It’s not that surprising that we’re going to get a full year of hype for Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. There are few films with as much anticipation around them, and few films that can be counted on to make over $300 Million at the box office (think how much it might make if it’s actually good?) The latest is a picture of Martin Freeman‘s Bilbo Baggins and a familiar sword.
Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit is one of the most anticipated films of next year, but also a big question mark. Now, there’s a trailer. The new film stars Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, with many returning cast members from the Lord of the Rings films, including Ian McKellan, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Cate Blanchett. And this trailer wants to remind you how much you liked the original series.
Tolkien nerds, Lord of the Rings movie fans, and Peter Jackson aficionados, brace yourselves—the director is now hosting behind the scenes videos from the set of The Hobbit. Go ahead, I’ll wait while your head implodes. OK, ready to watch it? Here we go, hang on:
Though he’d been acting before, Andy Serkis made a name for himself with the motion capture performance in the Lord of the Rings films. Since then he’s become one of the leading motion-capture actors, and has been constantly working. But besides reprising his role as Gollum in the upcoming Hobbit movies, he’ll be serving as a second unit director for Peter Jackson, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Lord of the Rings fans, here’s another detail to send you into a frenzy until The Hobbit prequels are officially released—Flight of the Chonchords’ Bret McKenzie has been cast in the upcoming Peter Jackson-helmed film.
And, despite having an awesome head of tangled hobbit hair, the comic actor will be playing an elf (and yes, I know he was briefly an elf in Fellowship of the Ring).
Well, epic movie fans, Tolkien geeks, and weird hairy foot enthusiasts, your time to rejoice has come—Warner Bros/New Line Cinema and MGM have announced that production on the long-delayed and long-awaited The Hobbit (the prequel film to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, based on the book of the same name by J.R.R. Tolkien) has finally begun.
We’ve got some exciting news to report regarding The Hobbit. No, it’s not another casting (that we know of) but it does have to do with the stars of the film. Over the past few months, one actor after another has joined the prequel and now thanks to Stuff.co.nz, we’ve got the first image of the main cast (the dwarves) together for a photo op. Check out the full sized image below…
After multiple delays, last minute castings, and a health scare, The Hobbit is on the move! The film’s production was pushed back after director and producer Peter Jackson had to go in for surgery to repair a perforated ulcer. The procedure sounds pretty painful and we weren’t sure what effect it would have on the production. Thankfully, Jackson has recovered and given fans a glimmer of hope by announcing The Hobbit’s production start date.
Earlier today we learned that The Hobbit would undergo a slight production delay. Director Peter Jackson had a bit of a health scare and was required to undergo surgery for an ulcer. Even though that rained on our parade, we have something positive to make up for it. According to IFTN, Jackson’s The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan has joined the cast of The Hobbit!
