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A short film based on JRR Tolkien\u2019s book The Hobbit that was made by 11 school children over their Easter holidays will debut at Saffron Screen in the UK this Sunday.<\/p>\n A short film based on JRR Tolkien\u2019s book The Hobbit that was made by 11 school children over their Easter holidays will debut at Saffron Screen in the UK this Sunday.<\/p>\n
The film, called Children of the Hobbit<\/i>, features eleven-year-old Richard Bellamy in the lead role of Drogo, a hobbit who teams up with his friend Etholph and an elf called Elensar in a quest to defeat the evil Orcs and return peace to Middle-earth. <\/p>\n
Richard’s father, Paul, says that the project’s roots lie in his childhood, listening to his mother reading The Hobbit. Thirty-five years later when he and his son Richard were reading Tolkien’s book, it inspired them to write and produce this film.<\/p>\n
Paul — a special effects artist who has worked on films such as Harry Potter and The Bourne Ultimatum — helped produce the movie, which was filmed entirely in and around the village of Saffron Walden in the UK.<\/p>\n
Children of The Hobbit will premiere this Sunday July 6 at 3pm at Saffron Screen<\/a> as part of a screening of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. Check out the trailer below (the orcs look especially awesome!), or go visit their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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