The Hobbit News

[Arien]

He was Mr. Tumnus in the recent version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He was also in the Sci-Fi Channel production of Children of Dune, playing Leto II. He was recently in Wanted with Angelina Jolie (which was terrible, by the way. I couldn't get past the first 20 minutes). He's been in a lot of other stuff too, smaller stuff made in Britain mostly. He's Scottish, but his American and English accents are so flawless that I didn't even know he was Scottish for a long time. He just turned 30.

[Ariana Snowfall]

Oh Ok. I think I know who he is.

[Ariana Snowfall]

EXCLUSIVE: More Pics from Hobbiton Rebuild
August 22nd, 2009 by Calisuri

Gotta love the return of our Spies to the wonderful sets of Middle-earth! Ringer Spy Periadoc Took sends in the following report from the Hobbiton set in Matamata:
I was in Matamata this weekend and went to Hobbiton, truth be told I wasn’t extremely surprised to see these upgrades but still a good sign.

Not only have they started putting plywood screens with spraypainted “hobbit hole” openings on them as per these pictures, but as you can see they have also planted new trees that will then be relocated and used for the set, the grass here is what they used for thatching as well during the movies, so once again a great sign of things moving on.

They have also, within the last weeks started strengthening the ground around Bag End and put wooden supports up, it seems things are all getting set for a start sometime of the middle of next year!


Hobbiton Production for 'The Hobbit' Films - Ringer Spy Periadoc Took


Ringer Spy Periadoc Took visited Matamata, New Zealand today and took some shots at the ever developing Hobbiton set.

[Arien]

Peter Jackson May Yet Direct “The Hobbit”



It now appears that Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson could wind up directing the two-part Rings prequel, The Hobbit, after all. Following the decision by director Guillermo del Toro to walk away from the production because of the delays brought about by the protracted sale of MGM, which owns the rights to the The Hobbit and is coproducing the movie with Warner Bros., Jackson’s manager said that prior commitments to other studios would prevent Jackson from directing The Hobbit. But Jackson told New Zealand’s The Dominion Post today (Tuesday), “If that’s what I have to do to protect Warner Bros’ investment, then obviously that’s one angle which I’ll explore.” And it did appear that it was unlikely that another top director could be brought on board until after the sale of MGM is completed — whenever that may be. And even Jackson himself might find himself involved in making another film by that time. “The other studios may not let me out of the contracts,” he told the Dominion Post. “The key thing is that we don’t intend to shut the project down,” he added. Meanwhile, Del Toro told the New Zealand newspaper that he had moved his family to Wellington two years ago to work on the script and the development of the movie and noted that he had dreamed of turning The Hobbit into a movie from the time he was a child. “So it was very personal to me,” he said. “I know [the delays have] been very frustrating for everybody.”