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There's footage of the Hobbit panel at SDCC up on Youtube (thanks for the link, Prim!). Not sure how long it will be up as it's not an "official" video, or if TPTB will bother to have it removed, but watch it while you can! The footage that was shown is not included, but you get almost 24 minutes of the panel - including surprise guest Frodo Baggins! :)

I better post these before my tabs are all clogged up again... which might still happen, with San Diego Comic Con starting soon. :)

First, the two most current and important ones from PJ himself: It's a Wrap and the exclusive Comic Con poster!


And catching up on older news:

Hugo Weaving on Last Ride, Cloud Atlas and The Hobbit


John Bell talks about Bain son of Bard


John Rhys-Davies may have a Hobbit cameo?


Elijah Wood: V48 Hours Film Festival


Lego LoTR unveils Moria animated short


Entertainment Weekly's Hobbit/SDCC preview issue! This Week's Cover: 'The Hobbit' -- plus our annual Comic-Con preview and associated image gallery. Also, check out scans at LJ community Heirs of Durin, here and here. Thanks to primula_baggins for pointing out the latter!


Red Carpet Hobbit Premiere Tour: Places limted


Phew! I actually need to split this in half, otherwise this entry will seem never ending on your flist... be back in a bit!

So here's a brief recap of what's been popping up since the beginning of January.

Smaug:
Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals Hobbit Tidbit?
and in follow-up, What on Middle-earth is Jackson up to?
and regarding the design, Serkis implies Smaug design still in-progress

Shooting locations:
“Hobbit” heads to Miramar?
Taupo’s rapid allure to hobbit

Two new pictures:
LA Times: New Pic of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Surfaces – The naming of Sting?/a>
New Hobbit Photo: Bifur, Dwalin, Bilbo, Bofur, Oin

Andy Serkis:
Serkis talks performance capture, including The Hobbit
Andy Serkis Discusses The Art of Motion-Capture Acting

The link to LotR
Wood: "I turned 19 in Hobbiton. That’s [expletive] crazy."
Peter Jackson Explains ‘Hobbit’/'Lord Of The Rings’ Link

And last but not least, pictures of the upcoming LotR Lego line:
For your viewing pleasure: Lego Lord of The Rings!

An Unexpected Journey: Quint on the set of The Hobbit Part 5 - Thorin's Dilemma

This is priceless - I REALLY hope it will be featured in the DVD Extras: This location served as Peter’s Birthday spot. The man came to work on his birthday without much fanfare until the dwarves surprised him with their present... a calendar that featured each dwarf in some inappropriate position. Think of it as a Hunky Firemen calendar but instead of hunky firemen it was all hunky dwarves in the most ridiculous romance book cover positions imaginable.

Elwood: ‘Hobbit Trailer Before Tintin’

And an update from Ian McKellen's blog: Moving On

Elijah Wood on the Colbert Report - they start out talking about Happy Feet 2, but then curiously veer off into another little film Elijah recently shot a few scenes for... ;)


Hobbit star Orlando Bloom spotted in Queenstown

Bret McKenzie Talks The Hobbit

Not that this is news - Benedict has mentioned it before - but here you go: Smaug to be performance capture not just voice work says Benedict Cumberbatch (Why won't it play the video for me?! I only get the Hugo preview and then the player gets stuck on buffering... *sob*)

Viggo Mortensen will not be in ‘The Hobbit’ - Oy, PJ, give Viggo a call, will you? :(


And a little speculation about the Hobbit teaser that Andy Serkis mentioned: Remember the first LOTR teaser? We do! Now its time for a ‘Hobbit’ version - this is actually the first time I've seen the first LotR teaser!

The Hobbit update! The most important ones first:

PJ's latest production video, featuring Martin!Bilbo, a couple of FroLijah glimpses, and various other familiar faces - and lots of info on the 3D technique they're using.

Quint from AICN is on the Hobbiton set - as a Hobbit extra, even! - and has posted his first two reports (SPOILERS, oviously):

An Unexpected Journey: Quint on the set of The Hobbit! Part 1 - Concerning Hobbiton

An Unexpected Journey: Quint on the set of The Hobbit! Part 2 - They Call Me Mr. Chubb

NZ gets the Hobbit World premiere - two TORn reports here and here - with link to full press conference. Based on that video, some speculation: The Auction of Bilbo’s Goods to be Included?


Various location/set reports/rumours - some a little old - and some other tidbits:

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Right, I think that's it for now... phew!

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=h#!/notes/peter-jackson/48-frames-per-second/10150222861171558

48 Frames Per Second
by Peter Jackson on Monday, 11 April 2011 at 20:12

Time for an update. Actually, we've been intending to kick off with a video, which is almost done, so look out for that in the next day or two. In the meantime, I thought I'd address the news that has been reported about us shooting THE HOBBIT at 48 frames per second, and explain to you what my thoughts are about this. [...]


http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/04/11/43404-elijah-wood-says-the-hobbit-is-going-to-feel-very-familiar-and-different-as-well/

Elijah Wood Says The Hobbit Is “Going To Feel Very Familiar, And Different As Well”

April 11th, 2011 by Earl | Source: ComingSoon.net | Discuss | 1 Comment and 8 Reactions

ComingSoon.net has an exclusive interview with Elijah Wood who’s going to be reprising his character of Frodo Baggins in The Hobbit films. [...]


Also, Orlando Bloom Confirms His Involvement In The Hobbit, and JRD wonders, Did Gimli cause Jackson’s ulcer?


Last but not least, a little update on the Rivendell environment from Weta: RIVENDELL - 24,000 TILES AND COUNTING

Many of you have heard this already, but anyway - at long last:

http://www.kristinthompson.net/blog/?p=2023

McKellen and Serkis officially signed for The Hobbit

Variety today reported that “New Line confirmed Monday that Serkis, who starred in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, had signed for the back-to-back “Hobbit” films. Jackson’s set to start shooting next month.”

The Hollywood Reporter has run a story saying, “Ian McKellen has signed on to return as wizard Gandalf in The Hobbit, the two-pic adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel being directed by Peter Jackson.”

So we can finally all breathe a sigh of relief!


Also check out Sir Ian's post on his official website.



Elijah will not only appear in The Hobbit, but has also signed up to play Ben Gunn in a new version of Treasure Island!

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/elijah_wood_officially_signs_on_the_hobbit_brit_tv_mini-series_treasure_isl/

Elijah Wood Officially Signs On For ‘The Hobbit’ & Brit TV Mini-Series ‘Treasure Island’

[...] Turns out that’s not all Wood is working on. He will also be taking on the role of Ben Gunn in “Treasure Island,” a two-part, four-hour miniseries that will be aired on Sky TV. Steven Barron (”Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and countless music videos including A-Ha‘s “Take On Me”) is directing the project, with the adaptation written by Stewart Harcourt. Wood will co-star with Eddie Izzard, who is on board as Long John Silver. [...]

Now that's something I'm looking forward to see - I always loved Treasure Island, and it's a different type of role for Elijah! (As for Long John Silver, I think Brian Blessed's performance in the Return to Treasure Island miniseries will always be my favourite!)

Quint from AICN posted a lovely tribute to LotR photographer Pierre Vinet, which now also contains some memories by Elijah: Rest In Peace Pierre Vinet UPDATED with words from Elijah Wood and Colin Hanks

Peter Jackson Selects Andres Borghi’s Film ‘Working Day’ as ‘Your Big Break’ Winner - and it's really well done! :D You can watch it through the site that's linked from the TORn article.

Congratulations to Andy Serkis! Mark Kermode Awards Andy Serkis for ‘S&D&R&R’

On the bidding-for-MGM front, via Kristin Thompson's blog: MGM announces deadline for second round of bidding

FotR is on Swiss TV - thank goodness with original audio on the second channel - and Kristin Thompson has posted a nice little anecdote on her blog from the sound mixing of RotK, on occasion of Michael Semanick's Oscar nomination for "Achievement in Sound Mixing" not once, but twice: for WALL-E as well as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Fingers crossed! Previous entries you might find interesting: A new anthology on the LOTR film and Mark Ordesky no longer at New Line.


Also, in case you've missed all this, there's lots of recent entries over at dom_media about Dom's guest appearance in an upcoming (3D-)episode of Chuck (including links to various clips), and about Dom promoting I Sell the Dead at the Slamdance festival, plus more pictures of him and Elijah in Park City at elijah_finds. Also: Dom seems to be scheduled for an appearance on Craig Ferguson next Thursday, and he'll be going to Vancouver to do 10 more days of shooting for Wolverine - whee, more Dom! \o/