Official 'The Hobbit' Thread

[green]

Lol there's one woman in the cast.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Lol there's one woman in the cast.

Well I mean...ya gotta have some diversity.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Cumbernatch is in. Awesome.

 

[green]

Well I mean...ya gotta have some diversity.

I bet there's gonna be another, something similar to Arwens upgrade in LOTR. Just makes sense.

 

[Octoberist]

The worst kept secret is out: Orlando is back.

http://m.facebook.com/pages/Peter-J..._ft=1306516077&_ft_mf_objid=10150265634081558

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Shield surf! Shield surf! Shield surf!

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Woah, I didn't expect Bloom to come back for The Hobbit.

Just kidding, it's great that he's going to reprise his role.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Thankfully, nobody was injured in that explosion.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Lol there's one woman in the cast.

For the last time, Orlando Bloom is a dude!! Why do people keep making that mistake.

 

[Boom]

Thank God.

Now TheOneRing.Net can stop posting interviews with Orlando Bloom where he dances around the question that everybody already knew the answer to .

 

[superkong 500]

great news now we need a young aragorn.

 

[TheFuture]

great news now we need a young aragorn.

Someone give Stuart Townsend a call.

Spoiler

 

[FVD]

SOURCE: http://www.3news.co.nz/Benedict-Cum...eport/tabid/418/articleID/212381/Default.aspx


And just for fun, here's the cast list up to this point:

Canon Hobbit characters

Martin Freeman: Bilbo
Ian McKellen: Gandalf
Richard Armitage: Thorin
Graham McTavish: Dwalin
Ken Stott: Balin
Aidan Turner: Kili
Dean O'Gorman: Fili
Mark Hadlow: Dori
Jed Brophy: Nori
Adam Brown: Ori
John Callen: Oin
Peter Hambleton: Gloin
William Kircher: Bifur
James Nesbitt: Bofur
Stephen Hunter: Bombur
Hugo Weaving: Elrond
Andy Serkis: Gollum
Mikael Persbrandt: Beorn
Lee Pace: Thranduil
Stephen Fry: Master of Lake-town
Benedict Cumberbatch: Smaug (?)

Added characters

Cate Blanchett: Galadriel
Christopher Lee: Saruman
Sylvester McCoy: Radagast
Elijah Wood: Frodo
Ian Holm: Old Bilbo
Orlando Bloom: Legolas
Bret McKenzie: Lindir
Jeffrey Thomas: Thror
Michael Mizrahi: Thrain
Ryan Gage: Alfrid
Conan Stevens: Azog

So is it really confirmation that Christopher Lee is coming back? [EDIT] Ah I see the reports now! How this slipped under my nose is another matter. Ah well that's fantastic news. Just hope his health will be good that's all especially with the long flight home to NZ.

 

[green]

For the last time, Orlando Bloom is a dude!! Why do people keep making that mistake.

Because he's so pretty...

At least Legolas coming back makes some sense due to his connections to characters and locales in the movie.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Awesome cast so far! Though, that's no surprise. It's going to be great seeing the team back togeather.

 

[Boom]

Right, time to start answering the 20 questions. So here goes...

QUESTION #1

STEVEN BEDDOE asked, "Will you have time to sift through 4,000 questions just to answer twenty of them?"

Yes, I will. I've been very busy recently, not just with shooting, but with location scouting and prep work during our days off, so I've found it hard to get to the questions. However, today I have enjoyed sitting down and reading through them all. I'll get started and continue to answer what seem to be the most popular questions during the next few weeks (as well as some one-off, quirky ones!).

Actually, that question was just a little dull (sorry Steven), so I'm not going to include it in the official twenty...

OFFICIAL QUESTION #1

VALERIA KEMENTARI asked, "Are we going to see the White Council attacking Dol Guldor?"

This was quite a popular topic, with JOHN LIDDLE, TOBY PHILLIPS and SETH DONALD, along with many others, asking variations of this same question.

I'm not going to say just what and when, but I will confirm that both the White Council and Dol Guldur will feature in the movies. And not just in one scene either. Just how to visualise it has been a challenge, but fortunately Alan Lee and John Howe went crazy with ideas, and it should look pretty cool.

In fact to celebrate the start of these 20 questions, I'll show you an exclusive photo of the White Council planning the attack on Dol Guldur! Even if you don't want to be hit with spoilers, you should still take a look. For the first image of Gandalf, Elrond and Galadriel brandishing an array of fearsome Elvish weapons, CLICK HERE!

http://www.thehobbitblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/whitecouncil.jpg

Another question soon...

Cheers,

Peter J

SOURCE: http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ#!/notes/peter-jackson/question-1/10150267552216558

 

[Doctor Jones]

Haha, I love that picture.

 

[RaZaTrOn]

I think it speaks volumes for the quality of a production team when they take the time to be so open to the fans about the production. Even though his answer is limited you can clearly understand his passion for the work of Tolkien.

Even if the film is crap (which it won't be) I couldn't hate on PJ because he's just brilliantly communicative towards us.

 

[Boom]

 

[green]

Ha, is that Blanchett in the back?

 

[Boom]

Yes sir.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Great picture, lol.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

He fooled me there with that pic.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ Lol, you didn't actually think he'd reveal something so soon, did you?

 

[Doctor Jones]

So I started to read The Fellowship again for the first time in about a decade and I'm only on chapter 2 but damn, I can't believe how much dialogue was kept in the movie. Some of it's changed arond a bit, and scenes are extended or cut out, but it was pretty great to know how mindful they were. Makes me love the films and Jackson and co. even more.