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.
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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”
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At last month’s Cannes Film Festival, actor Andy Serkis came to town to announce the creation of The Imaginarium, a performance capture facility based in London that he said aimed to bring performance capture within the reach of independent filmmakers. Serkis, who helped legitimise performance capture in the early 2000s through playing Gollum in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy, sat down with IGN to talk about the technology and we couldn’t help but quiz him on his two big upcoming performance capture projects, Tintin and The Hobbit. More..
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As Guillermo Del Toro promised on the day the story broke here at TheOneRing.net of his departure from The Hobbit, he stopped by our message boards today with a few more comment for the fans:
“So – while the cited delays, contractual complexities or obstacles, cannot be attributed to a single event or entity – you will simply have to believe that they were of sufficient complexity and severity to lead to the current situation. Trust me on this, leaving NZ and the Hobbit crew is extremely painful. As stated before- a wealth of designs, animatics, boards and sculptures is left behind representing accurately my ideas for Mirkwood, Spiders, Wargs, Stone Trolls, etc, etc and everyone (PJ, FW, PB and myself) has the same goal in mind: to try and ensure the best possible transition of the movie to a new director.”
We at TheOneRing.net consider it a privilege to count Guillermo among our readers, members and friends and hope our relationship continues well into the future. We wish him well in wrapping up his involvement in The Hobbit and in all his future endeavors. Guillermo’s entire message can be found here.
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Will MGM’s creditors sell the studio or run the studio? The waiting, figuring and speculation continues. No matter which option they choose, debtholders must realize that Guillermo del Toro walking away from the project because of the delayed greenlight was another loss to the value of the venerable studio. Scrambling for a new director or forcing Peter Jackson to sit in a director’s chair he passed on isn’t ideal for anybody’s bottom line. www.businessweek.com breaks down the latest figures, rumors and actions of the studios and lenders involved. Tom Cruise even manages to get mentioned in the story. Read and learn! Thanks to message board member Pipeline Pipe Dream for finding the story.
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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
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