Earlier this week, Empire revealed two new stills from The Hobbit to coincide with their multi-page Hobbit feature for the September 2012 issue of their magazine that focuses on Riddles in the Dark.
Now we have a super-high resolution version of the cover, and of the still that shows Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis performing the Riddles scenes — with Serkis wearing his mo-cap suit. If you prefer your pictures BIG (a couple thousand pixels wide), you’ll want to run and grab these right now.
Thanks to everyone who gave us the heads-up on this.
[TORn super-res gallery] [TORn’s First Look]
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Meredith Woerner of io9.com posted a video interview with Richard Armitage talking at Comic-Con 2012 about his role as Thorin Oakenshield. Asked if he had to update his character for modern audiences he said:
“I never really thought of updating it. I actually did the opposite. I thought of it as more kind of Greek tragedy. I looked at Shakespeare, a lot of my preparation I was looking at Henry V and bits of Richard III, just to find roots in British literature that were deeper. But I think making it feel contemporary the big themes of the story — loyalty and trust and camaraderie — I think those things are contemporary.”
[Complete interview]
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Benedict Cumbatch the voice of Smaug and staring as the Necromancer in The Hobbit films, helps kick-off the BBC‘s coverage off the 2012 Olympic Games in this short feature.
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For JRR Tolkien, languages evolved at least in part in reaction to the history of their speakers. Looking at recent photos and screenshots of the cities of Dale and Esgaroth, I was struck by the thought that for Peter Jackson’s design team, Middle-earth history could exert a similar effect on architecture.
Curious how the architectural set design choices for the Hobbit might reflect the history of these two cities, I asked Barliman’s chat regular and archaeologist Jenniearcheo to provide a few professional insights on some of the set images that have found their way onto the internet.
This brief essay is the result. We hope you enjoy it.
Warning: SPOILERS.
Continue reading “Dale and Laketown: the tale of two cities”
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If you want the chance to join us in Wellington to experience all the excitement of the World Premiere for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, you need to act quickly. With all the news and buzz surrounding comic con, spots on the tour have been very sought after. The Tour takes place the last week of November, includes hotel, our very own Premiere party, and about half your meals and all the transfers. What it does not include are tickets to the actual Premiere, which is an Industry event. There will also be a tour to the Hobbiton movie location, which is a must see now that it’s been restored to it’s filmic glory. The link below will give you better details on the dates, the itinerary and the pricing, which is ‘Land Only’.
NOTE: For full details on the trip, click here.
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After a successful run in Washington DC last
year Andrew Upton, Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh have brought the Sydney Theater Company’s production of the famous Chekhov play Uncle Vanya to New York City. And it’s wowing audiences in the Big Apple.
Opening as a part of the Lincoln Centre Festival at the weekend, critics have praised the “uniformly brilliant cast” that includes Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving.
Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh are still slightly terrified by the play ‘It’s excruciating,’ says Blanchett. ‘What I find the most difficult thing to exist within is what Tamas [Ascher, the Hungarian director] describes in Chekhov as the “stupid silences” where everyone just falls into a silence that is utterly stupid, and their stupidity is revealed to them, and they are staring into a void.’ The production continues at the New York City Centre until Saturday.
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