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Hobbit Fan contest, Colbert moderates Comic Con panel, New Peter Jackson Interview, New Teaser trailer to be released
A new contest, starting August 25th, that will bring 150 fans(75 winners each with a friend) to New Zealand for the premiere of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, was announced yesterday at Comic Con. Details of the announcement can be found here and the contest page can be found here . You…
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Friday News Update: new Lego displayed at SDCC, Tolkien Biopics in the Works, Heavy Metal Tolkien, and New The Battle of Five Armies Pics
Click here to see TNI`s coverage of the new Lego 866 piece ‘The Lonely Mountain’ set. Click here to be taken to Rolling Stone’s coverage of the two planned Tolkien biopics. Click here here to learn, thanks to Virtual Festivals, what Tolkien’s books inspired in many of the acts that will be appearing at Bloodstock…
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New ‘The Battle Of Five Armies’ Poster released for Comic-Con
Click here to view the new poster.
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New Cartoon style ‘The Hobbit’ pics
Click here to be taken to ‘Flicks and Bits’ for some artwork that may help you bide the time while you are waiting for the release of the new ‘Battle of Five Armies’ trailers. But if that isn’t enough you can click here for more information; Hobbit coverage at Comic-con, and a new still from…
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Battle of Five Armies trailer details finally stated
Details on when we can expect the full trailer and teaser trailer for ‘The Hobbit, The Battle of Five Armies’ have been posted on Peter Jackson’s Facebook page and can be found here .
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John Howe Interview Published.
Technology and culture site boingboing has just released the transcript of an Ethan Gilsdorf interview, from Jan 2013, of Tolkien Artist and Illustrator John Howe. The interview can be found here .
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Thorin to remain alive?
According to this Ecumenical News article, Thorin is NOT killed in the movie. Any comments?
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Viggo Unhappy with PJ’s use of CGI
In a recent interview for the Telegraph Viggo Mortensen, who was cast as Aragorn in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ film trilogy, expressed his unhappiness with the way Peter Jackson’s used of CGI in his films starting with ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’. Details about this can be found here, and the entire interview, which…
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Fans Petition to change the Ending of The Hobbit; The Cost of Desolation of Smaug Insurance Claims ,
A number of fans, apparently unhappy with the deaths of certain characters in Tolkien’s The Hobbit, have started petitions to attempt to get PJ to change the results in the Movie. Details of the various petitions can be found here. Insurance Company Allianz has once again estimated the costs if claims were submitted for repairing…
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There’s a New Title for Third ‘Hobbit’ Movie.
Peter Jackson has just revealed the new name for the third Movie, which was originally planed as; ‘The Hobbit; There and Back Again’. On his Facebook page the Director has explained why the title had been changed to; ‘The Hobbit; The Battle of Five Armies’. For those of us that can’t get enough of the…
