  Andy Serkis Says Hobbit Trailer To Hit “Around Christmas”
Besides reprising his role as Gollum, Serkis has also taken up duties as Second Unit Director on the films, concerning which he says:
Andy also spoke a bit about shooting in 5K at 48 fps. To read the entire interview, head over to IGN. So which December film will have The Hobbit trailer playing in front of it? Join the speculation on our boards.  Discuss »More about Andy Serkis, Characters, Crew News, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Production, The Hobbit Benedict Cumberbatch “Crawling About On Belly” For Role Of Smaug
The relevant excerpt follows:
Thanks to message board member Oleander Took for the alert! Discuss »More about Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Characters, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Production, The Hobbit Serkis’ Flying visit
BBC Chats with Andy SerkisElven sends along this link to a BBC Radio interview with our very own Andy Serkis. More.. Andy Serkis Talks Hobbits and Apeself writes: Andy Serkis chats to Edith Bowman on BBC radio 1 about Hobbit and planet of the apes. More.. Andy Serkis: I hung out with chimps to prepare for Planet of the ApesActor Andy Serkis talks to Metro about hanging out with chimpanzees in Rwanda, how The Hobbit is coming along, and why he’s not surprised the London riots happened. More.. Andy Serkis: ‘I don’t get respect for playing Gollum’
Andy Serkis: The Biggest Movie Star You Haven’t SeenAndy Serkis has had leading roles in mega-blockbusters that have earned over $2.5 billion worldwide. He’s the main character in a major movie opening this weekend, and this winter he’ll appear in a new 3D adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. And yet, odds are good that if you bumped into him on the street you’d have no idea he was a movie star. Because usually you never see his face. Serkis is one of the preeminent actors in the field of “performance capture.” That’s the process where an actor’s movements are recorded in three dimensions and used to create the animation of a fully digital character. Serkis broke new ground when he portrayed the computer-generated Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” films, and he is taking the form to another level in the new film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” More.. Hobbit in 5 – TORn Chats, Cast Arrives in NZ, Andy Serkis DirectingOn this episode of Hobbit in 5, we tell you about the upcoming live chat with TORn staffer Quickbeam, Stephen Fry and Luke Evans tweet on their way to NZ, announce the launch date for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and Peter Jackson offers Andy Serkis some advice! We also discuss Thror in this week’s character study. Thanks to our executive producer: Andrew Blocher Visit our website – Rebekah has her own Facebook page now! Go check it out and “like” her! – Go like theOneRing.net on Facebook as well! – Follow theOneRing.net on Twitter! – TORn Tuesday – Live Chat Exclusive: Andy Serkis talks ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes,’ ‘Hobbit’ with TORn
When the screenwriters threw in some character twists of the twisted character for Return of the King (for good or for ill, but don’t blame the actor) Serkis did it again. And of course his return as the same character to The Hobbit is as essential a tie between the films as any character. He went from Middle-earth to Monster Island with King Kong and even got to die a horrible death in his own skin on screen. Weta went on to create Pandora and its blue skinned inhabitants with James Cameron in Avatar then teamed up again on Tintin with Serkis playing a human in the hilarious Captain Haddock. But his role as Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, just about to open in theaters everywhere, is his greatest performance yet. He moves from being a central character in a big movie to being the center of the film and stealing the show from the actors who get flesh and blood on screen. ComingSoon.net: Andy Serkis on His Hobbit Directing Duties
Hobbit in 5 Lite – Richard Armitage, Saoirse Ronan, Luke EvansOn this episode of Hobbit in 5, we talk about Richard Armitage’s “menacing” face, Saoirse Ronan is disappointed about the Hobbit, and Luke Evans’s online audition! We also talk about TORn’s red carpet coverage! We’ll be back to normal next week! This site is maintained and updated by fans of The Lord of the Rings, and is in no way affiliated with Tolkien Enterprises or the Tolkien Estate. We in no way claim the artwork displayed to be our own. Copyrights and trademarks for the books, films, articles, and other promotional materials are held by their respective owners and their use is allowed under the fair use clause of the Copyright Law. Design and original photography however are copyright © 1999-2011 TheOneRing.net. Binary hosting provided by Nexcess.net.
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Lord of the Rings and Hobbit actor Andy Serkis took a break from filming at the weekend to pay a short visit to Queenstown. While in the resort Serkis, who plays Gollum/Smeagol, took a ride with Ziptrek in the exhilarating Kea 6-Line Tour, which features the world’s steepest tree-to-tree flying fox. 
Andy Serkis has admitted that he is frustrated performance-capture is not taken as seriously as conventional acting. The actor is currently reprising his role as Gollum in The Hobbit, the prequel to the fantasy franchise Lord of the Rings. He told The Daily Telegraph: “I am a bit evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood. “Ten years down the line, people say, ‘Oh, so you did the voice of Gollum?’ Or people go, ‘You did the movements for Kong?’ It’s frustrating, because I play Gollum and I play Kong. It is acting.” 
