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Source:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7150644.stm

:D

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excellent news

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I'm surprised they're making two films, are they going to call them:

1 There
2 and Back Again

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... he's not directing them though :(

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Oooooh Goody

I hope Bill Bailey gets a part :)

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Maybe not directing the picture but he is 'THE MAN' executive producer. It'll still be his film.

I'm hoping Jack Black gets a part in the movie.. ;)

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Why?What film in his repertoire leads you to believe he would be ideal?:erm:

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Why?

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Because he look's like a hobbit already! :D I think he has a good range of acting skills to be honest.

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He's already part-troll and would make a superb hobbit :)
........ he didn't get a part in LOTR though...
Oh forget it...............:D

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I'm sorry but most readers of Tolkien have had a humour bypass and would rather a 'serious' actor was chosen. ;)

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Most definately. It's hard to believe I know but some readers/fans of Tolkien's work think its actually TRUE!!!! Now there's a very scary thought. :erm:

:)

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I must admit it has been well over fifteen years since I last read this properly, so I look forward to the films with interest. But I suppose I'd better see if I can find an audiobook version.

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Here

Bit pricey though! :erm:

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Wow that is a bit expensive!

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Well I suppose it's unabridged & only £4.50 a CD...

I wonder if there are any Trolls unabridge? :erm:

:tiptoe:

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thay should get cat stevens to do the soundtrack :)

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ooh now you have got me thinking of bill bailey as a hobbit and singing "oh baby baby its a wild world..."

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:eh:

Don't think he's into writing sound tracks and he's not called Cat Stevens anymore.

Such random responses in this thread.:)

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If i can remember back to when i read the books, the "Hobbit" was a thin-ish book and the "Lord of the Rings" was 3 bigger books. So how are they going to make two films out of the "Hobbit" ?

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More delays?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7240421.stm

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happy days !!

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Are you on the same planet? Did you not notice post #20? :confused:

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Heard about this on the radio, newline cinema paid the up front of £32k and has renegged on the reas of the deal which was 7.5% of gross box office takings plus a precentage of aftersales DVD's but not merchandise.

Also the Tolkein estate want to remove the licence for the 2 hobbit films from newline cinema as they feel they will not get any monies agreed for the films.

I agree with the estate, why should they trust newline with the Hobbit.

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so that explains why bill baily has gone off to skins instead of waiting for his hobbit part
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=28092220

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http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22440

Confirmed:

The deal is done.

Guillermo del Toro will be directing The Hobbit, which will be done as two back-to-back movies.



del Toro previously directed Cronos, Blade 2, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrith, and Hellboy 2, amongst others.

A good choice, I think :)

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If I'm reading the following correctly (?) this seems to suggest that they are doing The Hobbit as one film and some sort of 'back ground in-between film' aswell ????

Source for this is taken from Matt's link to who is directing the film:-http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22440

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great, this will and give the staff in the games workshop a reason to exist.. ;)

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MMMmmm The Hobbit to be (possibly) in 3d?
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/n...-3d-talks.html

Whatever - I'm just happy it's all still being done :)

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I've been waiting for ages for the to make this film.

Peter Jacksons going to be very busy, what with the Dambusters remake and the 22-part Hobbit to make

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11560411

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Excellent! :)

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After months of delay filming is finally underway

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12803125

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The only annoying thing is that it will be 2 years before the dambusters film will start :(

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Finally,can't wait to see this!Especially since they are using the new RED EPIC cameras that can shoot at up to 5K/120fps! :shocked:

This should look amazing in 3D! (or 2D for those who don't like extra dimensions ;) )

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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/n...testicles.html


Can't wait to see the trailer.:cool:

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Two brilliant movies

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Yes they were excellent films.

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just a shame it's going to be so long to see them ..2 yrs before the conclusion :(

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Yes personally l cannot wait to see them as l loved the LOTR trilogy.

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Ditto
I read the Silmarilion as a child which introduced me to the world of Tolkien and have read all the Middle earth stories many times over

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Hmphhhh - no Bill Bailey - would have livened it up for me.

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You will still be very impressed when the film does arrive at the cinema though Caff.:)

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I hope so :)

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http://www.facebook.com/WetaWorkshop...50417729917303

http://twitter.com/#!/search/warner%20bros

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here are some video blogs from Peter Jackson

video 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=8Flmbcv-H_g

video 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=jKnWSYg2DC8

video 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=8QFv0GTjg20

video 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=u5WkkcI8yFw

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'I'm a Derek,and Derek's don't run! :D

'I kick a*** for the Lord!!' :D

Jackson said they were remastering his older films to be released on Blu-ray,but so far nothing... :(

Meet the Feebles is also excellent,imo. :)

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I imagine the Weta guys are probably a bit busy at the moment. ;)

Besides, the sensible time to re-release LOTR would be after The Hobbit is out, for maximum exposure and interest levels.

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I'm not talking LOTR ;)

Just checked,BrainDead has been released on Region A (North America) Blu-Ray,so that seems done. :)

Not sure if the films are even being remastered by WETA,but anyhow it wouldn't have mattered cause Jackson anounced the new masters when Guillermo del Toro was still supposed to direct The Hobbit.They've been worked on for a good while...

LOTR films will be converted to 3D in the not too distant future.... work which won't be done by WETA,but hopefully supervised by PJ himself.

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The Hobbit trailer has just been released and what on your thoughts on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0k3kHtyoqc

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:hyper:

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I so cannot wait for this film :hyper:

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Yes me too.

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looking forward to this, still not sure about 3D but will reserve final judgement.

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If that small taster is an accurate sample of what we will see then I shall be very happy.

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Here's another taster trailer for The Hobbit.:hyper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alyXHIwwsi0

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you getting excited Den :D

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Definitely as for me this is the most awaited film of the year.:)

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That trailer has been out for months ...

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Oh dear.:)

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That's just what I was thinking!

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yeah,the trailer is old,Den... no harm done,though! ;)

The Hobbit films will be the technologically most advanced films to date,can't wait for these.

4K 3D at 48 frames per second... that'll be heaven for me!! :D

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a good few of those who have seen some in 48 frames have not liked it

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and a good few of those who have seen it liked it....

I know people complained about the footage looking too realistic,but that is more down to the higher resolution than the frame rate.

Also,3D and 48 or even 60 FPS are a good match because it reduces general eye strain due to reduction of motion blur in fast paced scenes.

Can't wait to see what these technological advances will look like when combined.

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Peter Jackson confirms that The Hobbit will become three films.:hyper:

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/peter-...me-three-films

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I'm encouraged to hear him give the reasons why he's been able to make a trilogy out of a single book that was considerably shorter than any of the books in the Rings trilogy. Can't wait to see what he does with the extra material from the Appendices.

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Perhaps he can include all the parts of LOTR that he left out..but making a trilogy out of a days read does seem somewhat of a magical achievement.:erm:

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Well,I guess he'll add his own stuff just as he did with LOTR,I don't think he'll use left over scenes from LOTR though....

I wonder when the LOTR will be converted into 3D,can't be that far off now.IMO,it would make for a nice,uniform viewing experience. :)

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I wonder how long each of the 3 films will be?

I saw TLOTR in the cinema on release and each was around 3 hours, I have since bought the 4 hour versions.

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Not left over scenes but whole sections of the book that were not included.:rolleyes:

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Given the length of the theatrical releases, I'd be curious to hear how you think he could have included any more material without spoiling them? AFAIK the purpose of moviemaking is to make a good movie, not to pickle novels in celluloid. ;)

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:confused: Eh?Chris you are attributing opinions to me that I do not hold..I thought that the films were better for the removal of the material.

However I fail to see how a day's read book such as the Hobbit can possibly be made into a trilogy and I was facetiously suggesting that maybe Jackson was going to use the material he rejected from LOTR in the Hobbit.

No need to take issue with me at all..

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No issues, just curiosity, as I said ^

If I'm hearing right, the Hobbit trilogy is not simply the novel of that name committed to film, it's the wider story of Bilbo and the other characters as revealed in both The Hobbit and Tolkein's Appendices.

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That makes sense as Frodo is in it and he was not in The Hobbit at all

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Right,we're getting close to this now.

For anyone who's interested in seeing this in HFR 3D,as it is the way Peter Jackson intended you to see this I suggest you do,here's a list of theatres Odeon have confirmed so far. I will update the list over the next 2 weeks as it is NOT final!

Blackpool
Bournemouth
Brighton
Chelmsford
Dundee
Dunfermline
Glasgow Quay
Hatfield
Kensington
Kingston
Lincoln
Norwich
Trafford Centre
Tunbridge Wells
Wrexham Eagles Meadow

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Watched it this afternoon. It was bloomin' brilliant!

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Obviously not giving much away Lew was it as good as the films from the trilogy?.

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They say it's over long, drawn out and the 48fps isn't good. And the 3D makes your head hurt. Oh and you'll probably get a sore arse for the running time.

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Well l can always take a soft cushion with me.:)

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I do hope it's not ALL about the special effects as I'm going to an Audio described showing.

Trying to get Natalie to go too, but she doesn't fancy it.

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I didn't find that to be the case.

Watched it in 24fps 2D anyway as I took my Mum to see it. I'd still like to see it in 48fps 3D though.

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what point in the story does it get to ? spoiler it if you want

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Not keen on the idea of Martin Freeman being Bilbo, but hoping those worries are misplaced!

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Martin Freeman is a excellent choice.

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The text from that spoiler was emailed to me lol.

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All I'll say is: it's good go see it, it's lighter in tone than LoTR but it's nice that there's familiar faces and it has the Peter Jackson LoTR universe 'feel'

I'll not go into more detail cause although I'm dying to, it's only been out a day, and not many will have seen it yet.

I saw it in ordinary 2D and it still looked as good as the LoTR cinematically, so it's not the poor cousin compared to 3D

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He normally plays gormless type characters, so its going to be hard to get that image out of my head unless he plays the part well enough to forget.

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Think that was part of my worry. Kind of like when they changed Q in the James bond film.

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He does, it's excellent casting, he makes a great hobbit.

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Not heard anyone say otherwise so its looking promising :)

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I watched it in 3d HFR and I can understand where the criticisms come from but I think the picture was really good. I watched another movie straight after and the poorer visual quality was quite jarring.

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I haven't seen any films in HFR yet but to me, 24fps is too slow for today's large cinema screens. Panning shots in particular look quite jerky to me at 24fps.

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Amazing film,48FPS 3D is the future of film,no doubt.

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I went to see this. I didn't notice the higher frame rate, I was watching in 3D but didn't notice it...

I think they have messed up in making it three films. I don't it works and it feels rather confused and padded. It's also looking like The Hobbit itself, i.e the book, will have been completed in the second film so who knows what the third film will be?

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Well didn't Tolkien have notes that he planned to use to expand The Hobbit after LOTR was written? It was mentioned on The Colbert Report (think it was that show) that Peter Jackson mentioned that they were using notes that Tolkien had written to expand the story.

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I heard that and they're doing more stuff about the return of Sauron from the looks it, a sense of dark foreboding. It's still a bit weird and hacky though.

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Not every 3D showing is in HFR. You really would notice if it was. Cineworld have a PDF indicating which 3D showings are HFR. So far its only 2-3 a day at some sites.

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Ah yeah. I wasn't sure, additionally because I was watching in 3D I thought I might confuse it with the 3D stuff. I don't like watching in 3D but they've seemed to notice that it's not especially popular so decided to limit the 2D showings. :mad:

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Well they shot it in 3D so want to get the most amount of money from it.

I've a ticket booked for a HFR 3D showing tomorrow morning. It sounds interesting due to having no motion blur during fast moving scenes. I imagine if it works out then action movies will benefit from the HFR the most.

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'The Hobbit' Wins The Holiday Box Office

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothyp...ay-box-office/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmb...-pi-box-office

Impressive to say the least.

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I still haven't seen this. I'm going to try and go this weekend. Standard 2D, though, as none of the cinemas in Cambridge are showing the HFR version and that's the only thing that would make me willing to pay for 3D.

I'm still confused as to how Jackson is stretching it out to three films. OK, I think he's using the LOTR appendices too for some stuff, and adding some of the things that would've happened "off the page" in The Hobbit, but still... three films?