The Hobbit Movie

Hobbit Movie Update

Published on: 11th November, 2009

Guillermo Del Toro will be finding himself a part in The Hobbit movie. He confessed to a German TV show that he plans to have a cameo playing a creature and unlike Peter Jackson who did the same in all 3 Lord of the Rings movies, GDT will be giving himself a few lines to [...]

Hobbit Movie Not a Lord Of The Rings Remake

Published on: 23rd January, 2009

The Hobbit will NOT be a Lord of the Rings remake Sir Ian McKellen told writers at the TV Critics Press Tour in Hollywood and rather than simply reprising the role of Gandalf he will instead be reacting to the new material with fresh perspective.
“We’re not remaking the ‘Lord of the Rings,’ we’re going to [...]

The Hobbit Movie Postponed

Published on: 19th December, 2008

Several sources are reporting part 1 of The Hobbit movie has been postponed by at least a year.
The Shooting of ‘The Hobbit’, which was planned to begin in New Zealand this winter, has been postponed until 2010 - with the release date pushed back to 2012.
However, as yet the cause for the delay is unknown.
Originally [...]

Del Toro Gives Hobbit Movie Update

Published on: 15th November, 2008

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 celebrate the launch of Hellboy [...]

Del Toro Wants 5 part Middle Earth Movie

Published on: 8th October, 2008

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 we stopped talking the first [...]

End Of The Line For New Line Cinema

Published on: 28th February, 2008

As I predicted earlier in the month, Time Warner had lost patience with New Line Cinema?and today the company acted by announcing it was to be swallowed up by Warner Bros.
The writing was on the wall when The Tolkien Trust went to court over alleged funds owed from The Lord Of The Rings movies, the [...]

The Hobbit Movie In Doubt Again.

Published on: 12th February, 2008

New Line are being sued yet again for alleged monies owed, this time to The Tolkien charity estate in the United Kingdom.
The suit, which was filed today (Monday) claims the Tolkien estate and “other” claimants were paid a total of $62 500 as a down payment on the agreed 7.5% of gross profit before shooting [...]

Del Toro Confirms The Hobbit Movies Are Not Confirmed

Published on: 4th February, 2008

Guillermo Del Toro has finally broken the silence on the story that he is to direct The Hobbit movies to admit it is not yet confirmed despite many sources jumping the gun and reporting it was a “done deal.” The story broke last week following a French translator introducing Del Toro to the audience as [...]

France Confirms Del Toro As Hobbit Director?

Published on: 30th January, 2008

Everyone appears to be getting excited about the above video which just appeared on Youtube.com and apparently has the French translator announcing “Today it is our pleasure to announce something that everyone was hoping for, Guillermo will direct The Hobbit”
This is followed by lots of clapping. It was filmed last night (Jan 29th) at the [...]

Del Toro Out Of The Running For Deathly Hallows

Published on: 29th January, 2008

Following all the rumors yesterday that Guillermo Del Toro was in talks to direct The Hobbit movie 1 and 2, the producer of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (David Heyman) fuelled the flames when last night?he stated Del Toro was now too busy to be considered for the Deathly Hallows directors post.
Last night, Heyman [...]

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