Sir Ian McKellen has updated his blog with a new entry titled “Soldiering On” and, among other things, talks about his role as Gandalf the Grey in The Hobbit.
The relevant excerpt follows:
In The Hobbit, Gandalf is part old duffer but more he’s a soldier. Peter Jackson, who likes to see the old guys fighting it out, reminded me the other day that Gandalf is a commander, a general.
Having slain the Great Goblin I was being a bit too indulgent with the dwarves who meanwhile had mislaid Bilbo in the goblin tunnels. I’ve played enough soldiers to see that PJ was right and in the next take I was very stern.
The image on the right comes courtesy of McKellen’s blog post.
On this weeks episode of Hobbit in 5 we take a look at some new amazing set pics of Hobbiton. We also have the mysterious set in Wakatipu nearing completion. We continue to track the Hobbit cast and crew, LOTR collectable items and MGM and Netflix partner up to distribute The Hobbit.
From Otago Daily Times: Hundreds of cast and crew for the Hobbit films have flown to Dunedin International Airport seemingly bound for Otago film sets. An airport spokesman said four chartered flights carrying 320 cast and crew arrived, starting on Thursday night with a BAe146 Whisper Jet from Wellington. Yesterday, another three flights arrived, two from Wellington, and one from Taupo, also on chartered Whisper Jets. A large contingent of rental cars had been organised for the arrivals, but he did not have further details.
The spokesman said he had not known the large group was coming until a couple of days ago. A Dunedin man said he spotted English actor Martin Freeman, who played Tim in the TV comedy The Office, in Centre City New World yesterday. Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit films. Filming locations for the two-film series are closely guarded, but include areas around Queenstown, Middlemarch, and possibly Mosgiel. more…
Twitter shows a pretty steady stream of people just discovering Peter Jackson‘s Production Diary #4, originating from his own Facebook page, feeling like they have just found gold. And maybe they have with a good discussion of 3D, a tour of the cameras and rigs being used to achieve the effect and a good collection of bits of The Hobbit films. We also continue to get spy reports letting us know the video was posted. We definitely appreciate every single spy report that comes in and is the lifeblood of TheOneRing.net, but yes, we did know about the video. There are also plenty of websites still announcing the 11-minute bonanza as if it has just arrived. These clues lead us to suspect that not everybody in the world reads TheOneRing.net every day for Hobbit news (yes, we were shocked too) and not everybody has friended Peter Jackson on Facebook (it just seems like it). Anyhow, there it is above, production diary #4. While we are at it, numbers one, two and three are also available after the break. Enjoy and remember: checking TORn daily is recommended by four out of five dentists or something. Continue reading “Did you miss ‘Hobbit’ production diary #4? We didn’t”
NZ Movie website Flicks.co.nz took some stunning photos of the Hobbiton set during Peter Jackson’s press conference with the NZ prime minister a few days ago. Take a look at their collection below. Continue reading “More Hobbiton Set Photos”
Earlier today, Peter Jackson posted an announcement on his Facebook page: “Hi, everyone. Thought you might like to know that a new video from the set of THE HOBBIT will be landing here soon!”
Great news: it’s up now! This one focuses on the intricacies of shooting in 3D, but there’s heaps of intriguing scenes along the way, and at least one shot of Elijah Wood viewing the 3D film rushes with Jackson and the crew. Needless to say, if you start looking at the background closely, you may spot some SPOILER material.
Sir Ian McKellen has updated his blog with a new entry titled “Soldiering On” and, among other things, talks about his role as Gandalf the Grey in The Hobbit.
