Although I know it maybe a bit early to talk about this movie, it is one of those movies that I can't wait to watch. The Hobbit is an upcoming two part fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson which serves as a prequel to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and is based on the 1937 novel of the same name by J.R.R Tolkien. The film is to be released in two parts, the first one being The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to be released on 14 December 2012 and the second one being The Hobbit: There and back again to be released on 13 December 2013. Returning actors include Ian Mckellen (Gandalf), Andy Serkins (Gollum), Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Christopher Lee (Saruman), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Elijah Woods (Frodo), Ian Holmes (Old Bilbo Baggins) and Orlando Bloom (Legolas). Howard Stone also returns as the film's music composer.
Cast Video
Updates since after the video was uploaded: Orlando Bloom, Ellijah Woods and Cate Blanchet have confirmed to be reprising their roles as Legolas, Frodo and Galadriel respectively.
The Hobbit follows the journey of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (uncle of Frodo Baggins, the main protagonist of the Lord of the Rings) who in the company of Gandalf and 13 dwarves goes on a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf kingdom of Erebor, which was conquered by the dragon, Smaug.
Both the films have an estimated budget of 500 million (put together) which exceeds that of the LOTR trilogy put together by around 200 million which leads me to believe that these movies are going to be much more promising than the LOTR.
With such an amazing lore to work on and with Peter Jackson's ingenius direction, Im sure these films won't dissapoint and will set a new standard to what movies are all about.
Peter Jackson himself has started a personal Vlog which enables us to get a sneak peek at the production, sets, and actors. The first video had been released 4 months ago and it truly amazing and very entertaining. I never knew there was so much work involved in making a movie. Here is the video of the first episode.
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
What do you guys think of these upcoming films? Also if I have missed out
any new info do inform us about it.
Trailer: The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey - December 2011
[The Hobbit Audiobook (abrigded)[/SIZE] ~ Narrated by Nicol Williamson
I greatly enjoyed the Lord of the Rings movies. I am sure I will enjoy this prequel. I actually read this novel, so it will be entertaining seeing it come to life on screen.
The ring is back, but how?! How the fuck...they threw it into the lava, the lava!
Lol. That's because that's the story before Frodo and the one ring. That movie tells how Bilbo got the one ring. After that movie, Frodo appears in the story and then... The Lord of the ring happens.
There's a story before this movie too, so don't be surprised if you hear about it .
I was extremely excited for this, but I guess I'm alone in that it looks pretty decent. I am a massive LOTR fan, but I guess I'm gonna have to see another trailer of The Hobbit. Regardless, I will definitely see this film.
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The ring is back, but how?! How the fuck...they threw it into the lava, the lava!
Lol. That's because that's the story before Frodo and the one ring. That movie tells how Bilbo got the one ring. After that movie, Frodo appears in the story and then... The Lord of the ring happens.
There's a story before this movie too, so don't be surprised if you hear about it .
Hell yea!! A movie based on The Silmarillion would be a dream come true for me!
So last week, a special 10 minutes footage of The Hobbit in 3-D was screened at Cinemacon, where the first public audience witnessed a new future in movies. As revealed earlier, Peter Jackson is filming The Hobbit as 48 fps as opposed to the standard 24 fps for a smoother, more natural motion free from the 'grain' that you will see in normal films, and other artifacts like strobing(blurriness when the camera pans from from area to another). Details of what all was shown in the 10 minute preview is available here at this link, but be warned that they contain massive spoilers. These however will be revealed to the general public anyways later, so if you want to have an early read, here you go.
However on the downside the preview had divided audiences where certain critics/bloggers questioned Jackson's filming methods calling the 10 minute preview 'jarring', 'non cinematic, effect', 'like made for a television bbc movie' etc. They claimed that the 48 fps scenes were too realistic having a television soap like quality. Jackson however remains steadfast in his vision and suggests that his method for shooting the Hobbit at 48 frames per second using a number of 5120-by 2700 resolution RED PIC cameras is the tip of the cinematic iceberg going forward and that the audiences will have to get used to it and catch up.
So what do you think of Jackson's decision to shoot at 48 fps? Has anyone here watched a movie at 48 fps? Will the critics change their opinion later on like the transition from silent film to talkies, black and white to colour, normal tv to HDTV etc? Will 48 fps shooting usher a new era in movies and the future of movies as well? Do share your thoughts.
I had updated the thread with video logs from Peter Jackson who takes us through the filming and also giving us exclusive sneak peeks at the sets and actors.
In latest news, a few aerial shots of the magical film set of The Hobbit has been released. This is a permanent film set which is located in the North Island of New Zealand near Matamata.
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