Official The Hobbit thread

[WarBlade]

The problem with Avatar is and what made Rings good was the lived in feel. Its what made Star War films great. The 3D aspect does not feel like people lived there too me. Its to shiny and clean.

3D has nothing to do with the shiny and clean look though.

 

[Nirvana]

2.5 Billion+ worldwide box office speaks louder than anything you could say in retort.

3D is not meant for every film, but it's a great addition to fantasy genre films

Because I really need to see beautiful aerial shots of New Zealand...in 3D.


I liked it better when IMAX was a fad.

 

[Armored Avenger]

My choices for a lot of the new roles in The Hobbit are:

Bilbo Baggins - Michael Sheen
Thorin - Brian Cox
Balin or Dain - Brendan Gleeson
Bard the Bowman - Michael Fassbender
Beorn - Ron Perlman
Galion the Butler - Doug Jones
Voice of Smaug - Tom Waits

And if Radagast is included in the White Council scenes then:

Radagast the Brown - John Hurt

 

[regwec]

Pretty good! I quite fancy James Purefoy as Bard, though.

 

[Kent]

Because I really need to see beautiful aerial shots of New Zealand...in 3D.

You say this with such disdain. Like it's a bad thing to add dimension to something beautiful.

3D allows us even more of a feeling of being there. Now apparently this doesn't go for you, but in the choice between seeing images of something beautiful and having it right there in front of me, I'd chose the latter every time. 3D doesn't quite bring it there, but it certainly does bring it closer.

 

[Solidus]

My choices for a lot of the new roles in The Hobbit are:

Bilbo Baggins - Michael Sheen
Thorin - Brian Cox
Balin or Dain - Brendan Gleeson
Bard the Bowman - Michael Fassbender
Beorn - Ron Perlman
Galion the Butler - Doug Jones
Voice of Smaug - Tom Waits

And if Radagast is included in the White Council scenes then:

Radagast the Brown - John Hurt

Pretty good choice for Radagast.

 

[Jackasscoley15]

My choices for a lot of the new roles in The Hobbit are:

Bilbo Baggins - Michael Sheen
Thorin - Brian Cox
Balin or Dain - Brendan Gleeson
Bard the Bowman - Michael Fassbender
Beorn - Ron Perlman
Galion the Butler - Doug Jones
Voice of Smaug - Tom Waits

And if Radagast is included in the White Council scenes then:

Radagast the Brown - John Hurt

Damn, all good choices. I especially like Tom Waits as Smaug.

 

[Hannibal Smith]

? Tom Waits sorry who is this?

 

[david icke]

? Tom Waits sorry who is this?

Very highly regarded and influential singer/songwriter known for his rough vocals. He has also appeared in many films over the years including Rumblefish, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mystery Men.

there were rumours doing the rounds that the producers of the Hobbit have discussed asking him to be involved, some rumours say as a dwarf, others say as the voice of Smaug.

 

[Jackasscoley15]

? Tom Waits sorry who is this?

There's this new thing I heard about called Google. I heard you can type in the name of a subject, and when you press enter, loads of information appears on it. It's going to be the future of the internet...

 

[matrix_ghost]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=64295

The Hobbit Films to Start Shooting in June
Source:Ian McKellen March 17, 2010


Ian McKellen, who is returning as Gandalf in the two films based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, has confirmed a report from earlier this year about the start of filming on his official website. The site says:

THE HOBBIT's, two films, start shooting in New Zealand in June. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth.

Guillermo del Toro will direct the two highly-anticipated films.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Thank God.

Oh, happy day!

*does dance*

 

[Angel_Faerie]

Finally. This is great news. Let the fun begin!

 

[Hannibal Smith]

Well suppose Sir Ian would know what gonna happen with the Hobbit considering he's Gandalf and all. But would think here some casting news by now.

 

[CGHulk]

I'd pick Colin Firth for Bilbo.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=64295

My reaction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruidM0nfUdc

 

[Kud-Dukan]

3 months from filming!

We really should start hearing about casting soon then.

 

[regwec]

I'd pick Colin Firth for Bilbo.

That would be great, actually. The only problem (in the UK at least) would be one of marketing. So many women of all ages here are determined to have his babies that it would be hard to sell Firth as a hairy-footed midget.

 

[Solidus]

I'm very stoked for this.

I mean I know it's a double dip, but I gotta get the blu ray of the LOTR theatrical, since the EE seems to be delayed until this movie starts coming out.

I so badly want to know the details of what the "second part" of this movie is going to focus on.

 

[FaT_tONle]

So yeah what's the format? Are they breaking Hobbit into two and adding some extra stuff for the bridge or is the second one going to be devoted to stuff that doesn't exists in the books?

 

[AndThePickles]

Freakin finally!

 

[Solidus]

So yeah what's the format? Are they breaking Hobbit into two and adding some extra stuff for the bridge or is the second one going to be devoted to stuff that doesn't exists in the books?

I believe the first part will be just "The Hobbit" and yea the second part may be a bridge. But don't quote me on that. I was hoping for maybe some stuff from The Silmarillion but I think some one said that they don't have the rights for it? I may be mistaken on that.

But there are so many little tidbits throughout the LOTR trilogy itself that are hinted at that they very well could go into detail with in a second part. Such as the corruption of Saruman or possibly the White Council attacking the Necromancer of Dol Guldur aka Sauron since that happened around the time of The Hobbit before Sauron went back to Mordor again. There are lots of things that could be done. But I really don't know if there is any solid info on what they plan to do. So I guess it really is up in the air. I'm sure with filming around the corner stuff will leak out of at least the format used.

 

[matrix_ghost]

I'd pick Colin Firth for Bilbo.

That's actually not a bad idea. Yeah he is quite tall but i think he's actually closer to the Bilbo of the animated cartoon.

Also a New Zealand newspaper is saying that both Hobbit movies will be the 3d. The good news. It's going to be SHOT IN 3d.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-pos...gital-will-work-on-filming-Hobbit-movie-in-3D

Insider says Weta Digital will work on filming Hobbit movie in 3D


The Hobbit movie due to begin filming in Wellington will be made in 3D, industry sources say.

But a spokesman for producer Peter Jackson would not confirm the move, saying it was still only being talked about.

The decision follows the box-office success of three-dimensional films such as Avatar and Alice in Wonderland. It comes after The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro dropped the hint on a Lord of the Rings fan website earlier this month.

Del Toro said the film's studio backers were making inquiries about filming the adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit in 3D and discussions had begun.

An industry insider was adamant The Hobbit would be filmed in 3D and Weta Digital – which won an Oscar for its work on Avatar – would be working on the project.

Yesterday, a spokesman for Jackson's Wingnut Films, Matt Dravitzki, said nothing had been set in stone. "What Guillermo said on the blog is as far as things got. It's a conversation being had by a lot of studios but that's as much as it is at this stage. We don't have a cast, we don't have a green light, and until any of those things happen no decision around [3D] will be announced or made."

When the project – initially two movies – was announced in 2007, filming was tentatively set to begin last year. Filming was to have begun in April this year but British actor Sir Ian McKellen, who will reprise his role as the wizard Gandalf, expected shooting to begin in June.

The industry insider said the shift to digital 3D pushed the start of filming out to at least October.

Avatar has smashed box office records, earning $3.6bn worldwide so far. Alice in Wonderland, released this month, has already earned $612m.

Clash of the Titans also in 3D will appear on cinema screens next month.

New Zealand Motion Picture Distributors Association executive director Bill Hood said there were 25 screens across the country capable of showing digital 3D. There are about 410 regular screens. He expects there to be a rapid growth this year.

''Before Christmas there were only 21 screens. What Avatar did in innocence is send a very strong signal of what the consumer wants. It's like an injection in the arm for the motion picture industry because it's a new experience.''

Avatar has grossed $16m nationwide with at least $12 million of that at 3D cinemas and he expected the ratios to be similar internationally.

Of last weekend's box office takings of Alice in Wonderland which has grossed $2.4m in New Zealand so far $587,000 was taken at 24 3D cinemas compared to $305,000 on 60 standard screens.

And though 3D was a passing fad in the 1950's, Mr Hood said the new version was here to stay.

"We've moved along from the cardboard glasses with blue and red lenses. Cinemas are new, clean and crisp and 3D is another format which clearly the consumer has embraced. It's the way to go."

Interestingly enough they're saying that shooting could begun in October whereas CS has updated Ian Mckellen's post saying that shooting will probably begin in July.

And for those anti-3d people , just remember this.
PETER JACKSON IS FOR 3-D
Either way i think if the first Hobbit movie will come out in dec. of 2012 , shooting should be finished BEFORE October/November if Weta wants to be the sole VFX vendor for the Hobbit movies.
With Avatar for example WETA was initially hired as the one doing all the VFX. But by the end of 2008 Cameron and WETA saw that they wouldn't be able to handle all the shots. That is when several other VFX vendors such as Framstore , ILM and others came on board. WETA did wind doing most of the shots. But in order to convert the movie to the IMAX format , every vendor was asked to deliver their shots by Oct 2009.
I personally don't think that the Hobbit movies will be as big as Avatar in terms of VFX ( for example Del Toro will shoot his actors in a forest whereas Cameron and co. actually build a forest with digital actors) but even they'll would need to finish shooting around oct/nov of 2011.

 

[Armored Avenger]

So yeah what's the format? Are they breaking Hobbit into two and adding some extra stuff for the bridge or is the second one going to be devoted to stuff that doesn't exists in the books?

The story of "The Hobbit" is going to be split over the 2 films and events such as The White Council meeting and attack on Dol-Guldor (which were happening at the same time as the events in The Hobbit but not mentioned in the book) will be added into the films to increase the scope of the movies and probably help the tone fit in more the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

 

[Doctor Jones]

One day I can't wait to sit down and watch both Hobbit films then jump into LOTR.