It's official: Jackson to direct the Hobbit

[Booji]

Re: Hobbit negotiations fail

Time to start filming in Vancouver. Expect to see way more pine trees in this movie. If you watch Stargate, you'll know what I'm talking about.

They'll easily be able to get authentic pipe weed too!

 

[Gaith]

Re: Hobbit negotiations fail

I was really getting tired of this. Especially considering how many people are still out of work because of the worldwide recession still grabbing on a bit. These people should have been happy to have jobs at all(Sucks to be you doesnt it precious!).

... Your thoughts and comments everyone.

My thoughts? Keep the union-bashing to TNZ. One can have a job and still not make enough to get by, so unless you're intimately versed with the details at hand, remember that it's generally best to be silent and let others suspect ignorance than to open one's mouth and prove them right.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

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I just love the title. It sounds like Obama was trying to broker a deal with Hobbits.

You think Palestinians and Israelis hate each other? Try Hobbits and Orcs!

What's the Gold Coast?

It's in Australia. Google is your friend.

So it's gold coast in Queensland? I was thinking West Africa.

No need to be too hostile, there is more than one gold coast afterall.

Google is apparently not my friend. The first Gold Coast I get is in Las Vegas! Does that say something about me that I'd rather not know? What happens in Hobbiton stays in Hobbiton!

The highly unreliable and technologically archaic Google search in my brain turns up "Africa" as the first hit for Gold Coast, tho. Not sure why. Slave trade history?

 

[Aragorn]

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Time to start filming in Vancouver. Expect to see way more pine trees in this movie. If you watch Stargate, you'll know what I'm talking about.

"Quickly, Bilbo! We must follow the Red Blue Blur through the Stargate and into the parallel universe! There we can find a way to defeat Smaug and bring peace to Caprica!"

 

[FormerLurker]

Re: The Hobbit looks set to move to Europe...

3D will only be a legitimate entertainment presentation when holodecks are real. Until then, why? Really, why?

 

[borgomatic]

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I can see your point gaith. Hope you can see mine at least partially. When it comes right down to it we all have our points of view for different reasons. Isnt democracy wonderful. I just hope it gets made. Im a huge Tolkien fan.

 

[borgomatic]

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Just to lighten the mood in this thread a bit. Just found a cool website that has all kinds of Tolkien collectables. http://www.tolkienshop.com- I was really impressed with all the stuff they have. Check it out and enjoy.

 

[Python Trek]

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I just hope they don't screw it up, because I love the Jackson trilogy so much. Having a bad Hobbit film floating around would cause some franchise stinkage, and that's bad mojo.

BTW, someone mentioned The Silmarillion. Watching Fantasia 2000 recently, and seeing the Rite of Spring segment, I'm thinking of how beautiful those Creation of Arda scenes would be, in either animation or live-action. That could be sweet.

 

[Python Trek]

Re: The Hobbit looks set to move to Europe...

"Middle-Earth" is essentially northwestern Europe, with the Shire being a stand-in for the English countryside---wouldn't it be just fine to film it almost anywhere in NW Europe? Hell, New England would probably work.

 

[FPAlpha]

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Yeah.. the realities of life.. even the movie industry isn't impenetrable.

Unions have a long standing traditions of fucking up many things needlessly.. they can't allow lower wages (which would still be higher than unemployment benefits) because it would make future negotiations harder so they'd rather risk the employment of their members for a principle than backing down for now and keep honest people in their jobs and "take one for the team".

So business moves elsewhere.. lucky for the people who live there.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

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Yeah, let's turn a specific Hobbit-based thread into a series of generalized, stereotyped rants against unions -- comments which belong in TNZ, rather than in SF&F. Jolly good show, mate!

On topic:
This specific situation seems to be the case of the union chopping off its nose to spite its face. But since I don't know the whole story, I'm not going to pass judgment. Either way, I still hope the film is shot in NZ. It'd be the best solution for everyone involved. But it's not worth a protracted negotiation for it to happen.

 

[SPCTRE]

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Yeah, too bad. Unfortunately the Tolkien estate hasn't licensed the rights to anything other than The Hobbit (and LOTR, of course).

Too bad indeed

 

[JoeD80]

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The highly unreliable and technologically archaic Google search in my brain turns up "Africa" as the first hit for Gold Coast, tho. Not sure why. Slave trade history?

Gold Coast was the British Colonial name of what is now Ghana.

 

[Candlelight]

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FYI, just heard from three separate friends from here in New Zealand that they've just been hired to start work on the Hobbit for Weta starting December 1.

Looks like it's a go.

Not sure where it'll go, but a go nonetheless.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

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FYI, just heard from three separate friends from here in New Zealand that they've just been hired to start work on the Hobbit for Weta starting December 1.

Looks like it's a go.

Not sure where it'll go, but a go nonetheless.

That's excellent news! Although, from what I understand, work at WETA wasn't going to be affected by the union negotiations -- so it's still unclear exactly where the filming will take place.

Yeah, too bad. Unfortunately the Tolkien estate hasn't licensed the rights to anything other than The Hobbit (and LOTR, of course).

Too bad indeed

If you head over to THIS PAGE you'll see four videos taken on Oct. 10 at a Barnes & Noble in Manhattan, during a book signing and Q&A with Howard Shore and Doug Adams, author of The Music of the Lord of the Rings book. In Part 2, at the 9-minute mark, you'll hear Doug say that the Tolkien estate hasn't licensed anything other than what's being developed (or has been already developed). Part 2 also has some incidental conversation about Shore's upcoming work on The Hobbit.

 

[Set Harth]

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Should've made the Silmarillion instead.

Not going to happen.

 

[RJDiogenes]

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They should film it in New Hampshire. Everything they need is there.

But as long as it gets made, I don't care. The LOTR movies were excellent, but I always liked The Hobbit better.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

Re: Hobbit negotiations fail

Looks like The Hobbit is this much closer to being a reality!

 

[SPCTRE]

Re: Hobbit negotiations fail

Yeah, too bad. Unfortunately the Tolkien estate hasn't licensed the rights to anything other than The Hobbit (and LOTR, of course).

Too bad indeed

If you head over to THIS PAGE you'll see four videos taken on Oct. 10 at a Barnes & Noble in Manhattan, during a book signing and Q&A with Howard Shore and Doug Adams, author of The Music of the Lord of the Rings book. In Part 2, at the 9-minute mark, you'll hear Doug say that the Tolkien estate hasn't licensed anything other than what's being developed (or has been already developed). Part 2 also has some incidental conversation about Shore's upcoming work on The Hobbit.

Ah nice, thanks for the link

 

[Candlelight]

The Hobbit OFFICIALLY greenlit, Jackson to direct and in 3D

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4241119/Jackson-to-direct-The-Hobbit-in-3-D

The Hobbit has finally been given the greenlight and will be made in 3-D with Sir Peter Jackson in the director's chair.
Shooting will begin in February.
The announcement was made today jointly by New Line Cinema - which bankrolled The Lord of the Rings - and its parent company Warner Bros.
The announcement did not state whether the two part prequel to The Lord of the Rings would be shot in New Zealand.
Members of New Zealand actors' union Equity are refusing to participate in The Hobbit until they meet with its producers. The producers have refused to meet and Jackson has said the film may be forced to be shot in another country.
It had been widely speculated that Jackson would direct after Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro quit as director in May due to delays on starting date for The Hobbit, in part due to financial problems with one of its backers, MGM.
There had also been speculation that the two part film would be shot in 3-D.
Both parts wold be made "using the latest camera and stereo technology to create a high quality, comfortable viewing experience", the studios said.
The two part film is expected to cost about US$500 million (NZ$660 m) to make.

Great stuff. I just wish we knew WHERE it was being shot...