Message board member “Maeve” just posted the interesting bit of news on our message boards that Nigel Sixsmith has been hired for work on “The Hobbit”: “I know Nigel personally and he is now in New Zealand with some of the production crew working on the audio portion of the Hobbit! Congrats Nigel!”
Nigel Sixsmith co-founded The Art of Sound studios in London dedicated to providing musicians with hands-on experience with synthesizers. He now writes records and performs music for the Korg Oasys workstation synthesizer in the U.S. under the name The Art of Sound. We found this interview with Nigel from blogasys from 2007 for those who would like to learn more. Very interesting exciting news that work on the audio for “The Hobbit” is underway.
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Guillermo Del Toro was recently in New York City as part of the New Yorker Festival and our good pal Anthony Moody from Indalo Productions caught up with him to talk all things Hobbit! In this first part of the interview GDT talks about his writing duties with PJ, Tom Bombadil and the possibility of a THIRD Hobbit movie(?!). Stay tuned for the second part of this interview next week! More follow later next week as well!
Continue reading “Guillermo del Toro: “I’m so voracious about The Hobbit!””
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Alex writes: I visited the Royal Armouries yesterday to see the “Arms and Armour from the Movies: The Wonderful World of Weta” exhibit and attended the fantastic lecture by the great Peter Lyon, Sword smith. Many people came along to hear his speech. He talked initially about his work on the Narnia films and how the process from concept drawings to the fully developed weapon was achieved. Continue reading “Peter Lyon Confirmed Work on The Hobbit!”
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Our friends at AICN posted an interview with Doug Jones discussing a number of topics including his potential involvement in “The Hobbit.” As previous interviews suggest, it appears there is no decision yet on a specific role for him, but the interview reflects Guillermo Del Toro’s continued fondness for including Jones in his projects. Jones hints at a specific role and has some encouraging words for fans as well:
“I’ve heard a lot about, well…there’s a specific role that sounds delicious! I don’t wanna say, I don’t know…that’s for Guillermo. The thing is as fans, keep talking! Because he listens to his fan base really a lot. If you have suggestions for what you want to see, he considers that. He’s very specific with what he wants, absolutely. But what you want from him and how he communicates with his fan base, keep talking, because he listens.”
You can catch the rest of the inteview with Doug Jones on AICN.
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Mark writes: I don’t know if you all have heard any whispers about a 3-D “Hobbit,” but CNN has an article that briefly mentions PJ and GDT in their article about futuristic three dimensional movies, “Film goes back to the future with 3D”:
‘Directors James Cameron and Peter Jackson also have climbed aboard the 3D band wagon — Cameron’s “Avatar” is due out in 2009, while Jackson will produce “The Hobbit,” with Guillermo del Toro directing.’
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It has been well documented that Guillermo del Toro will approach the original The Lord of the Rings cast to reprise their roles in Middle-earth should the script call for it. News comes today from the MTV Movie Blog that one such actor, John Noble, won’t be available:
“If they said, ‘Would you come and play Denethor again,’” Noble said, “I would have to say, ‘No, I’m doing [new J.J. Abrams television series] ‘Fringe’! And I certainly couldn’t play a younger Denethor or even Ecthelion now that I’m an older John. Not even with makeup.”
For the full story, jump on over to the MTV Movie Blog. [Read More]
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Message board member “Maeve” just posted the interesting bit of news on our message boards that Nigel Sixsmith has been hired for work on “The Hobbit”: “I know Nigel personally and he is now in New Zealand with some of the production crew working on the audio portion of the Hobbit! Congrats Nigel!” 