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  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Trailer

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Trailer

    Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Evangeline Lily, Andy Serkis and Richard Armitage UK Release Date:14/12/12

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  • Ian Holm confirmed to star in ‘The Hobbit’

    Ian Holm confirmed to star in ‘The Hobbit’

    Peter Jackson has finally confirmed Ian Holm to be on board for The Hobbit. Speculations arose to Holm’s involvement after fans assumed it was he who narrated the opening of the novel during Jackson’s first on set video blog. Jackson dispelled this on his Facebook page: “One comment that came up from the recent video [...]

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  • The Hobbit keeps coming up short…

    The Hobbit keeps coming up short…

    The prequels to the colossal Lord of the Rings Trilogy have been delayed… again. Despite Gandalf (sometimes known as Sir Ian McKellen) claiming that filming on the two-parter would begin in July, it would now appear that production is due to commence at the end of the year.  Based on J.R.R.Tolkien’s first foray into Middle-earth, [...]

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  • The Hobbit in 3D…No, Thank You

    The Hobbit in 3D…No, Thank You

    There's worrying news coming out of Middle Earth today as Guillermo del Toro's two-part adaptation of The Hobbit may, just may, be the latest feature to make us don those nerdy glasses and enter the third dimension. Del Toro posted the following on LOTR fan-site theonering.net: "I wouldn't read much on it just yet, but now, after all this time, after AVATAR doing the Box Office it did, we have had enquires from above about The Hobbit being in 3-D. No impositions or heavy leaning. Just enquires. Just fulfilling my promise to let you all know if discussions ever started. Cheers, GDT."

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