The Hobbit made it through the Sweet Sixteen round of MTV’s Movie Brawl, and they are now up against Woman in Black in the Elite Eight. As of the posting of this article, they are running neck in neck, so get on over and vote, vote, vote, and then share with your friends on facebook and twitter. Time to swamp the poll everyone. You can find the contest here.
Month: January 2012
We’re just about to kick off our somewhat belated discussion of the Hobbit teaser trailer in The Hall of Fire. So, click the link below and join us as try to come up with a list five things we loved about the teaser trailer!
We’re done. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
*SPOILERS* The LA Times Hero Complex column has a new pic of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.’ And while the pic is amazing…it seems to capture almost exactly the following moment from The Hobbit book: (Chapter 8 : Flies and Spiders)
There was the usual dim grey light of the forest-day about him when he came to his senses. The spider lay dead beside him, and his sword-blade was stained black. Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath.
“I will give you a name,” he said to it, “and I shall call you Sting.”
The naming of Sting!! Can’t wait to see more images. For the full LA Times article, please follow the link. And thanks to Ringer John for sending us the heads up. [Read more] [Full Res Image]
Before the final hour closes on this magical Friday the 13th, all of us at TheOneRing.net wish a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many blessings for the New Year to everyone’s favorite shield-surfing Elf with the Mona Lisa smile: the one and only Orlando Bloom turned 35 today!
- From Wikipedia: “Bloom began acting professionally with television roles in episodes of Casualty and Midsomer Murders, and subsequently made his film debut in Wilde (1997), opposite Stephen Fry [Editor’s Note: you will recall Mr. Fry has been cast as the Master of Lake-town in THE HOBBIT], before entering the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he studied acting. Two days after graduating from Guildhall in 1999, he was cast in his first major role, playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings.”
Happy Birthday Leggy! Hopefully the spiders back home haven’t run off with your presents — and the lingering looks Tauriel keeps giving you will amount to something. Best to keep Bombur away from the cake. Cheers to you, Orlando!
As the crime-fighting super sleuth Sherlock Holmes, he has faced some pretty nasty characters during his investigations.
But Benedict Cumberbatch found himself in the middle of a real-life drama that could have cost him his life – if he hadn’t talked his way out of it.
And the actor found himself taking a leaf out of his on-screen alter ego as he reasoned with his kidnappers who then set him free.
Read more for details: News Story
Wired’s Erik Wecks makes a compelling case for Tolkien fans to not get too excited about the Hobbit.
What’s he on about? Well, he noticed something in the teaser (one that many other people did as well), but he’s gone a step further and drawn some interesting parallels to one of the most controversial and bizarre changes that Walsh and Boyens made for The Return of The King. Of course, this being the internet, your mileage may vary. Naturally, there are movie spoilers.
Read the full article on Wired.