Del Toro’s Hobbitvision
Del Toro will give LOTR fans a new Hobbit, but will Ron Perlman be the voice of Smaug? beorn the Bear-man?
Rhys-Davies won’t be “Hobbit” Gloin
In the film LOTR series Jonathan Rhys-Davies was Gimli, Gloin’s son. But the character of Gloin for the Hobbit prequels won’t be played by the British actor. (from empire.uk)
Benicio del Toro Talks Hobbit Ramp…
Hobbit films direcotr Benicio Del Toro describes how the first Hobbit film will be the Hobbit book sotry, but the second film will be a ramp up to the LOTR film series imitative of Jackson’s shooting style, making a seamless nod to the LOTR trilogy fr a five film symphony.
Hobbit Trailer
Hobbit trailer video
Blanchett, Weaving in the Hobbit?
Gandalf casting is locked up, unless Sir Ian McKellan gets hit by a passing bus. but the question remains, however, of who else will be returning. “The Hobbit” is set roughly 60 years before the “Rings” trilogy, but Tolkien’s Middle-earth is filled with long-lived species. Humans get their natural lifespan, but dwarves and hobbits last [...]
Jackson amazed at Initial LOTR Response
“We were frankly amazed the footage was so well received.Jackson admitted he and his fellow filmmakers felt an enormous amount of pressure making LOTR because the studio, New Line, was in precarious financial shape and betting nearly $300 million on his movies ”
Hobbit Casting begins!
Casting for The Hobbit will begin this week, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “Apart from Ian McKellen, who [is returning] as Gandalf, we are not really offering any roles to anybody until we’ve done a casting sweep,” Peter Jackson said. He also said that production for the two films is on schedule: “We were always planning to shoot around April or May next year, and as far as I’m aware, we’re pretty much on target for that. It depends on how quickly the studio greenlights the film. It’s not in our hands. But as long as we’re shooting next year, we’re fine.”
Peter Jackson currently writing “Hobbit”
How much fun are you having doing the second script for The Hobbit films, since that’s the one you can kind of make up?
Peter: The second Hobbit script is still based on The Hobbit novel. The Hobbit novel is in two halves.
Q: Did you find a point to split the two films then?
Peter: Yeah, [...]
Peter Jackson Horror Exemplar
See the dailynews.com for a Peter Jackson article about horror film ouevre.
Jackson Makes His “Bones”
“The Lovely Bones” would seem to be an examination of how much more powerful/all seeing the Susie character might or might not be after death. Omniscience is a Jackson theme. Does Susie see that someone else’s number is up? That “The Lovely Bones” is a cathartic reworking of “the Frighteners” can’t only have occurred to me. The resonances are too strong.