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Viggo Mortensen On The Hobbit Movies

Published on: 5th December, 2008

Capone over at aintitcool.com did a great interview with Viggo Mortensen covering a large variety of topics and of course the Hobbit movies came up.
As Capone put it, “If I don’t ask this question I lose my job” which raised a laugh from Viggo.
So has he had the phone call yet? Does he expect it? [...]

Del Toro Discusses Hobbit Movies

Published on: 14th October, 2008

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 enough job security, he’s also [...]

Del Toro Talks Smaug

Published on: 5th October, 2008

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’ it is used to cast [...]

Viggo Mortenson Won’t Share Aragorn Role

Published on: 9th September, 2008

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 you’ve established a character yourself, [...]

John Noble Says No To The Hobbit Movies

Published on: 27th August, 2008

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 movie could feature the story [...]