It’s been a very exciting night and our thanks go out to Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson for sharing their thoughts with all of us.
Tonight we blogged — and logged — live from the Unexpected Party chat for everyone who couldn’t make the chat and for people who really care what we think;) Now, for your reading pleasure, we have all the questions and answers transcribed for you, along with comments from the TORn staff! Read the blog, log and commentary!
And be sure to join us in TORn’s chatroom Barlimans or our messageboards. Fans are busy there arguing debating everything they’ve heard.
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More news from Kristin of The Frodo Franchise regarding the Hobbit. A Variety interview with Del Toro talks about how the scripting duties will be shared, and the three LOTR actors who have been approached to return for The Hobbit. Read More
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Interesting news from Kristen Thompson’s blog, The Frodo Franchise:
“The Tolkien Trust and New Line are at least in talks. They have twice been able to agree on extensions in the deadline for the studio to file a response to the complaint. The two sides appear to have been in discussions since around March 7, and New Line has agreed to let the Trust look at some documents relevant to an audit, presumably regarding the income and expenses relating to the trilogy. Such moves suggest to me that both sides have some reason to believe that the case can be settled. The Trust has not filed an injunction barring New Line from beginning production on The Hobbit. The filmmakers keep hinting that the project is slowly moving toward an official start of pre-production.”
The current response date is now set for May 14. Stay tuned! Thanks to board members Compa Mighty and ArathornJax for the alert. Read More
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After more digging, message board member Compa Mighty found the transcript of a recent chat in which Gino Acevedo, Sr. Prosthetics Supervisor and Visual Creature Effects Art Director at Weta Workshop, reports that he’s looking forward to working on Smaug and the spiders in The Hobbit and is already trying to come up with ideas for the Dwarves: “At this point there has only been some conversations about it [The Hobbit] and in my spare time I am just trying to come up with some designs for all the dwarves.” He also talks about the prospect of working with Guillermo Del Toro.
Continue reading “Weta Conceptualizing Dwarves for the Hobbit?”
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Kristin Thompson has a wonderful new article up outlining the success of ‘The Golden Compass’ overseas, and more relevant to Tolkien fans, news about the New Line Logo appearing before the ‘Hobbit’ project:
This tends to confirm what previous coverage has hinted: that New Line will be allowed to make The Hobbit itself (in a co-production with MGM) rather than turning the project over to Warner Bros. This, coupled with Anne Thompson’s recent remarks that Mark Ordesky will likely supervise The Hobbit and its untitled companion film, suggests that fans may have less to worry about than they thought. Time Warner and Warner Bros. may recognize that it’s best not to tamper with success. Keeping the circumstances for this new project as close to those of the LOTR trilogy as possible offers the best chance for lightning to strike twice.
Read the full article at Kristin’s website, and don’t forget to order your copy of ‘The Frodo Franchise!’ [Read More]
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Ringer Chris sends along this intriguing spy report that seems to confirm that Howard Shore will be scoring ‘The Hobbit’ films:
Hi there! I was at the world premiere of the Fellowship of the Ring performed live to the film concert in Lucerne/Switzerland last night, at which Howard Shore was present. Before the concert there was a brief talk with him, during which he mentioned that “WE are going to start on the screenplay soon,” when asked about The Hobbit. Imagine my Ringer heart taking a leap of joy. At the signing taking place after the concert, I did ask, just be sure, if I had heard correctly, and Howard confirmed that yes, he will be scoring The Hobbit. He’s hopeful that New Line will work something out with the Tolkien Estate’s because, “It’s too important a project.” Let’s hope he’s right! I should not neglect to mention that the concert was amazing and conductor Ludwig Wicki, the 21st Century Orchestra and Choir, the Luzerner Saengerknaben choir and the soloists got a standing ovation for at least 5 minutes. I can’t wait for March 2009, when The Two Towers concert is tentatively scheduled.
Additional reports are coming in from the event with the same information, you can read more in the forums. [Forum]
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