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[Pretoria]

Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein's classic, The Hobbit has finally been made official. The two movies are set before The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and follow the story of Bilbo Baggins as he goes in search of treasures and riches. Along the way he battles against dragons and Orcs and fights alongside Elves, Dwarves and the great Wizard, Gandalf the Grey. The first movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey releases on December 14th 2012, while the second, The Hobbit: There and Back Again is out a year later on December 13th 2013.


Ian McKellen is set to reprise his role as Gandalf the Grey, while the main role of Bilbo Baggins will be portrayed by BAFTA award winning Martin Freeman. Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis all reprise their roles from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Cast members that have been added include - Richard Armitage, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, William Kircher, Sylvester McCoy, Bret McKenzie, Graham McTavish, Mike Mizrahi, James Nesbitt, Dean O'Gorman, Lee Pace, Mikael Persbrandt, Conan Stevens, Ken Stott, Jeffrey Thomas, and Aidan Turner.


The crew have returned to New Zealand with Peter Jackson deciding to shoot both films simultaneously and release them in a similar manner to The Lord of the Rings. New to the Tolkein Franchise is 3D and 48 frames per second video.



I think this will be another epic adventure that I am really looking forward to.

What do you all think?

[smokeypsd]

I'm pretty uninspired to be honest. 2 films? Really? The West has struggled to do justice to adapt films in the past and yet the Hobbit, a kids book gets 2 full, bloated sounding films. The western film industry really is struggling. For the first time I'm unexcited when I look at the program of what's on completely at the cinema, and that's at a Dendy to boot which usually shows a higher calibre of film. I'm more excited about the active games industry and films overseas like european cinema or chinese.

Whatever happened to Peter Jackson feeling like he had reached the milestone of his career with King Kong and he would only make films that he cared about from then on. honest filmmaking rant over/ sorry, I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun when they actually come out but I just questioned why The Hobbit needed an adaption on this scale to begin with, let alone 2 films.

[silverskull_86]

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smokeypsd wrote:
Whatever happened to Peter Jackson feeling like he had reached the milestone of his career with King Kong and he would only make films that he cared about from then on.

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Well, Guillermo Del Toro was slated to direct but had to drop out during the MGM bankruptcy debacle because he had other projects he had to get started on. After that, they had difficulty finding a director they thought would be up to the task, so PJ had to step up (which I am, personally, very happy about).

[Zesder]

If Martin Freeman is playing Bilbo, and Ian Holm is reprising his role, I am guessing that Ian will be a minor role probebly writing the book again.

[smokeypsd]

Guillermo Del Toro would've been great, would've taken it to an interesting place. Peter Jackson I have an inclining will enjoy working on the film, but won't be so fussed with what is created by the end of it.

[Arathane]

I agree with smokey on one point, Guillermo would have definitely made a very interesting movie adaptation, There is just something about his work that makes it irresistible to watch (Hellboy 2 wasn't the best story, but the characters where great ) Personally, one of my favourite films is Pans Labyrinth. The Characters are unreal, and the story is told in a way that just makes you want to watch. I disagree on the point that PJ wont care about the end product though. The High quality of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy would suggest that he takes a certain pride in his work and I don't think he will do the Hobbit any injustice. The fact that there will be 2 films based on it is a good indication, There is a lot that goes on in the Hobbit and I don't like it when they try to condense an epic adventure into 2 or 3hrs of movie. I wonder how long it will be before they announce the Silmarillion Movie Anyone that's read that will know that it is a gripping story, albeit a little hard to follow for most due to the archaic language used in its telling.

[smokeypsd]

Highly concur, Pan's Labyrinth is up for a bluray purchase with me soon!

[dessy]

I'm happy with the two movie thing. The Hobbit can easily be split into two. When I first read it as a 10 year old, Riddles In The Dark just blew me away. Done right, that could easily be the end of the first movie.

Two movies will actually allow the story to be told in a better fashion - as opposed to the split movie rubbish job done on the last of the Potter films.

[rcoll_rorscharch]

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dessy wrote:
Two movies will actually allow the story to be told in a better fashion - as opposed to the split movie rubbish job done on the last of the Potter films.

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Don't forget the last Twilight movie because, y'know, those films have so much emotional depth, character development and a really complex plot that just cannot be conveyed in less than two feature films.

[dessy]

Whats a 'Twilight Movie'?