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Hobbit Movie Delay?

Published on: 23rd January, 2010

Recently Peter Jackson was quick to put down the rumors of a delay to the release time of The Hobbit yet in the latest Variety they have an interview with New Line Cinema executive Alan Horn who says the most probable release date will be Christmas 2012.
That’s a full year later than the current proposed [...]

Tobey Maguire Swapping Spiderman For Bilbo?

Published on: 18th January, 2010

The Sun newspaper, a major tabloid here in the UK is today running a story that claims Tobey Maguire of Spiderman fame is to play the Bilbo Baggins role in The Hobbit.
The rumours have been doing the rounds for about a month but by and large were written off because of the upcoming fourth Spiderman [...]

Will The Hobbit Survive MGM

Published on: 6th January, 2010

The Hobbit starts filming this June according to a Twitter from Production Weekly.
“Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit is due to begin a 14 month production schedule this June in New Zealand.”
Though with MGM up for sale many reporters are saying the green light will be dependent on MGM getting their finances [...]

Peter Jackson Talks Hobbit Casting

Published on: 27th December, 2009

Peter Jackson has been talking about the problems they face casting for The Hobbit.
In the video interview you can see below he explains how they are looking for particular characteristics in the actors who are auditioning for the parts of Dwarves, Elves and of course, Hobbits.
He also confirms the rumors that were circulating the internet [...]

Smaug The Magnificent

Published on: 29th November, 2009

At the Directors Guild of America last night Guillermo Del Toro discussed his plans for Smaug the Magnificent:
“All my life I’ve been fascinated by dragons. I was born under the Chinese sign of The Dragon. All my life I’m collecting dragons. It’s such a powerful symbol, and in the context of ‘The Hobbit’ it is [...]

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 [...]

The Hobbit Goes Digital

Published on: 20th April, 2009

The Hobbit was today (20th April) released by publishers HarperCollins as an ebook and is now available for the Amazon Kindle.
As well as The Hobbit  joining the digital world, HarperCollins have also released The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Children of Hurin in the same format and plan to release all of Tolkien’s [...]

Viggo Mortensen Talks The Hobbit

Published on: 3rd February, 2009

The good folk at TotalFilm have a revealing interview with Viggo Mortensen in this months magazine where he tells them he’d rather finish what he started than have someone else take over the role of Aragorn although shouldn’t that be start what you finished?
Which ever it is he says he’d want to make sure it [...]

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 [...]

Most Expensive Tolkien Book Of All Time

Published on: 17th December, 2008

GTC Roadshow AG announces the acquisition of the most expensive Tolkien book ever sold; a signed first edition of “The Lord of the Rings” dedicated to the “Queen of the Hobbits”, for 104.000 USD.
A further 5 lots were acquired in the same auction: the first translation of The Hobbit dedicated to E. Griffiths, a signed [...]

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