MGM Makes Room for Hobbit and New Zealand Government Under Fire
MGM finished clearing out some room this week in order to receive approval from the Bankruptcy judge to move forward with some of their “highly anticipated” projects (James Bond and of course The Hobbit). Both movies are not set to be released until late 2012, so a lot is riding on these two films for [...]
Ex Hobbit Director Opens New Studio
It seems like decades ago when the new project of The Hobbit was first announced and that Guillermo Del Toro was chosen to direct the project. Indeed, the Mexican Director put a lot of work and thought into the project, despite walking away from it, due to increased delays in production. He has admitted remorse [...]
Orlando Bloom Joins Hobbit Cast
This should be great news for all you ladies out there. Indeed, sources are claiming that Orlando Bloom is “very close” to closing a deal with producers on returning as Legolas Greenleaf in The Hobbit movies. This would be another character which is not found within the actual Hobbit novel, but it would not be [...]
The Hobbit Welcomes Back Cate Blanchett…and Others
For anyone who is a follower of this site, the news of Cate Blanchett “officially” being signed on as a member of The Hobbit movie cast, shouldn’t be much of a surprise. We have now known for quite sometime that the Australian actress was set to return to as her lovely role of Galadriel, the [...]
A Few More Casting Rumors
There still exists quite a bit of “unknowns” in regards to who will be playing some key characters in the upcoming Hobbit movies. A few more rumors have come out the past couple of days. We had already known that it was rumored that Sylvester McCoy was in the film with a major role. The [...]
Discriminated Hobbit Speaks Out
The media has had a frenzy with the latest news of The Hobbit’s casting director being fired due to “discriminatory” reasons, by announcing that a requirement for people auditioning to be a Hobbit extra was to be “light skinned.” It was the story and claims by Naz Humphrey, that sparked the news frenzy and eventually [...]
McKellen Near Hobbit Signing and Hobbit Firings
We have heard that sources are claiming that an official signing of Ian McKellen to the role of Gandalf should be completed shortly. Tolkien fans around the world gasped when they saw that Sir Ian McKellen’s name was not listed as the “official casted” members who were signed to be in the Hobbit. This was [...]
Peter Jackson Purchases 30 new RED 3D Cameras for Hobbit
As production continues to move forward for The Hobbit movies, another big announcement was released over the weekend. That is, Peter Jackson has purchased at least 30 RED 3D cameras, in which will be used to shoot both Hobbit movies. The debate of whether the movies would be shot in 3D has been present ever [...]
Hobbit Extras Casting Call
This time around, being awkwardly short can be very rewarding. On Tuesday, the local New Zealand “craigslist”, Trade Me, had a listing for actors who would be interested in acting as an extra in the upcoming Hobbit Movies. Due to volume of responses, the listing was removed fairly quickly, however, we expect it to return [...]
Howard Shore to Return to Score The Hobbit
It was released today that Howard Shore will be rejoining with Jackson and company to score The Hobbit movie and its sequel. In an interview, Shore was quoted saying, “It looks like finally it’s going to be happening. I’ll be working on it for the next three years — it’s going to consume a lot [...]
