All Shall Love Me and Despair

There's a video on Youtube of GDT talking to ITN about the Bilbo rumours - love his reply *giggle* - and Kristin Thompson has announced she'll participate in a panel on The Hobbit films with the TORn people at the San Diego ComicCon. I'm sure that will be an interesting one. Also, some of you might be interested in her latest post, "making films tomorrow in New Zealand", about the impact that the LotR films had on the film industry in NZ, a subject she touched on in "The Frodo Franchise" already. Even for those who aren't interested in such meta discussions, there's a little something - Kristin mentions, among many others, two films featuring LotR veterans which have been shooting in the Land of the Long White Cloud recently:

Gavin Hood, director of X-Men Origins: Wolverine shot on the South Island for two and a half weeks, and a second unit spent six weeks there. Given that the first three X-Men movies were made in Canada, the production was looking for new scenery. The production was based in Sydney, where Hugh Jackman was finishing up starring in Baz Luhrman’s historical epic Australia. Another fantasy, Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans, was in the Auckland area for 11 weeks in early 2008.

I don't think I'd heard of Wolverine shooting in NZ, only in Australia - I hope Dom had some scenes back "home". Underworld 3 of course features Craig Parker as one of the Lycans (werewolves); very nice that they were shooting practially on his doorstep. :D

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Dominic Monaghan is Blackwing — EXCLUSIVE!
Thu, 21 February 2008

20th Century Fox has cast former Lost star Dominic Monaghan as Barnell Bohusk, aka Blackwing, in X-Men: Wolverine, sources reveal exclusively to JustJared.com.

According to Wiki, Barnell’s body changes into that of a humanoid-bird form, with a beaked face, bulbous eyes, wing-like arms that give him the ability to fly (albeit clumsily), talons on his hands and feet, and double-jointed knees. In mutant form, Blackwing also possesses heightened agility, and he may possess heightened senses and a lighter skeletal structure like the avian X-Man formerly known as the Angel (Ben Foster played this character in X3).

Monaghan, 31, be joining Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Taylor Kitsch (Gambit), Will.i.am (Kestrel), Danny Huston (William Stryker), and Lynn Collins (Silver Fox).

X-Men: Wolverine slashes its way into theaters on May 1, 2009.

There's nothing on Variety or Hollywood Reporter yet, but I seriously hope this is true!!! Finally a role in a big blockbuster...