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Filming For The Hobbit Begins In July

Posted by samzenpus on from the chip-the-glasses-and-crack-the-plates dept.

krou writes "Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that filming for The Hobbit and its sequel is scheduled to begin in July, and will take approximately a year to complete. Casting is now 'taking place in LA, London and New York,' and [director Guillermo] Del Toro is already 'living in Wellington, close to the Jacksons and the studio in Miramar.' Apparently the script is still being worked on, and 'the first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle-earth.' The planned sequel to The Hobbit is to be an original story not written by Tolkien, covering the 60 years between The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings."

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  1. Bilbo Baggins by greenlead · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... Greatest Hobbit of them all! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04

  2. Dont' they mean... by Iphtashu+Fitz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Hobbit in 3-D
    and an unnamed sequel in 3-D

  3. Re:Sequel by trurl7 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    +5 Insightful!

  4. Re:Not to be the Grammar Police.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    grammer nazis suck.