With the timing of Christmas and New Year, we never quite got round to discussing the Hobbit teaser trailer in the Hall of Fire.
This weekend we’re going to remedy that with a special topic: five things we loved about the Hobbit teaser trailer!
Join us on Saturday January 14 at 5pm EST when we’ll proceed to go a bit trailer crazy and gush about the things in the teaser that caught our attention.
What was it for you? Maybe it was Gandalf in that mysterious location. Maybe it was Bag End! Maybe it was the dwarves singing. Maybe… maybe it was nothing!
Whichever it was, be sure to join our special Hall of Fire chat on Saturday and let us know what you think! Continue reading “Hall of Fire this weekend: five Hobbit teaser things!”
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MTV talks to Richard Armitage about being named one of their “Ones to Watch” and the joy of being involved in “The Hobbit.” Richard says of the whole experience: “It’s been the best thing I’ve ever worked on in my life, by far.” He adds, “I don’t think it will be possible to leave it behind me. I think this is one of those characters that always stay with you because you spend so much time with him and it’s such a transformation. ”
Richard also talks about rediscovering Tolkien as an adult, Thorin’s journey as a character, working with the ensemble cast and much more. In fact, there is too much good stuff to quote out of context, so take yourself over to MTV’s site and read it in full. (If, by some chance, you have not read to the end of “The Hobbit,” there is a spoiler)
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From The Dominion Post: “Peter Jackson’s production company, 3 Foot 7, has applied to Wellington District Council for a resource consent to use the land on the northern tip of Miramar Peninsula for filming between March and May.” According to The Post, Peter Jackson’s production company, 3 Foot 7, hopes to make use of land that had been used for the failed feature film “Kingdom Come.”
Read more at the Dominion Post
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Image Removed at the request of Gentle Giant Ltd.
Yesterday MTV’s Movie Blog posted a sketch for a mini-bust of Thorin from The Hobbit films, then mysteriously removed it, well we have it here for you. Take a look before it also disappears!
MTV wrote: This past weekend, a file made its way to our inbox that got us excited… but also can’t be authenticated. It appears to be a sketch for a mini-bust of Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the dwarven warriors in the upcoming The Hobbit film, and has Gentle Giant Ltd. literally written all over it! After contacting the folks at G.G., and receiving what amounted to “no comment”, we decided it would be a disservice not to post it for you all regardless. The Hobbit’s action figure license has been granted to a company that isn’t known for such things, so this offers collectors and fans a tinge of hope that some cool merchandise will still be released from the upcoming films. Gentle Giant is no stranger to either the world of J.R.R. Tolkien or movie-based mini-busts thanks to their pioneering of Real Scan technology, so if this isn’t real– it should be!
While we can’t truly say that this is official, our source has yet to bring us any b.s. info. Read on for a look at the full art in question and decide for yourselves. Continue reading “MTV Posts Hobbit Merch Pic, Then Removes It – UPDATE”
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Those of us who are anxiously awaiting the upcoming The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit LEGO sets get an additional tease today! Hot off the presses, here is LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Aragorn Poster. I think it is safe to say that Viggo never looked so good as a LEGO! If you were not aware, LEGO has announced recently they will be producing items for The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the upcoming The Hobbit films. Collectibles are set to be released this coming Summer. Jump on over to LEGO’s official site for The Lord of the Rings and keep watching TheOneRing.net for more updates! [Official Site] [Download the Poster PDF] [Read the Announcement]
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Our buddy Bruce Hopkins writes: I have a couple of audio clips on my RadioLIVE page that may be of interest to some of the Torn-ers. I chat with Nicole Roberts who lives in LA and won a costume competition judged by Richard Taylor and Daniel Falconer. Her prize is a trip to NZ. We also talk about the birthday celebrations for JRR Tolkien. I also have a chat which I had with Professor Alexander Gaeta who was one of the inventors of the ‘time cloak’, based on a study carried out at Cornell University. Alexander is a Tolkien fan, and so I asked him if the Elven cloaks could have been created using their amazing discovery. More..
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