With all the Hobbit news flying around airwaves and websites, TheOneRing.net spoke with Fictional Frontiers about the process of breaking the news that Guillermo del Toro was leaving ‘The Hobbit’ and the possibilities of who might replace him and the state of things in general. You can listen to MrCere‘s interview that starts just before the 22 minute mark. Also featured are James Berardinelli of www.reelviews.net and finally the great author George R.R. Martin. Catch the whole show right here.
Category: Casting Rumors
Most fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit could not imagine a role for Megan Fox in the delayed-but-upcoming film. And neither can her Jonah Hex director Jimmy Heyward, who did remark to FOXNews that Fox was a big fan of Lord Of The Rings.
When asked if she might snag a roll in The Hobbit, he replied “No! She’s too hot for that.”
However, PopEater mentions Fox frequently visits Lord Of The Rings forums (TORN message board, anyone?) and “speaks nerd fluently”.
While The Hobbit may not fit, perhaps we’ll see the luminous Ms. Fox go after the role of Luthien Tinuviel in a future adaptation of The Silmarillion. But if she’s chosen as a Wood-elves princess or a beautiful resident of Laketown, here’s hoping she announces it on TORN first!
Thanks to Ringer Chris for pointing us to the latest episode of BBC’s ‘The Graham Norton Show.’ Graham’s guests included actor Bill Bailey who has further confirmed his audition for the role of Gloin in the upcoming ‘Hobbit’ films. The online video is available for UK Ringers, but here is a brief summary provided by Chris…
For those who can watch it, it’s about 22min 40sec into the programme that they discuss it. Graham mentions that Bill had auditioned for a movie and asks him if he is allowed to talk about it. One of the other guests asks him which movie it was and he said it was The Hobbit. This led to several jokes about Bill’s appearance, how he would be perfect for the film and wouldn’t need any makeup. He said that he went along and read for the part of Gloin and mentioned that he was Gimli’s father from The Lord of the Rings. He said that he and certain other people (no other names mentioned) were invited along to read for the part. He then joked that if he didn’t get the part, he would go on tour with his own prog-rock Hobbit musical.
Here’s the link to the full video on the BBC website. [Video] The show is also in regular rotation now on BBC America- you can find listings here.
Before anybody gets crazy, let me be clear that we are not reporting that Neill Blomkamp is the director of ‘The Hobbit’. I am not ready to put my name or TheOneRing’s name on a story that says this is fact.
However, we did receive a spy report that stated it as cold, hard, unsurprising fact. We haven’t been able to get a verification but the tip stated some other information on the side that fits with other info from other sources. A bunch of little pieces of information, some rock solid, some unclear, start to form a big picture that looks like it could have Blomkamp in it. I promise to explain it all if you will keep reading!
MGM and Warner Bros. want Peter Jackson to direct both movies adapted from “The Hobbit.” They are trying to talk him into it because his name can carry the films and is an obvious and bankable marketing strategy. Continue reading “Neill Blomkamp is the ‘Hobbit’ director – maybe”
TheOneRing.net has been invited and will attend popular culture conventions on both coasts as we present live at the San Diego Comic-Con and Atlanta’s DragonCon. Each convention will feature staff from TORn talking about the very latest news and spy reports on the Hobbit front and any other news tidbits we can get our hands on. We always try to bring guests either live or by video message and have time for fans to ask questions and interact.
Comic-Con: TORn will open the first full day of the convention with a panel featuring founders/staffers Calisuri, Quickbeam and MrCere with Weta expected to have something to say as well. In addition, TORn staffers will likely be found at the Weta booth and at Slave Boy Films‘ booth with unique TORn t-shirts available at each. TORn panel: Thursday, July 22, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. room 7AB.
DragonCon: TORn will spend Labor Day weekend at a fan table provided at one of the hotels of the convention selling shirts, running contests, giving items away and getting a lot of face time with fellow fans. In addition, TORn will present the latest Hobbit news at the show, perhaps as many as three times with staffers Deej, greendragon and MrCere. The convention features a whole weekend of Tolkien programming with lectures, presentations, and guests including Sean Astin. The event includes all-night festivities and fellowship and costuming that never ends. TORn panel: TBA
With all the rumors and speculation about having “The Hobbit” movies in 3D, it sometimes feels like the big money made by “Avatar” has cast impossible expectations over blockbuster films forever. It also seems that all that cash is simply being attributed to the 3D aspect of the film and so now every movie, including both parts of “The Hobbit,” are part of the hype. Since “Avatar” made sooooo much money, we wondered, “Why stop with visual depth and polarized glasses?” And so we present our “Top 10 ways to make ‘The Hobbit’ movie like ‘Avatar’.” Continue reading “Top 10 ways to make ‘The Hobbit’ movie like ‘Avatar’”