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Friday Update- Sir Ian not much on Elijah’s music, Kate Blanchett on her Role, and io9 explains with drawings (no photos allowed) many Hobbit studio secrets
To read how Sir Ian Mckellen negotiated a music truce with Elijah Wood click here. To read Cate Blanchett’s comments about juggling film and family click here. For io9′s illustrated article about Hobbit film secrets click here.
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Today’s Hobbit Update; New Denny’s Menu, New TV Spot, Empire Magazine Covers, and Peter Jackson, Ian Mckellan and Martin Freeman on the Movie
The new Hobbit inspired Denny’s menu is discussed right here. Peter Jackson talks about the length of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ , The new TV spot can be seen, and we can see the covers of the new ‘Empire’ magazine all right here. Ian McKellan speaks on why he reprised Gandalf right here. Martin…
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News update- A Princely Visit and Serkis on Filming
To read about Prince Charles’ planned visit to WETA click here. To read what Andy Serkis had to say about filming and CGI at 48fps click here.
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Hobbit Update; Collectibles, More Images, a Possible Cameo, Almost No Gandalf, and a New Audio Book
Collectibles; To see what is now available from the Noble Collection click here, and to see some of the new action figures now availalble click here for Goblins, here for Thorin and two Goblins and here for Legolas and Tauriel. Several new images and a movie trailer can be seen if you click here. To…
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Today’s update; Hugo Weaving, Lego pics, New Movie stills and JRRT letter concerning book sales
To see what Hugo Weaving had to say, click here. To see the new Lego sets that were on display at New York Comic-Con click here. For five new still from ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ click here. To read about Tolkien’s concerns about sales of ‘The Hobbit’ click here.
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Hobbit Update- Movie Premiere, ‘LEGO’las Introduction, and a Cool Foreign Poster,
Click here to read about the temporary name change for Wellington NZ’s premiere of ‘The Hobbit; an Unexpected Journey’. (spoiler alert) LEGO may have revealed where we can see the introduction of Legolas and Tauriel in The Hobbit movies. Click here if you wish to read about this possible reveal. To see an awesome foreign…
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Coming soon; The first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fall Of Arthur, originally composed by Tolkien in the 1930s but abandoned for The Hobbit, has recently been edited for publication by Christopher Tolkien and will be released next year . For more details click here.
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Peter Jackson discusses his role freeing in the West Memphis Three.
Director Peter Jackson first became involved in helping free the West Memphis Three after meeting the wife of death row inmate Damien Echols in 2005. Click here to read the details of the long involvement of Jackson and his wife, screenwriter Fran Walsh, in the case.
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Today’s Hobbit News; New Posters, U.S. Premiere Details, Videogames for PC and Mobile Devices
New Line Cinema and MGM have released four new banners for ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey. They can be viewed, at Coming Soon.net, by clicking here. Variety has just announced that the U.S. Premiere of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ will take place at New York’s Ziegfield Theater. For details click here. Click here for…
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New Zealand Issues New Commemorative Stamps and Coins
To commemorate the release of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ New Zealand Post has just announced the November release of a new series of stamps and coins. A listing of the stamps can be found here, and a listing of stamps and coins can be found here.
