Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are expected to write the scripts under the direction of Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro.

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Andy Serkis (Gollum) have already been in contact in regards to starring in the film, the three "Lord of the Rings" characters playing important parts in the story.

Director Guillermo del Toro says "I am all for keeping the actors who originated the parts, as much as availability and their willingness will allow."

Tsja, ik moet toch een beetje wennen aan het idee van een 10 jaar oudere Mortensen in de prequel. Ik vrees voor het Hopkins effect in Silence of the Lambs - Red Dragon

Over the weekend, producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo del Toro answered several questions during an online chat about their upcoming film versions of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and the proposed sequel.

Key bits of information garnered from the chat, a full transcript of which can be found at WetaNZ, include:

- Scripting and early conceptual designs will be worked on for the rest of this year.

- Pre-production will take place throughout 2009 and shooting will happen back-to-back throughout 2010 with a short break between films. The first film will hit cinemas in December 2011.

- The second film doesn't have a title yet and won't until after scripting is complete. Rather than focusing on the years between the two tales, it will cover a specific incident that took place between them.

- Casting will not begin until next year, however all the original 'Rings' cast members that can be brought back will be.

- The films will be shot in 2.35:1 aspect ratio with a PG-13 rating. There are no plans for a 3D release yet.

- A lot of the original production team will be brought back, as will composer Howard Shore.

- Ian Holm will participate somehow, even though Bilbo will be recast to reflect the character's younger age.

- del Toro's frequent collaborator Ron Perlman will have a role.

- Location shooting throughout New Zealand will take place with Hobbiton to be rebuilt bigger than before. It's unlikely any locations outside NZ will be used.

- A Blu-ray release of the 'Rings' trilogy is in the works, but NOT this year.

Het wordt nog knap spannend, wellicht, of ze het wel kunnen gaan verfilmen:-

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Tolkien Spawn Looking to Halt Hobbit Production
Written by IESB Staff
Sunday, 25 May 2008

Christopher Tolkien, son to famous author J.R.R. Tolkien, is 83 years old and doesn't like Hollywood.

He was against the making of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy (friends say they still don't think he ever watched the films) and is at it again now that The Hobbit and its sequel are on the fast track to the big screen.

He is asking for "one last crusade" in the long-running court battle he has going with the producers of LOTR. Apparently, he plans to ask a Californian judge to back his claim that he can "terminate" film rights to the Hobbit in a hearing on June 6th. Witnesses say he "is furious with New Line studio."

A report at the Times Online says this news "comes just weeks before carpenters are due to begin work in New Zealand on the sets for the latest Middle-earth epic." If anything, they may start work on rebuilding the Hobbiton film set, Jackson said in the online chat yesterday that Hobbiton would be built up bigger and better than it had ever been in the LOTR, so that would be the only "set" that be worked on already considering pre-production work on the films will begin in 2009 and the films will be shot back-to-back, beginning in 2010.

The Hobbit is set to be released in December 2011 and the second as yet untitled film in December 2012.

Sources say Sir Ian Holm, who played the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings, is expected to narrate, which I am really not sure about considering his age, but it could happen.

Bron: IESB.net

Chris Tolkien heeft voor Tolkien-fans voor een hoop mooie dingen gezorgd, maar het gezeik van de Tolkien-erven over de films begint echt m'n strot uit te komen. Financieel en qua PR zijn de films het beste wat hen zijn overkomen, en het creatieve resultaat viel bij het overgrote merendeel van de fans ook nog eens in goede aarde.

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Op dinsdag 27 mei 2008 14:09 schreef Patch het volgende:
Over the weekend, producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo del Toro answered several questions during an online chat about their upcoming film versions of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and the proposed sequel.

Key bits of information garnered from the chat, a full transcript of which can be found at WetaNZ, include:

- Scripting and early conceptual designs will be worked on for the rest of this year.

- Pre-production will take place throughout 2009 and shooting will happen back-to-back throughout 2010 with a short break between films. The first film will hit cinemas in December 2011.

- The second film doesn't have a title yet and won't until after scripting is complete. Rather than focusing on the years between the two tales, it will cover a specific incident that took place between them.

- Casting will not begin until next year, however all the original 'Rings' cast members that can be brought back will be.

- The films will be shot in 2.35:1 aspect ratio with a PG-13 rating. There are no plans for a 3D release yet.

- A lot of the original production team will be brought back, as will composer Howard Shore.

- Ian Holm will participate somehow, even though Bilbo will be recast to reflect the character's younger age.

- del Toro's frequent collaborator Ron Perlman will have a role.

- Location shooting throughout New Zealand will take place with Hobbiton to be rebuilt bigger than before. It's unlikely any locations outside NZ will be used.

- A Blu-ray release of the 'Rings' trilogy is in the works, but NOT this year.

Nee, hè!!

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Op dinsdag 27 mei 2008 21:31 schreef Hankster het volgende:

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Nee, hè!!

ah, ze laten hem gewoon een van de 9 spelen, niks aan de hand

Ron als 1 van de trollen, of als stem van Smaug

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As part of an exclusive chat with Del Toro for the next issue of Empire, on sale Friday, we spoke to him further about many details, including the casting of Bilbo.

"We are writing based on [Ian Holm's performance], but other than that, we have ideas [of who could play him]," Del Toro told us. "I can tell you that it's down to a few names that we all agree upon. And that our first choice...completely, magically, we said the same name. All of us!"

Volgens een of ander Brits flutblad zou het gaan om James McAvoy. Lijkt me wel een realistische naam waar ze allemaal enthousiast over zouden kunnen zijn.

Ik zou het iig. wel goed nieuws vinden, want McAvoy is toch één van mijn favoriete jonge acteurs aan het worden .

Maar het zou dus ook een wild (en fout) gerucht kunnen zijn .

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Op dinsdag 27 mei 2008 21:29 schreef Hankster het volgende:
Chris Tolkien heeft voor Tolkien-fans voor een hoop mooie dingen gezorgd, maar het gezeik van de Tolkien-erven over de films begint echt m'n strot uit te komen. Financieel en qua PR zijn de films het beste wat hen zijn overkomen, en het creatieve resultaat viel bij het overgrote merendeel van de fans ook nog eens in goede aarde.

Wat mij betreft krijgt hij gelijk en wordt er niet verfilmd, tenslotte is die stichting nog altijd de uiteindelijke rechthebbende voor nieuw materiaal, je mag niet zomaar straffeloos een compleet verhaal gaan uitbrengen dat in Midden Aarde afspeelt en dat is nou net wat ze met die tweede film gaan doen.

En qua geld zal hij zich écht geen zorgen hebben hoeven te maken hoor. Ik denk níet dat dat een rol speelt of zou spelen ook al had hij slechts een uitkering.

The Daily Express reports that Scottish hunk and acclaimed 29-year-old thespian James McAvoy ("Atonement," "The Last King of Scotland") is the favourite to play the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro's "The Hobbit".

According to the dubious British tabloid, "A number of names have been doing the rounds, including Daniel Radcliffe and Jack Black, but James (McAvoy) is the one the film's bosses really want. They're expected to have talks soon so hopefully it could be confirmed in the not too distant future."

In a chat with Empire earlier this week, director Guillermo del Toro said that he and producer Peter Jackson have a short list of names in regards to who they'd like to play Bilbo, and their first choice is someone both he and Jackson immediately agreed upon.

Speculation about the role will continue for a while though as del Toro has already warned that it'll be "at least a year before we announce any casting."

The 5'7 Glaswegian McAvoy will next be seen in this Summer's action vehicle "Wanted".

James McAvoy

Christopher Lee has said that he's very interested in the upcoming movies based on "The Hobbit" and that he would "return to the role [of Saruman] if I was asked".

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22681

- James McAvoy has officially denied reports of him playing Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming "The Hobbit", saying "It's all internet rumoring and nothing else I'm afraid. Sorry".

http://www.theonering.net(...)oing-to-be-a-hobbit/

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Op zaterdag 3 mei 2008 19:50 schreef Patch het volgende:
Voor de non-believers:


HP2:
As Harry enters Professor Dumbledore's study, a portrait of Gandalf the Grey is included in the collection of the great wizard paintings. It is above the door-frame and slightly to Harry's right.

Haha dit vind ik dan wel weer grappig. Jammer dat ik dit topic pas zo laat ontdek.
Ik ben zeker benieuwd naar de verfilming van de Hobbit. Voor die tijd zal ik zeker het boek nog maar eens doorspitten

Peter Jackson schrijft The Hobbit
http://www.nuvideo.nl/home/video/show/17322

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Lord Of The Rings filmmakers Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro have called off their search for a writer to pen franchise prequel The Hobbit - after deciding they are best suited for the task.

The Hobbit director del Toro and Jackson, who directed the first three original films, had previously launched a global search for a scribe to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien's classic to the big screen.

But after eight months, the pair has announced their plans to tackle the movie and its follow-up themselves.

Writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, who both collaborated with Jackson on the Rings trilogy, will join the filmmakers in the writers' room.

Shooting on both movies, which will take place simultaneously, is slated to start in late 2009 in New Zealand, with The Hobbit expected for release in 2011 and its sequel in 2012.

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""The Lord of the Rings" screenwriting team of Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens are officially set to join director Guillermo del Toro to write the screenplays for the two planned movies based on "The Hobbit".

Writing has begun in earnest according to del Toro and The One Ring and shooting is expected to start at the earliest in Fall 2009 in New Zealand.

Meanwhile Bloomberg.com reports that is raising as much as $600 million to produce some of its biggest upcoming films with a big portion of that bank to be used on "The Hobbit".

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Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth," "Hellboy") made an appearance this weekend at The New Yorker Festival where he discussed his future projects in surprising detail. Coming Soon was on hand to catch the talk and took down the important notes and quotes.

First off del Toro is immersing himself in World War I documentaries and books because 'The Hobbit' "is a book born out of Tolkien's generation's experience with World War I and the disappointment of being in that field and seeing all those values kind of collapse."

He's also being very careful about the design of Smaug the Dragon - "The design, I'm pretty sure that will be the last design we will sign off on, and the first design we have attempted. It is certainly a matter of turning every stone before figuring out what he looks like, because what he looks like will tell you what he is."

He freely admits that there will be different sensibilities involved in "The Hobbit" than in the 'Rings' trilogy and the 'Wargs' creatures in the novel, based on the demonic wolf in Nordic mythology, will be the "slender, archetypical wolf" rather than a hyena-shaped creature as previously described.

Ik heb ook een Hyve gevonden waar veel informatie staat over de Hobbit: http://dehobbithyve.hyves.nl/

Meanwhile director Guillermo del Toro did a BD-Live chat for "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" Blu-ray users and confirmed that a shoot lasting just over a year - 370 days to be precise - will commence in 2010 for the two "The Hobbit" films.

He added that we will see the as much of the goblin kindgom, Smaug and the Spiders of Mirkwood that he can include - "we will be pushing them to the edge of technology where we will fuse animatronics and cgi into a seamless new art form in creating creatures" he stated during the chat.

http://bilbohobbit.com/del-toro-talks-hobbit-in-live-chat/

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Op maandag 1 december 2008 12:08 schreef Patch het volgende:
Meanwhile director Guillermo del Toro did a BD-Live chat for "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" Blu-ray users and confirmed that a shoot lasting just over a year - 370 days to be precise - will commence in 2010 for the two "The Hobbit" films.

He added that we will see the as much of the goblin kindgom, Smaug and the Spiders of Mirkwood that he can include - "we will be pushing them to the edge of technology where we will fuse animatronics and cgi into a seamless new art form in creating creatures" he stated during the chat.

http://bilbohobbit.com/del-toro-talks-hobbit-in-live-chat/

Ik ben wel benieuwd naar wat ze daarmee voor ogen hebben... Lijkt mij dat je zo alleen de nadelen van beide werelden kunt krijgen: houterig bewegende beesten die er ook nog eens net-niet-echt uitzien.

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Op maandag 1 december 2008 15:33 schreef Zhenar het volgende:

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Ik ben wel benieuwd naar wat ze daarmee voor ogen hebben... Lijkt mij dat je zo alleen de nadelen van beide werelden kunt krijgen: houterig bewegende beesten die er ook nog eens net-niet-echt uitzien.

Wanneer ze dat 15 jaar geleden in Jurassic Park erg netjes konden doen, dan zal dat er anno 2010 helemaal goed uitzien.