John Rhys-Davies Says No To The Hobbit Movie

Published on: 30th October, 2009

John Rhys-Davies has ruled himself out of a return to Middle Earth. Although Gimli isn’t in The Hobbit, his Father Gloin is and the good folk at Empire asked Rhys-Davies if he would be interested in a return.
“I’ve already been asked and to be honest with you, I wouldn’t. I have already completely ruled it [...]

Gandalf The Grey

Published on: 24th September, 2009

Sir Ian McKellen has been telling the folk over at Rotton Tomatoes why he prefers Gandalf The Grey over the more spiritual Gandalf The white.
“Grey Gandalf is my favourite, Peter Jackson’s too, we always preferred Gandalf the Grey. Peter liked him because he got down and dirty. He slept in the hedgerows; he was closer [...]

Tolkien Estate and New Line Settlement Leaves Way Clear For The Hobbit Movies

Published on: 8th September, 2009

The lawsuit that threatened the making of The Hobbit movies has been settled out of court according to a press release signed by both parties.
The lawsuit had been hanging over the head of The Hobbit as The Tolkien Trust asked the courts to rescind the rights to any further movies based on the works of [...]

Sir Ian McKellen Says Bilbo Role Is Taken

Published on: 24th August, 2009

Sir Ian McKellen told the audience at the BFI IMAX all night screening of The Lord of the Rings in London last night (Sat. 23rd) that he’s pretty certain who’s got the role of Bilbo Baggins (although he calls him Frodo) and that he thinks we will be very happy with the choice.
Assuming he’s on [...]

The Hobbit, Wizards and Rumors

Published on: 18th August, 2009

Several Hobbit movie rumors together with a solitary fact doing the rounds today.
First off Daniel Radcliffe says ‘no chance’ to Bilbo Baggins role, explaining that he won’t be doing anything with a Wizard in it for the forseable future. Can’t really blame the lad for that.
He was at pains to explain that he hadn’t been [...]

Peter Jackson On The Hobbit Movie Progress

Published on: 28th July, 2009

Peter Jackson has told IGN that he didn’t want to direct The Hobbit because he didn’t want to compete against himself. He says he chose Guillermo Del Toro because he believes he will do a ‘terrific job’ and The Hobbit is not suitable for a novice filmmaker.
In the interview (which you can watch in the [...]

David Tennant Tipped For Bilbo Baggins Role

Published on: 17th July, 2009

The UK’s Telegraph newspaper is tipping David Tennant for the part of Bilbo Baggins.
They’ve done a bit of digging and put 2 and 2 together. Whether they have their sums right, we’ll have to wait and see.
They’ve based their hunch on the fact that Peter Jackson is expected to be at the Comic-Con expo is [...]

Del Toro Feels No Hobbit Movie Pressure

Published on: 10th June, 2009

Guillermo Del Toro was on Simon Mayo’s Radio 5 Live show today in the UK and told Simon he isn’t feeling any pressure working on The Hobbit movie.
The Director of The Hobbit also claimed that he’s not worried about having his Hobbit movies compared to the critical and commercial success reached by Peter Jackson’s Lord [...]

The Third Hobbit Movie

Published on: 6th June, 2009

While New Line Cinema are not saying much about a possible third Hobbit movie they aren’t ruling it out either although Guillermo Del Toro says it will not be him directing the film as he is only committed to his 2 Hobbit movies.
A third Hobbit movie would be the so called ‘bridging movie’ which would [...]

Bilbo Baggins Actor Close To Being Named

Published on: 5th June, 2009

Guillermo Del Toro told MTV movies today that they would soon be announcing which actor would be replacing Ian Holm for The Hobbit movies.  “I believe we’re very close now to saying one name” and he also added that an announcement was no more than a couple of weeks away.
In January Del Toro had said [...]

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