Huge news from MTV today folks concering the future of ‘The Hobbit.’ We don’t want to steal their thunder, so check out the video and jump on over to the MTV movie blog for the encouraging details!
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Morgan writes: Just sending a heads up on last night’s Charlie Rose show. He interviewed Bob Shaye (and Michael Lynne) of New Line and asked all about Peter Jackson and his involvement in The Hobbit…Ringers may find it very interesting to see Shaye look uncomfortable with the questions.
Ringer Steele alerts us to a downright HUGE article in this week’s Entertainment Weekly. You won’t want to miss it:
“Just a heads up, if case you didn’t know, that there is a huge 7(!) page cover story on the current status of The Hobbit in the Entertainment Weekly which hits newsstands tomorrow (10/05). I would call it cautiously optimistic – confirmation that New Line and PJ apparently are now talking – and a good overall summation of the PJ/New Line/Hobbit situation to date.”
The story is now posted at EW.com! Be sure to pick up your copy at news-stands tomorrow!
Unless you’ve been hiding under a hobbit hole, you are well aware that that this Saturday is not only Frodo and Bilbo’s Birthday, but also the 70th Anniversary of the publication of ‘The Hobbit.’ If you were a certain big-time Hollywood studio in charge of bringing ‘The Hobbit’ to the big-screen, don’t you think this major event would inspire some kind of announcement from any party involved? An action like that would do wonders for repairing any tensions between this said Hollywood entity and the world of Tolkien fandom. Just our two cents – take it or leave it! And as always, if any people-in-the-know want to anonymously send us some juicy mathoms to honor this special Anniversary, feel free to email us directly at spymaster@theonering.net.
MTV Movie Blog continues to snag some great ‘Hobbit’ film tidbits! This time around, they’ve caught up with Cate Blanchett and asked her if she’d be up for an appearance in a film version of ‘The Hobbit’:
“”I haven’t heard a thing [about a potential ‘Hobbit’ film],” she declared. “But, oh God, I would love to work with Hugo [Weaving] and Peter [Jackson] again.”
Blanchett is the latest “Lord of the Rings” actor to tell MTV that she’d consider playing her character again for a prequel series. Like Viggo Mortensen or Orlando Bloom, Blanchett’s character doesn’t exactly appear in “The Hobbit,” although thanks to J.R.R. Tolkien’s extensive later backstories, her insertion would be completely unproblematic. In fact, it’s hard to envision a “Hobbit” film WITHOUT Galadriel, particularly if the film covers any of the period between the defeat of Smaug and the War of the Ring.”
Read the full interview over at MTV!
Jonathan let us know that you can catch Ian McKellen’s recent interview on ‘Charlie Rose’ online at charlierose.com. An added bonus is catching his 1999 interview with Rose, just a few years before he became a household name.