Bruce Hopkins writes: Here is a link to an interview with Sylvester McCoy from the Armageddon convention in Melbourne in Oct. I was a guest with Sylvester McCoy and sat in on an interview he did with a Dr Who fansite. I was able to record the interview. Sylvester and I caught up during the event as we had spent some time together with Ian McKellen and Jonathon Hyde when they were out in NZ with the Royal Shakespeare Company a couple of years ago. The Hobbit was still being talked about as possibly being shot away from NZ when the interview happened. More..
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Our friends at the the New Zealand Casting Department for The Hobbit send this along: “The NZ Casting Department do not require any more photos or CV’s from actors who live outside NZ. They are not casting for any more roles at this stage.”
If you are a hopeful actor from outside of New Zealand, please hold off sending your CV Resume and/or Headshot for the time being. We will be sure to let you know when they are calling for more actors!
From the folks at chud.com: In a question and answer session at the Savannah Film Festival (after Gods & Monsters), Ian McKellen reenacts his experience filming the famous “You shall not pass!” scene in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring.
A WEST Berkshire actor has landed a dream role in the hotly anticipated forthcoming film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous novel, ‘The Hobbit’.
Thirty-year-old Adam Brown, of Hungerford, better known in Newbury as one half of the successful comedy stage duo Plested and Brown, exclusively told Newburytoday.co.uk that he is thrilled to have been selected to play the part of Ori, alongside James Nesbitt and Martin Freeman.
Mr Brown, a former pupil of John O’Gaunt Community Technology College in Hungerford, said: “I’m hugely excited to be involved and it still hasn’t really sunk in yet.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity for me as an actor and will be an amazing experience working with the rest of the cast and Peter Jackson.”
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Lukas sends this along: Just wanted to let you know that Steven Colbert stated last night that he can’t wait for the Hobbit films (Around 2:50). More..
In an exclusive interview with DigitalSpy, GDT talks about 3D and The Hobbit:
Guillermo del Toro has revealed that he doesn’t want to shoot his proposed Frankenstein movie in 3D.
Taking part in a Twitter Q&A with Digital Spy, the Pan’s Labyrinthdirector dismissed the notion that 3D doesn’t suit cinema, citing Avatar, Toy Story 3 and How To Train Your Dragon as examples of movies that have used the format to good effect.
However, del Toro admitted that he doesn’t believe the new technology is suitable for every movie: “I don’t want to see Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice and see Mr Darcy in 3D. I don’t want to see Wuthering Heights in 3D.”
The director admitted that he had no interest in making The Hobbit in 3D when he was attached to the project, and went on to discuss the various movies he has in development.
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