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Comedian Billy Connolly Cast in The Hobbit
Today it was announced that the final actor has been cast for the Hobbit movies. Comedian Billy Connolly will appear in a cameo as the dwarf warrior Dain Ironfoot in the second film, “There and Back Again”. Many are worried about the seriousness he will bring to the role. But seeing as his character won’t [...]
New image with dwarves from the hobbit
Here’s yet another photo from The Hobbit movie featuring Balin (Ken Stott) and Dwalin (Graham McTavish).
New Hobbit Toys and MGM Pays Back Debt
As we announced last week, Warner Brothers is already capitalizing the tremendous buzz surrounding the upcoming Hobbit movies. We introduced the new Tolkien LEGOs that have hit the market. In addition, new products are set to hit the market soon. Above you see the 10K gold “One Ring”. Warner Brother will be soon releasing Trivia [...]
New line of legos for tolkien movies
Late last year Warner Bros. and Lego signed a licensing deal which gave Lego free reign to all Tolkien characters and events from The Lord of the Rings as well as the two upcoming Hobbit films. Released so far are the 9 that make up the fellowship (Legolas, Boromir, Aragorn, Gandalf the Grey, Pippin, Merry, [...]
New Image with Bilbo and the Dwarves
As we get closer and closer to the December release date for The Hobbit, we continue to see more and more new things to be excited about. The newest is a brand new picture of Bilbo with many of the Dwarves (William Kircher, Graham McTavish, James Nesbitt and John Callen) Bifur, Dwalin, Bofur, and Oin). It [...]
Chaos shuts down hobbit casting call
Sky News wrote that the casting call for ‘The Hobbit’ was shut down in New Zealand this Saturday when traffic became chaotic due to thousands more than expected showing up. Radio New Zealand reported that over 3000 people came to the casting in Lower Hutt, near Wellington, in hopes of landing a role in The [...]
Evangeline Lilly’s elf role in the hobbit
New Zealand Herald writes a few statements from Evangeline Lilly on her role as Tauriel, the Mirkwood warrior elf, in the Hobbit movies. “She’s actually the head of the Elven guard. She’s the big shot in the army,” said Lilly. “So she knows how to wield any weapon, but the primary weapons that she uses [...]
Andy Serkis opens up about returning to Gollum
The LA Times got quite a few statements from the performance-capture star, Anthony Serkis, about returning to the role of gollum and working with Peter Jackson again. Gollum’s never really gone too far away from me because he’s indelibly kind of printed into my DNA now, I think. I’ll tell you what was weird is [...]
Peter Jackson talks about 48 film speed
David German from Associated Press writes about The Hobbit movie and statements about the new 48 film speed from Peter Jackson at Sundance. PARK CITY, Utah – (AP) — Peter Jackson is making his hobbits and dwarves march double-time in his “The Lord of the Rings” prequel, which he’s shooting in a faster film speed [...]
Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood talk Hobbit at Sundance
MTV met up with Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood at the Sundance film festival and they each had a few words to say about the Hobbit movies. They assured, as it seems to be a pressing topic lately, the brighter tone and comical theme of The Hobbit will be balanced with the dark themes of [...]
