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‘We’ve got to kill a hobbit”
Times Online has an extract from Brian Sibley’s forthcoming biography on Peter Jackson. The extract reveals details of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh’s initial meetings with Miramax in which one of the suggestions made to them was, “we’ve really got to kill one of those hobbits”.
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PJ and The Hobbit
In an interview at EW.com Peter Jackson talks about the forthcoming movie of The Hobbit. He does not know if he will be approached to make the movie and says; “Obviously, once a studio decides to make a movie, they’re not necessarily going to wait around for a particular director to become free. So I…
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Official JRR Tolkien Estate site
The official website of the Tolkien Estate is currently under construction. At the moment the content is limited but there’s a little more information on the forthcoming book, The Children of Húrin including the news that the book will be illustrated by Alan Lee.
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Battle for Middle-earth II
Patch 1.01 for LotR – The Battle for Middle-earth II PC is now available for download at EA’s official website. The patch includes over 200+ balance changes and a new competitive landscape.
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New Tolkien book
CBC Arts report that The Children of Hurin, is due for publication next spring. The Children of Hurin was initially started by JRR Tolkien in 1918 but then abandoned although some excerpts have been published. For the last 30 years his son, Christopher Tolkien has been working on completing the book and has said, “It…
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Peter Jackson and The Hobbit
The full transcript of Ain’t it Cool’s interview with Peter Jackson about The Hobbit is now available here. In the interview PJ reveals that if he was making The Hobbit, “I I’d try to get as many of the guys back as I could.” and that he has “zero interest in directing a Gandalf who…
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Battle for Middle-earth II
Patch 1.01 for LotR – The Battle for Middle-earth II 360 is now available at EA’s official website. Patch 1.05 for the PC version is scheduled for release in the near future.
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Two Towers – complete score
Howard Shore’s complete score for The Two Towers will be available on November 7th. The deluxe set will contain 3 CDs with over 180 minutes of music and a DVD-Audio of the score in 5.1 Surround Sound. There are further details at howardshore.com.
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Peter Jackson and The Hobbit
Ain’t it Cool News report on an interview with Peter Jackson in which he said that although he would like to make the movie, “he’s never once talked to any studio, be it New Line or MGM, about doing The Hobbit”.
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Hobbits wanted
The producers of the stage version of the Lord of the Rings are looking for 20 actors to play to roles of hobbits. Auditions are being held on 18th September at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane. All candidates should be under 5ft 7ins, aged 16-35 and the producers say that, “hairy toes and feet are…
