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It's been ages since I posted any Hobbit news! Not that much has been going on while Martin Freeman was back in the UK shooting series 2 of Sherock, but I did have a few links open in my tabs a few weeks ago - and then Firefox decided to irretrievably lose all my tabs, grrr! Anyway, here are some recent signs that things are ramping up in NZ for the next leg of filming:

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/10/12/48955-psst-hobbits-coming-to-te-kuiti-in-waikato/

Psst … hobbits coming to Te Kuiti in Waikato

October 12th, 2011 by linuxelf | Source: Waikato Times 0 Comments and 1 Reaction

the Waikato Times is reporting:

Word on the Te Kuiti street is the hobbits are coming to town.

Crew members from the big-budget Warner Bros project have signed-in to King Country lodgings and at least one establishment is booked out with creative types from October 30 to November 6. [...]


http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/10/16/49113-glenorchy-going-green/

Glenorchy going green

October 16th, 2011 by xoanon 0 Comments and 1 Reaction

The green world of a hobbit means a 10,000 litre water tank will have to be placed near Glenorchy for the irrigation of the temporary grasses and plants on the set of the Peter Jackson-directed film The Hobbit. [...]


http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/entertainment/5821804/Hobbit-moves-to-Marlborough

Hobbit moves to Marlborough

Middle Earth is heading to Marlborough.

A scene from the first of two Hobbit movies from Sir Peter Jackson is to be shot near Pelorus Bridge, 60 kilometres west of Blenheim, over 10 days in December. [...] (Full article contains mild spoilers for said scene, for those who don't know the story at all.)


http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Icelandic_Horses_to_Play_in_The_Hobbit_0_383404.news.aspx

Icelandic Horses to Play in The Hobbit

Icelandic horses will play a big part in The Hobbit, the upcoming film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the eponymous story by J.R.R. Tolkien. Shooting is currently taking place in New Zealand. [...]


http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/10/22/49263-hobbit-crews-to-hit-the-road-in-convoys/

Hobbit crews to hit the road in convoys

October 22nd, 2011 by xoanon 0 Comments and 3 Reactions

Hobbit fans, it looks like we’ve got us a convoy – a couple of them, in fact. Two convoys, each of about 200 vehicles, will leave today from Sir Peter Jackson’s Stone Street Studios in Miramar to transport vital gear for location filming. [...]


Last but not least, according to several Twitter posts, Elijah Wood is in NZ. :) And I do believe Benedict Cumberbatch mentioned going down in a recent Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</I. related interview... possibly in January? My brain, it is fried.

Benedict Cumberbatch has been a very busy bunny lately (and will continue to be so well into next year, from what I can gather). And with the impending UK release of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, he and his fellow cast members have been in the media quite a lot. So here are a few links.

This one obviously contains spoilers:

Empire Big Screen’s Exclusive Footage Report - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Secondly, we saw a nail-bitingly tense scene, with Benedict Cumberbatch's Peter Guillam ( click on lj-cut to read the brief, spoilery summery of the scene )

[...} Cumberbatch is terrific, and has more than enough screen charisma to hold his own against Oldman.


The same scene (which was one of my favourites in the book) is mentioned in The Telegraph review:

There’s a terrific extended set-piece scene involving Smiley’s young colleague Peter Guillam (Benedict Cumberbatch) ( brief spoilery summary behind cut again )

. It’s funny, seductive and suspenseful all at once.

Benedict's performance has been praised in pretty much all reviews that I've seen so far - also in The Guardian:

Benedict Cumberbatch is mesmerising as the well-groomed gentleman conspirator coming slowly apart at the seams.

And yes, Gary Oldman is lauded too - and I haven't seen any cast member singled out negatively anywhere. The film was shown today at the Venice Film Festival, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a Golden Lion! There's a summary of Benedict's questions and answers at the press conference on YouTube -the same source also has these for Colin Firth and Gary Oldman.

Too bad that they decided to push back the US release date from November to December... I get why, but omgidontwanttowaitanothermonth!!! *pouts* Well, I'm sure it will be worth it, at least!


In Third Star news, Western Edge Pictures have put together a little something special for us fans. It's nice seeing the fans and their/our efforts acknowledged so appreciatively. _doodle, is that your quote appearing in the fan reviews? :) The DVD will be out in the UK on the 12th - I hope it won't take long to ship to NYC!


There's some other BC related stuff but this is long enough already, so I'll put the rest up some other time.