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Del Toro Gives Hobbit Movie Update

Written by ady on November 15, 2008 – 11:40 pm -

Guillermo Del Toro stopped to chat to Wired about how things were progressing with The Hobbit movie and things must be going nicely as he says he expects preproduction to get underway as early as January. Wired caught up with Del Toro at a party held in Hollywood nightclub 'Element' to ... Read more

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Can’t Wait For The Hobbit Movie?

Written by ady on November 11, 2008 – 1:07 am -

If 3 years seems too long for The Hobbit movie and your next visit to Middle Earth, help is at hand in the form of an independent movie telling the story of the Dúnedain, the Rangers of the North, before the return of the King. It features Arathorn and Gilraen, the ... Read more

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The Hobbit Movies Raise Tolkienalia

Written by ady on October 27, 2008 – 1:09 am -

In March of this year a first edition copy of The Hobbit sold for $40 000 at Bonham's in London. Would it have raised such a figure at auction if it weren't for The Hobbit movie due for release in 2010? The making of the Lord of the Rings movies certainly ... Read more

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Del Toro Discusses Hobbit Movies

Written by ady on October 14, 2008 – 4:21 pm -

Guillermo Del Toro is certainly the man in demand and it seems his career is mapped out for at least a decade. He heads off to New Zealand in just a few weeks now and The Hobbit movies will be his life for several years to come. As if that wasn't ... Read more

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Del Toro Wants 5 part Middle Earth Movie

Written by ady on October 8, 2008 – 8:27 am -

Del Toro says he wants you to be able to sit down in 2012 and watch 1 entire movie split into 5 parts. The Hobbit he says, is no longer refferered to as 2 movies but rather as The Movie that will be shot in 2 parts. “The reality is that ... Read more

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Del Toro Talks Smaug

Written by ady on October 5, 2008 – 11:57 am -

Guilermo Del Toro has been telling The Directors Guild of America about how he finds inspiration for his movies and how his love of dragons is driving him on to make something special when it comes to creating Smaug. "It's such a powerful symbol, and in the context of 'The Hobbit' ... Read more

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Andy Serkis Talks About Gollum

Written by ady on September 28, 2008 – 1:04 pm -

Andy Serkis talks about taking up the challenge of Gollum again. Read more

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The Hobbit Is 71 Today

Written by ady on September 21, 2008 – 12:10 pm -

Today is the aniversary of The Hobbit first reaching the bookshelves in the UK. September 21st, 1937 was the day the world was introduced to a world of Dwarves, Wizards and Hobbits although it had been a full 9 years since Tolkien had first scribbled the words "In a hole ... Read more

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Viggo Mortenson Won’t Share Aragorn Role

Written by ady on September 9, 2008 – 11:22 am -

After John Noble says no, Viggo Mortenson says yes! Viggo admitted to Channel 3 news in New Zealand that he believes his Lord Of The Rings character Aragorn may well have a part in the second of the Hobbit movies and if he does, he wants the part again. “Obviously if ... Read more

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John Noble Says No To The Hobbit Movies

Written by ady on August 27, 2008 – 7:32 pm -

John Noble is the second actor who had a major role in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy to publicly state that he wouldn't return to Middle Earth should Del Toro make the call. His character Denethor doesn't make an appearance in The Hobbit but Del Toro has hinted the second ... Read more

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