{"id":42699,"date":"2011-03-17T00:21:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T05:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=42699"},"modified":"2011-03-17T09:19:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T14:19:34","slug":"hobbit-rehersals-happening-now-says-gandalf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/03\/17\/42699-hobbit-rehersals-happening-now-says-gandalf\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hobbit’ rehearsals happening now says Gandalf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sir Ian McKellen has updated his Hobbit blog and describes the process of preparing to roll film (or digital memory) on Peter Jackson’s pair of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit.” It sounds like an ideal day. Check out the whole entry<\/a> but this is a good taste:<\/p>\n

“And I was there too, in Hobbiton, with a semi-circle of dwarves and Bilbo, their reluctant host. I was at the cast\u2019s first joint rehearsal where Peter Jackson, with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, invited our comments on their script so far.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did we just get a hint that the screenplay is in a state of constant revision as it was with Jackson’s LOTR films? Sounds like it. For film fans, catch your breath, these are the moments before the starting gun goes off. Time to party likes its 1999! (Thanks to the many who sent in links.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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