THE HOBBIT (2012/2013): News, Rumors, Pics Till Release

[Llama]

This made me smile

Director Peter Jackson announced on Facebook that Humphries will play the role of the Goblin King.

"Barry is perhaps best known for his business and social connections as the long-time manager of Dame Edna Everage. He has also been an ardent supporter of the rather misunderstood and unfairly maligned Australian politician, Sir Les Patterson," Jackson said referring to Humphries' alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and Sir Les Patterson, a politically incorrect cultural attache.

"However, in his spare time, Barry is also a fine actor, and we're looking forward to seeing him invest the Goblin King with the delicate sensitivity and emotional depth this character deserves," Jackson wrote.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/enterta...st-of-the-hobbit/story-e6frf9h6-1226078382842

 

[Kira's Mom]

More Cumberbatch news (just when you didn't think there would be more):

Benedict Cumberbatch Voicing Smaug AND The Necromancer!

YES! YES! YES!

Agreed 1000 times!!

Boo on the addition of Lilly. She can't act. I HATED her on Lost.

 

[Starbreaker]

I'm interested in seeing Evy as someone other than Kate Austen or as a character with a 5-second cameo.

 

[Set Harth]

Why are they calling the character the "Goblin King" instead of the Great Goblin?

Is he being retconned as really not so great after all?

Boo on the addition of Lilly. She can't act. I HATED her on Lost.

Political correctness wins again, as it did in Jackson's LOTR. He apparently has a problem with the patriarchalist bent of the original text.

 

[Rosalind]

First pictures of Martin Freeman as Bilbo!

 

[Skywalker]

Not just Freeman as Bilbo, but you can also see a few of the Dwarves in the background. And there are two other pics, one of McKellen as Gandalf and another with Jackson and Freeman together on the set.

Awesomesauce!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Awesomesauce indeed!

I love this bit from PJ to Sir Ian: ''Look, this isn't Waiting for Godot or King Lear. This is The Hobbit. This is the real thing.''

 

[Cutter John]

Awesomesauce!

This.

Let people bitch and complain. I'm giddy with excitement at any bit of news.

As for casting choices, if this were your generic Hollywood weasel I might be worried. But I have faith in PJ's decisions.

 

[Skywalker]

I can't wait to see more pics from that issue when it's released. Freeman looks perfect as Bilbo!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

That Ian McKellen chap looks pretty convincing as Gandalf, too.

 

[Klaus]

That Ian McKellen chap looks pretty convincing as Gandalf, too.

...you maia be right!

 

[Worf2DS9]

That particular shot of Bilbo on the cover looks a bit like Pippin. And that shot of Gandalf is awesome.

 

[Samurai8472]

That Ian McKellen chap looks pretty convincing as Gandalf, too.

You wouldn't know it was Michael Fassbender under all that makeup!






The brother's revealed

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=79486

 

[Skywalker]

Nice. I can't wait to see Thorin.

 

[Skywalker]

Sorry for the double post, but another promo pic has been released, this time of Óin and Glóin (father of Gimli).

 

[klingonhybrid]

Sorry, this might be a retarded question, although Ive been told no question is retarded, but who is michael fassbender and is that man on the cover seriously not Ian mckellan?

Ian Mckellan IS playing gandalf right?

 

[Set Harth]

Whoever told you that lied to you.

 

[JarodRussell]

Sorry, this might be a retarded question, although Ive been told no question is retarded, but who is michael fassbender and is that man on the cover seriously not Ian mckellan?

Ian Mckellan IS playing gandalf right?

Yes, McKellen plays Gandalf in the Hobbit movies.

Fassbender played reboot-Magneto in X-Men First Class.

 

[mswood]

A new production video is up on Jackson's Facebook page.

 

[Neroon]

Awesomesauce!

This.

Let people bitch and complain. I'm giddy with excitement at any bit of news.

As for casting choices, if this were your generic Hollywood weasel I might be worried. But I have faith in PJ's decisions.

Amen and amen. The success of the LOTR films, both financial and critical, and the sheer devotion from the fanbase to said films are proof enough that Jackson's instincts merit that faith. Sure he has and he will make mistakes, but until the completed films are released and we see otherwise there's hardly any reason for worry.