In an interview with BBC Radio 5 (skip to the 02:10:55 mark), director Guillermo del Toro confirmed that Hugo Weaving will reprise his Lord of Read the full post.
Jun 12
2009
01:32 PM ET
Guillermo del Toro confirms Hugo Weaving in 'The Hobbit'
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“joesmom Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 09:56 AM EST
Why do they need two films for “The Hobbit”? It wasn’t that long a book, and wasn’t as detailed as “Lord of the Rings”.
Because with one movie they can make a billion dollars. With two movies they can make TWO billion dollars.
for the amount of work that went into the lotr triology, aren’t they taking a little long to get things rolling with these films? we’re halfway into 2009 and they have barely casted this. what’s the hold-up?
i hope this director can live up to my and the millions of rings fans expectations. this is going to be the most highly-anticipated prequel since phantom menace. he better get cracking.
Hugo Weaving is THE AWESOME. I’m so glad he’s coming back as Elrond!
Although I can’t wait to see the movie, I can wait in order for Guillermo del Toro to make the Hobbit correctly. Remember, LOTR was awesome because Peter Jackson got all the details (special effects, music, costumes, etc) right. So let’s just wait to be wowed!
I’m a little confused as to WHY they need to split this into two parts??! I mean The Hobbit is like 300 pages long and it would definitely fit into a 3 hour long movie. If they make each of the LOTR into one film then they can do it with The Hobbit. I think they’re only doing to get more MONEY.
According to Peter Jackson, this will be two movies-the Hobbit and then another movie to bridge the gap between the Hobbit and LOTR. So Gollum, Gandalf, Elrond, and Bilbo can reprise their characters in the Hobbit. Of course, it will not be Ian Holmes as he is too old to play the younger Bilbo.
And in the LOTR, Aragorn, who is a Dunedain Ranger, was 87 years old so he would not have been around 10 years old as someone posted here when Bilbo was in Rivendell. The time line in the books was changed a bit in the movies to make the age of the actors fit better.
Peter Jackson’s partner, Fran Walsh and writing partner, Philippa Boyens will also reprise their roles as screenwriters so the flavor of the movies will remain.
well, what I posted previously is not incorrect. PJ and Guillermo have changed what will be in the two movies. My favorite place for LOTR info is theonering.net and here is the latest on the two films. Hopefully I can post a link:
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/04/17/31800-hobbit-movie-formats-confirmed-1-hobbit-2-films/
Ok Peter Jackson, you done good with LOTR and I expect Hobbit will be great too so here’s a challenge for you — let’s see you do the Silmarillion next!
Anybody see the animated movie “The Hobbit.” That movie went at a very brisk pace and cut A LOT of the book out, and it still managed to get 90 minutes. I think Del Toro and Jackson are smart to split it into two movies, although I am a bit wary on what this “original” material is that they are using to bridge the gaps between The Hobbit and LOTR. Great to hear the original cast is returning, for the most part. While I’d love Ian Holm in the part, he is getting a bit old. I’m actually more interested in who they’ll be casting as Beorn, one of my absolute favorite characters in the Tolkien universe.
LOVE the original Rankin-Bass animated Hobbit. I was totally obsessed with it as a kid…it turned me on to reading LOTR in the 3rd grade (tho I didn’t understand it till I re-read it in college).
They really missed the boat by not casting James “Jiminy” Carvilleas gollum.
No digital imaging or makeup needed; maybe some diction training
Aragorn was born in 2931. The Hobbit takes place in 2940. So yes, Aragorn IS about 10 years old.
Ok, so I heard rumor of David Bowie being King Thranduil. I don’t want David Bowie to be King Thranduil!! I want Luke Goss to be the Elvenking!! Elves are supposed to look young, not be really old singers with odd fashion tastes!! And I also want Orlando Bloom to come and at least make an appearance, even if he doesn’t say anything. That would be AMAZING! I’m also curious of who will be playing Thorin and Bilbo. I think Martin Freeman should be considered to play Bilbo. He’d be a good choice I think.
Personally I think they should have cast Ron Paul as Gandalf. Actually he and Ian look really similar. If Ron Paul can get HR1207 passed into law, surely he must be one of the Maiar.
I think they should have cast Ron Paul as Gandalf. If he can get HR1207 signed into law, then surely he is one of the Maiar.