Official 'The Hobbit' Thread - Part 10

[Leetank]

As if there wasn't enough reason to see MoS! Can't wait if it happens.

I would bet it will happen

both are Warner Bros. Movies

 

[The Dark Defender]

Yeah I understand that. That's not the problem. Problem is they keep going back to them. I'm sick of the eagles always bailing our heroes out of trouble.

Felt to me like that's what they were always meant to be.

A piece of spiritual symbolism, something that only helps those of virtue in their desperate times of need, but won't just do all of the work for them.

I absolutely loved that action sequence.

Here's some thought behind why aren't just showing up left and right...

http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2012...he-eagles-rarely-participate-in-great-events/

 

[Silvermoon]

Coming this fall, a Google Chrome "experiment" - A Journey Through Middle-Earth: http://www.thehobbit.com/middle-earth/

Looks like it will be a google maps type of thing but letting you travel middle-earth instead.

 

[Leetank]

Felt to me like that's what they were always meant to be.

A piece of spiritual symbolism, something that only helps those of virtue in their desperate times of need, but won't just do all of the work for them.

I absolutely loved that action sequence.

Here's some thought behind why aren't just showing up left and right...

http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2012...he-eagles-rarely-participate-in-great-events/

people will probably get mad then in movie 3 cause they do show up at the battle of five armies. But even so in the book there presence alone doesn't alter the battle, it's when Beorn comes and decides to go full on rape mode on the goblins.

 

[ThePhantasm]

There are also Giant Bats at the battle of five armies, so the Eagles will hardly be the only airborne presence.

 

[Leetank]

There are also Giant Bats at the battle of five armies, so the Eagles will hardly be the only airborne presence.

Exactly, it even says they might lose the battle even with the Eagles showing up.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Which is another case of them only showing up in the most desperate of situations, same with them showing up to fight off the Nazgul when they were on the Fell Beasts at the Black Gate.

 

[Kane52630]

Back on set for our last Hobbit pick ups. Our last ever Tolkien pick ups, in fact. It's going to be an intense few weeks, but we're looking forward to shooting some powerful scenes with our great cast. Our next blog is coming soon!

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Saw that on facebook. "Last ever Tolkien pickups"

 

[Leetank]

So Pumped

But i wonder, what are they shooting this summer? (people said battle of five armies, but I honestly doubt they didn't film that already)

 

[jacobed]

Last one? Yeah we'll see about that

 

[Silvermoon]

So Pumped

But i wonder, what are they shooting this summer? (people said battle of five armies, but I honestly doubt they didn't film that already)

Given what was said in an Empire magazine article last December it made it sound like (at the very least) there's a large chunk (if not all?) of the Battle to film and that it would be done during filming this year:

http://richardarmitagecentral.co.uk/main.php?g2_itemId=322526

Most of the principal cast are due to return to New Zealand in early May for what has been called "supplementary shooting", but with the resources entire film productions would sell their third grip for. The only thing any of them is sure of is that they really hadn't got to grips with the Battle Of Five Armies before principal photography concluded in July, so that is bound to play a large role in the production to come. "I've got a clear image of the shape of that battle as I think it'll be," offers the imaginative Richard Armitage, who, as Thorin, will be a front-line participant in the inter-species warfare. "All the dwarves have to play out their stories on the battlefield. I think it will be quite moving."

Has he shot his most poignant scene yet? "No, not yet," he replies solemnly; it is obviously on his mind.

 

[CGHulk]

Saw that on facebook. "Last ever Tolkien pickups"

You never know what the future holds!

 

[Asteroid-Man]

The Tolkien estate has the rights to the Silmarillion and they said they don't want it made into a film.

 

[ThePhantasm]

Honestly I'm not sure you could make it into a film. Or that it would have the same market with the GA that the Hobbit and LOTR have.

 

[Marvolo]

They could pick stories out of it for an anthology series on HBO.

 

[Lord]

Some stories from The Silmarillion can be adapted, would love to see a film set in the 1st Age, never read the Children of Hurin but maybe that could be easy to adapt.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Total Film chatted with Evangeline Lilly about playing the Elf Tauriel in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.

"She's a very, very young elf," Lilly said. "She's only 600 years old, unlike Legolas who's like, 1,900 years old and Thranduil who's about 3,000 years old. She doesn't have quite the wisdom and pose that those two boys do; she's a little more... gritty. A little more spontaneous, passionate perhaps."

She added, "To play this character I need to have a certain amount of grace. But I'm also supposed to be an absolutely ruthless, deadly killer."

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/177137-evangeline-lilly-on-playing-tauriel-in-the-hobbit

 

[Iceman]

Look forward to see how this character is on film.

Exactly, it even says they might lose the battle even with the Eagles showing up.

As for eagles & Stuff like that, I'm fine with it as long as there is a chance of losing even with their help. I didn't really like how the Army of the Dead just completely ends the battle on ROTK with no real resistance. Had been amazing up to that point (still is) and I wanted them to be the element that tips the battle the right way but not totally invincible.

 

[Leetank]

Look forward to see how this character is on film.


As for eagles & Stuff like that, I'm fine with it as long as there is a chance of losing even with their help. I didn't really like how the Army of the Dead just completely ends the battle on ROTK with no real resistance. Had been amazing up to that point (still is) and I wanted them to be the element that tips the battle the right way but not totally invincible.

Don't worry, in the book they show up at the fight and they do help a lot, but it even says they are overwhelmd by the other armies. It's really when Beorn shows up and goes on quite the rampage.

 

[Silvermoon]

Benedict Cumberbatch talks motion-capture and working with PJ (short audio clip)

https://soundcloud.com/hollywood-outbreak/benedict-cumberbatch-enters

 

[DarkKnight88]

Any confirmation that the trailer for Desolation of Smaug will be with Man of Steel?

 

[Leetank]

the lack of a trailer is truly disheartening lol

 

[TheIrishAvenger]

Spoiler

 

[terry78]

They really need to get on a Zelda movie.