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The Hobbit Resumes Production in New Zealand
20 May 2013 2:15 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Peter Jackson has brought his crew and a great deal of his cast back to New Zealand this week for the final pick-up shots on both The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, arriving in December of this year, and the final installment The Hobbit: There and Back Again, which debuts December 2014. While Peter promises a video blog in the weeks ahead, he did offer up a set photo featuring him alongside Ian McKellen in costume as Gandalf, along with a short message.
"Back on set for our last Hobbit pick ups. Our last ever Tolkien pick ups, in fact. It's going to be an intense few weeks, but we're looking forward to shooting some powerful scenes with our great cast. Our next blog is coming soon!?"
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug comes to theaters December 13th, 2013 and stars Richard Armitage, Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, Aidan Turner, Dean O'Gorman, »
- MovieWeb
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Peggy Carter One-Shot Plans Revealed
15 May 2013 10:21 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Hayley Atwell has revealed that her character in Captain America: The First Avenger, Peggy Carter, will be receiving a short film of her own. Marvel One-Shot: Peggy Carter will debut at this year's Sdcc 2013 and will later be a part of the DVD extras for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Here is what she said in a recent interview with The Big Issue.
"Fans of the first film really wanted to find out what happened to Peggy afterwards, so Marvel are also making a short film, which is basically 'What Peggy Did Next', which will be shown at Comic-Con [the annual international pop culture convention held in San Diego] and be on the DVD extras of the second film."
She went on to express her excitement for the spin-off.
"So as well as doing a bit in the new film, I've got a whole new spin-off short film. It has been great to be back in training with the stunt co-ordinators, »
- MovieWeb
Could This Be A First Look at Smaug from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug?
10 May 2013 12:01 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Here’s what appears to be a first look at Smaug from the upcoming film “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” by director Peter Jackson ( The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: There and Back Again) and starring Cate Blanchett, Richard Armitage, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving and Andy Serkis. Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers from The Hobbit. Film Synopsis: After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest–without their Wizard. If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the [ Read More ]
The post Could This Be A First Look at Smaug from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug? appeared first on Shockya.com. »
- Brian Corder
Richard Armitage Talks Thorin Oakshield And The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
8 May 2013 11:48 PM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Related Content: Peter Jackson Explains The Difference Between The Hobbit And The Lord Of The Rings The Hobbit Will Now Be A Trilogy The Hobbit Was Very Close To Needing A New Gandalf The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is an American upcoming film, set to be the second installment of The Lord of the Rings prequel movie series. It's scheduled for release on December 13, 2013. The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies was one of the two earlier proposed titles for this film. The sequel to An Unexpected Journey, the film is set to follow the journey through Mirkwood, Laketown, and into Smaug's Lair. Running Time: In post-production Release Date: December 13, 2013 MPAA Rating: The Film Has Not Yet Been Rated Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Richard Armitage, Hugo Weaving and Orlando Bloom Directed by: Peter Jackson. Written by: »
$1.6m worth of make up goes into making 'The Hobbit' dwarf
2 May 2013 3:16 AM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Melbourne, May 2: To make a man look like a dwarf, it takes three hours in the make-up chair, ten test faces, a wig, a beard, some body padding, eight weeks of dwarf-walk training and 1.6 million dollars worth of prosthetics.
Richard Armitage, who plays Thorin Oakenshield in the Jrr Tolkien/Peter Jackson-adapted 'The Hobbit', revealed to News.com.au the lengths it took to transform him into the King Under The Mountain.
"Well it's my beard, which I'm growing back in time for the next lot of filming, the hair is a wig which strangely a lot of people don't realise, but the forehead the eyebrows and the nose are all prosthetics," he said.
He said that it takes about three hours to get ready - about an hour and a half. »
- Smith Cox
DVD Review - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
15 April 2013 2:37 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012.
Directed by Peter Jackson.
Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O'Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Synopsis:
A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on an "unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug.
Having not gotten round to seeing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at the cinema (that was an unexpected journey in itself trying to get to there thanks to the M25!), I jumped at the chance to watch it on DVD. I wasn't disappointed.
The film opens in an impressive fashion with Smaug the »
- Flickering Myth
The HeyUGuys Interview: Richard Armitage on The Hobbit and Thorin’s Revenge
8 April 2013 4:30 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Coming into a world so established as that of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth must be an intimidating task particularly as the character of Thorin, so central to drama of the story being told in The Hobbit.
Richard Armitage is well known on these shores as a leading player in the BBC’s long running spy drama Spooks as well as a frosty turn as John Thorton in the highly acclaimed adaptation of North and South.
As Thorin Oakenshield Armitage leads the Company of Dwarves on a quest of revenge to reclaim his heritage, and it is his motivation and character which casts a serious shadow over the light-hearted tone of the film.
I sat down with the actor recently and we spoke about the darkness at the heart of Thorin as well as what the future holds for him and his Company.
The Hobbit is available right now on Blu-ray and DVD. »
- Jon Lyus
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey DVD Review
6 April 2013 1:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis
Running Time: 169 Mins
Certificate: 12
Extras: Peter Jackson’s Production Videos.
Upon its initial release last December, Peter Jackson’s long awaited adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Other classic book was met with a somewhat lukewarm response. Had ten years worth of heavy expectation ensured the movie would not reach the heights of it’s predecessors, no matter how good it was? Or is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey merely an overlong exercise in fan-pleasing, money squeezing Hollywood exploitation to the nth degree?
Well, no. It’s actually not. Because The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is terrific fantasy cinema at the very top of its game. Whilst it’s no Fellowship Of The Ring (which still stands triumphantly as the best Jackson/Tolkien adaptation »
- Matt Dennis
'The Hobbit' stars talk sequel 'The Desolation of Smaug' - video
5 April 2013 6:59 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
The stars of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have discussed their roles in the upcoming sequel.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be the second in Peter Jackson's trilogy, and Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis and James Nesbitt recently sat down with Digital Spy to muse on what's to come.
Armitage speaks about the future of the relationship between his character Thorin and Martin Freeman's Bilbo Baggins, while Serkis discusses the differences between his experience of playing Gollum on Lord of the Rings and on The Hobbit.
Jackson recently offered a preview of the second film, during which the first glimpses of characters played by Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans were revealed.
The sequel will also see the introduction of Benedict Cumberbatch as the dragon Smaug, who was glimpsed in the closing shots of the first film.
> Third 'Hobbit' movie 'There and Back Again' pushed back to December »
'The Hobbit' stars talk sequel 'The Desolation of Smaug' - video
5 April 2013 6:59 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
The stars of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have discussed their roles in the upcoming sequel.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be the second in Peter Jackson's trilogy, and Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis and James Nesbitt recently sat down with Digital Spy to muse on what's to come.
Armitage speaks about the future of the relationship between his character Thorin and Martin Freeman's Bilbo Baggins, while Serkis discusses the differences between his experience of playing Gollum on Lord of the Rings and on The Hobbit.
Jackson recently offered a preview of the second film, during which the first glimpses of characters played by Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans were revealed.
The sequel will also see the introduction of Benedict Cumberbatch as the dragon Smaug, who was glimpsed in the closing shots of the first film.
> Third 'Hobbit' movie 'There and Back Again' pushed back to December »
Peter Jackson Releases Excerpt of Live Event for The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
1 April 2013 2:00 PM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Hopefully all of you Hobbit fans out there were able to watch the special The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug “Fan Sneak” Q&A session with Peter Jackson on March 24. It was so great; an hour-long Q&A session that included bits of behind-the-scenes clips with green screen, and one long finished clip of Gandalf and Radagast doing some investigation. Unfortunately, that clip has not yet been released.
What has been posted by Peter Jackson today, however, are some excepts from the Q&A session, and within that are a couple of the green screen bits. You’ll get a very quick look at Evangeline Lilly and at Stephen Fry during filming, a map of middle earth, artwork for Mirkwood, a video fan question, a video question about the classes of elves by Stephen Colbert, and a video question from Billy Boyd, who played Pippin in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. »
- Erin Willard
New Hobbit 2,Desolation of Smaug First Teaser Clip & More Hit The Net
1 April 2013 12:40 PM, PDT | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
New Hobbit 2,Desolation of Smaug first teaser clip & more hit the net. Recently, the "Hobbit 2: The Desolation Of Smaug" director ,Peter Jackson,dropped this new,special,6 minute preview clip (below) for the upcoming flick. Basically,it features a Q&A session,along with a special,sneak peek,teaser at the 2nd installment,and it looks pretty action-filled. Check it out,below. The movie stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Evangeline Lilly, John Bell, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Stephen Hunter, and William Kircher. The new flick, continues the adventure of Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf and thirteen other Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. It's scheduled to hit theaters on December 13th, »
- Andre
A Tease Of “The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug”
1 April 2013 11:26 AM, PDT | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
Those that purchased The Hobbit on DVD or Blu-Ray, were able to access a website that featured a special sneak preview of The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, the second film in the planned trilogy. Peter Jackson himself has now posted a six minute excerpt from that live event, giving us some insight into the next movie.
The second film opens December 13th and has virtually the same cast of the first film, including Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan and Richard Armitage.
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- Andy Greene
Excerpt from the Live-Event for The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug; Includes First Behind-the-Scenes Footage
1 April 2013 8:33 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Last week, folks who bought a home copy of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey were given a code where they could participate in a live-event promoting The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. During the event, Peter Jackson showed some clips, behind-the-scenes footage, concept art, and took some questions. We showed you some images from the event, but Warner Bros. quickly had us take them down, so I hope you got a chance to see the them. I know I'll never look at life the same way again. As minor consolation to those who didn't see the event, Jackson has posted a six-minute excerpt where he reveals some behind-the-scenes footage, talks about handling a middle chapter, explains the geography of the journey compared to The Lord of the Rings, and takes issue with Stephen Colbert's mugs. Hit the jump to check out the video. The film stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, »
- Matt Goldberg
First Behind the Scenes Look at 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'
1 April 2013 8:30 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Warner Bros. coerced a few additional people into purchasing the Blu-ray version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey so they would watch a live event a few days back in which fans got a sneak peek at The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Well, as would be expected, that first look is now online for free or at least some of it. The video below runs about six minutes and along with some behind-the-scenes footage you also get a Q&A, but I'm sure most will be interested in seeing the footage including Orlando Bloom returning as Legolas, Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel and Lee Pace as Thranduil. There are appearances from Stephen Colbert and Billy Boyd and others so give it a look below. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug hits theaters on December 13 and the first actual trailer is expected to arrive this summer. The second in a trilogy »
- Brad Brevet
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug Preview Released!
1 April 2013 8:30 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
During director Peter Jackson's live event for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, he showed off some of the first footage from the film. I wasn't able to see it myself at the time, but Warner Bros. finally allowed Jackson to post a six-minute excerpt of the live event, which gives us our first look at the second film in the highly anticipated Hobbit series! It also includes a great question from Stephen Colbert.
The story continues in the epic adventure of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), on a dangerous quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
The movie is set to hit theaters on December 13th, 2013. Check out the preview below and let us know what you think! I loved An Unexpected Journey, and I'm excited for this next chapter in the film series! »
- Joey Paur
A Preview of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
1 April 2013 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Fans who bought The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Blu-ray Combo Pack, 3D Blu-ray Combo Pack or DVD received a special access code to watch Peter Jackson's Live Event which is available at TheHobbit.com/Sneak . The filmmaker has now posted a six-minute excerpt of the event which features a first look at The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , opening in theaters on December 13, 2013. Check it out below! The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece "The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to »
6-Minute Sneak Peek from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Live Event
1 April 2013 2:19 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Last week, director Peter Jackson did a live Q&A event with fans who logged into the interactive experience via their purchased copies of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Blu-ray. This event saw Jackson and crew answering questions about The Hobbit trilogy and even included a sneak peek of next movie, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Below you can see a 6-minute excerpt from the live event, as well as Peter's personal note about his current work on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.
Thanks to everyone who tuned into our Live Event last week. I've never done anything like that before, and I was pretty nervous. Hope it was ok.
If you saw it, it was a pretty accurate picture of what life is like at the moment. Jabez and I sit in that editing room all day, every day, »
- MovieWeb
First footage from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
26 March 2013 5:00 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
We're still some nine months away from the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second instalment in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic children's tale. However, that hasn't stopped the Kiwi filmmaker from delivering a first-look at the second act of his prequel to The Lord of the Rings during a live event broadcast over the web last night.
As well as giving us a look at some behind-the-scenes footage from the upcoming sequel, Jackson also introduced a completed scene from The Desolation of Smaug, which features the wizards Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) and Radagast the Brown (Sylvester McCoy).
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is set for release on December 13th with a cast that includes the likes of Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Evangeline Lilly, Stephen Fry, Billy Connolly, Luke Evans and Benedict Cumberbatch, »
- Flickering Myth
Spooks: we don't need a film version
26 March 2013 6:45 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Spooks was a great TV series that ran for a decade – what more is there to tell? This trend for turning TV shows into movies needs to stop
The world needs a Spooks movie like it needs to be mauled by a bear, but that won't necessarily stop one from happening. According to Peter Firth, who played MI5 boss Harry Pearce, the writers of Spooks the TV series now have a script in the works for Spooks the film. "They should make it," Firth told The Huffington Post. "It's not like it's a gamble with this one. But it costs a lot, and there's not a lot of money to go round at the moment."
Here's another idea: they shouldn't make it. Spooks had a decade-long run on television. It had 86 hours to tell its story, and it did it very well. The ending, when it finally came in 2011, felt timely and satisfying and conclusive. »
- Stuart Heritage
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