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The Hobbit Finally Starts Shooting

Posted by Soulskill on from the victory-after-all-i-suppose dept.

Tiger4 writes "Warner Bros. has announced that production has officially begun on Peter Jackson's movie adaptation of The Hobbit. Jackson even posted a couple of pictures of himself on one of the sets. This despite the strikes, bankruptcies, contract disputes, and legal actions that have swarmed Jackson and the project since his Lord of the Rings days. Admit it, secretly you've been dying to see this happen."

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  1. the necromancer interlude will be interesting by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Informative

    for those not in the know, they are stretching out the hobbit to two movies, by delving into gandalf sparring with the necromancer (sauron), mentioned in the book only briefly

    http://forum.thehobbit-movie.com/viewtopic.php?p=1929&sid=5d7ebd0d347992d45e1ae7b312077fb6

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  2. Re:Characters by Dracos · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some corrections for you, off the top of my head:

    Elijah Wood (Frodo) is coming back to do some narration.

    Orlando Bloom (Legolas) is still negotiating over his appearance.

    Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Christopher Lee (Saruman), and Hugo Weaving (Elrond) are all returning, and of course Ian McKellan (Gandalf).