Peter Jackson has confirmed that The Hobbit, to be shot in Wellington next year, will be one continuous movie in two parts and not two self-contained films. When the project was announced in late 2007, the plan was for two films to be shot back-to-back. The first film would be based on The Hobbit in its entirety, or, some of the story would spill over into the second film which would also be based on author JRR Tolkien’s other writings to create a direct link to The Lord of the Rings. But Jackson, who is also an executive producer on the project, said The Hobbit would now take up all of both films. “We decided it would be a mistake to try to cram everything into one movie,” he hold British film magazine Empire. Hobbit: One tale in two parts
Day: May 10, 2009
Giulio writes: Howard Shore will be in Rome on June 25th & 26th for The Lord of the Rings Symphony concert. I am a big fan The Lord of the rings books, movies and music too and I have already bought tickets for the concert. This is the link for news and ticket information. Thank you for all, I follow you from the beginning!!!!
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North American Ringers, don’t despair! Tickets for the screening of FOTR with a 300 piece orchestra at The Radio City Music Hall in NYC are available online at: www.radiocity.com and www.ticketmaster.com
Ian Collier from The Tolkien Society writes: I thought that you’d be interested in the news about this year’s Tolkien Society Seminar on the theme “Journeys & Destinations”: Call for Papers & Announcement – The seminar provides academics, students and independent scholars with a venue for interdisciplinary dialogue. This year the theme is “Journeys and Destinations” in Tolkien’s works. Participants are free to draw on any part of Tolkien’s oeuvre, or to follow a thematic line within one text, or one text in its variant forms (draft ms, published work, amended edition). Continue reading “Tolkien Society Call for Entries”