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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. Re:Hobbit 2: Electric Boogaloo by Jaysyn · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then, they break dance!

    You saw Alice in Wonderland too it seems.

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  2. Re:Sequel by Jaysyn · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow, someone is Troll-modding the hell out of anyone who has anything bad to say about the proposed sequel.

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  3. Re:Sequel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    People come down on Lucas for changing Star Wars, but Tolkien changed the Hobbit so he could use it as a prequel to The Lord of the Rings. Read "The Annotated Hobbit." Very interesting stuff.

  4. Re:I ask only one thing... by east+coast · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hear Leonard Nemoy has already sung... er sorry... *signed on* for this project.

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  5. Re:Sequel by Jaysyn · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's kinda like saying the Hobbit was the sequel to the Silmarillion.

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