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The Hobbit sets to be permanent
According to Stuff.co.nz, The Hobbit sets that are under construction will be there to stay as a tourist attraction–permanently, even after the movies are finished filming. Brett Hodge, whose company, Matamata Post and Rails, provided timber for the set, said: “What they did last time was build a temporary set, but now it’s a permanent…
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3D and a new director?
Don’t get your hopes up–Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are “on the verge of an agreement” of the Hobbit films, but nothing has been decided yet. The word is that the Hobbit films will instead be shot in 3D, although originally those heading up production insisted that it would be shot 2D for a more intimate…
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Scale doubles needed for The Hobbit
According to an article on the Wellington Dominion Post’s website, and as seen in an advertisement run in their newspaper, the search for scale doubles for “The Hobbit” has begun. “The Hobbit casting department advertised in The Dominion Post yesterday for ‘short and tall’ people for a preliminary casting call to take place at the…
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Del Toro leaving ‘Hobbit’ films
According to an article on AccessHollywood.com, Guillermo Del Toro is officially stepping down from the director’s helm of “The Hobbit.” Del Toro says: “After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien’s Middle Earth, I must, with great regret, take leave from helming these wonderful pictures…” You can read…
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Delayed again?
Although we were excited when Sir Ian McKellan announced that ‘The Hobbit’ would begin filming this July, it now seems as if production will instead begin at the end of this year. You can read more here.
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Hobbit holes on the rise
Hobbit holes, for the set of ‘The Hobbit’ have been popping up in the town of Matamata, New Zealand, once again. The hobbit holes are set in the same location as they were in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings adaption. You can read the full story here.
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Second issue of “Journal”
The second issue of “Journal”, the online magazine of Festival in the Shire, is online now and can be found here. This issue includes articles such as “‘Goblin Feet’, a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien” and interviews with John Howe and Ted Nasmith.
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Hobbit films on track!
Hobbit movie release dates, who will be appearing as who, and rumors on when production will begin have all been floating around–fortunately, we’re getting a few little tidbits of information in at a time. Yes, this time it is accurate to say that production (filming) will begin in June of this year! That is, we’ll…
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“Hobbit” rumor addressed
In a story on SciFi Wire.com, Peter Jackson has reportedly cleared up one matter on the subject of the Hobbit movies: What will the second one be about? “The second Hobbit script is still based on the Hobbit novel,” Jackson said in a group interview Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif., after a press conference for…
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Hobbits dates pushed
In an article on IGN Movies, producer of the upcoming Hobbit movies, Peter Jackson, has said that he “is predicting production of The Hobbit films will start in the middle of next summer, a few months later than expected.” You can read the full story here.
