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48 FPS Hobbit Preview Shown to Theater Owners.
Yesterday, at CinemaCon, in a move designed to encourage theater owners to embrace the new 48 FPS technology. Peter Jackson showed a 10 minute preview of The Hobbit. Click on this article in Entertainment Weekly to read about the reactions to the new technology.
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Luke Evans Interview posted.
Luke Evans, who plays Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson’s upcoming Hobbit movies, was recently interviewed by Collider.com. To read the portion of the interview concerning Evans’ role in ‘The Hobbit’ movies click here .
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Hobbit Being Filmed at 48 FPS. Will we be able to watch it?
There are 70,000 digital screens worldwide, 40,000 of which are ready for 3D,. All show films at the current rate of 24 FPS but exactly zero are capable of showing High Frame Rate (HFR) movies. Two interesting articles explaining the problems in converting to HFR can be found here and here .
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Stephen Fry finishes his final scene on the Hobbit.
According to Stephen Fry’s tweets, he’s now finished filming his final scene and will soon be heading home after spending several months in New Zealand playing the Master of Laketown. Stephen Fry’s twitter account can be found here .
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New Hobbit movie stills posted
Click here to see the new stills recently posted on director Peter Jackson’s Facebook page
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Pub In Trouble For Its Name
A local pub in England is in trouble with the Saul Zaentz Company that owns the rights to ‘The Hobbit’. Read more here.
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J. R. R. Tolkien to be portrayed in a feature film
Scheduled for release in 2013, the film ,’The Lion Awakes’ concerns C.S. Lewis’ early life, including his friendship with J .R .R. Tolkien. For more details click here for NarniaWeb’s interview with screenwriter Darren Scott Jacobs, and here for ‘The Lion Awakes’ Facebook page.
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Benedict Cumberbatch and The Hobbit
In a recent interview at MTV Benedict Cumberbatch describes his recent experience of filming The Hobbit, in which he plays Smaug the dragon and another “nameless” character. “I spent a lot of time recording voice as well as doing movements. So, it was sort of freeing; it was fun. It was like playing a game.…
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Hobbit production video #6
Peter Jackson has just released production video # 6 from the sets of The Hobbit. To watch the video click here.
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Bilbo’s contract with Thorin and Company
DarkJackal of the Heirs of Durin blog has apparently spent a great deal of his spare time examining and deciphering some Hobbit movie stills showing Bilbo reading the contract presented to him by the Dwarves. The results of his examination can be found here.
