Hobbling Along

Saw this vid and thought 'Hobbit already?.. Fun!'


Its good, but turns out its a fan-made 'trailer'.


As for the real movie?...

The good news for Hobbit fans:

Filming starts this winter, since MGM & Warner Bros. finally gave the go ahead for work on 'The Hobbit' to resume.

To recap, the movie has been officially greenlit, and Peter Jackson is definitely signed on to direct. Plus many of the sets have already been constructed, and the scripts are said to be near completion, with over $30 million spent so far on this epic.

The bad news:

The studios don't have all the ca$h they need.
(And union disputes may add more delay$)

They've only cast half the roles so far.

It will be in two parts

The really bad news:

The current projected release...

'The Hobbit 1' arrives in theaters Dec 2012
'The Hobbit 2' comes a year later, Dec 2013.

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So, in the meanwhile, here's another fan-made promo:



*Or wait it out by making Minas Tirith outta t'picks.

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Prequel Of The Rings

When over 8 hours of LOTR just isn't enough...

Kate Madison, 31-year-old British amateur actress, was so inspired by director Peter Jackson's big screen version of the classic J.R.R. Tolkien tale that she decided to make her own movie.

Her own addition to the mythology of Middle-earth was based on two paragraphs Tolkien included in the appendix to his Lord Of The Rings books, which mentioned the adventures of Arathorn and Gilraen, the parents of Aragorn.

She did a 70 minute movie on 2 paragraphs?

Imagine if Tolkien had written 2 pages on them! ;-)

Anyway, here's the trailer - its only 80 seconds:



Go here to watch 'Born of Hope' online.
*remember, its over an hour long...

link: full Daily Mail article about it.

btw: Anyone find those two paragraphs? I'll post them.

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Return of the Elf

Remember the bad guy from Matrix?...
He was also head elf in Lord of the Rings and he's returning for the Hobbit movies

link in new window: EW News Briefs

Guillermo del Toro confirms Hugo Weaving in 'The Hobbit'

In an interview with BBC Radio 5 (at 02:10:55 mark), director Guillermo del Toro confirmed that Hugo Weaving will reprise his Lord of the Rings role of Elrond in the upcoming Hobbit films. Weaving joins Andy Serkis (Gollum) and Ian McKellen (Gandalf), who will also reappear in the two highly anticipated films, scheduled for a 2011 and 2012 release.

{spoiler below}
They're splitting the book into two movies.
The first one ends when the dragon dies.

Its A Movie, My Precious

New 'Lord of the Rings' movie... online only.



On Sunday, May 3rd, a new 40 minute 'LotR' movie, made by fans, for other fans, will be released online. I love the look of the trailer - I know I won't be able to resist looking at this mini-movie next week. So I figured I'd share, and see if anyone else is a closet hobbit. ;-)

Link for: the second trailer.

The official website: The Hunt for Gollum