Hobbit Video Blog

***Havard*** · 04-26-2011, 01:51 PM

Big Mac just pointed these out to me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2m2x8qJ ... r_embedded

And:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/fullcredits#cast

The cast is better than I could have hoped for!

-Havard

tarlyn · 04-26-2011, 05:35 PM

I still don't get why there has to be two movies, but maybe that is just me.................

Rafael · 04-27-2011, 03:12 AM

Actually, I like the idea of a tie-in to the movie trilogy, which explains some of the exra time.

- It looks like the Necromancer of Mirkwood will be added to the script somehow, and how the White Council drove him out,
which promises more epic battles, and more, well, more of everything.

Don't be mistaken, for all that is known so far, this will be just as truthful to the books as any video game.

However, better have Peter Jackson do this than anybody else. Should be fun.

Also, while Christopher Tolkien is still managing the Tolkien estate, we can expect some level of respect to the overall work.
The level of sellout that will come once his great-grandsons take over will top anything that we have seen so far.

In that respect, there has been talk about a Silmarilion/Children of Hurin movies for a while now. Maybe that's on the horizon, too.

***Havard*** · 04-27-2011, 06:53 AM

tarlyn Wrote:I still don't get why there has to be two movies, but maybe that is just me.................

I hear that alot on the Internet. Personally I think it ought to be at least 3! Smile

But I think Rafe is right about the Necromancer plot, especially now that IMDB lists Christopher Lee as well Cate Blanchet and someone playing Thranduil, this seems fairly likely.

-Havard

Dave L · 04-27-2011, 02:05 PM

Havard Wrote:
tarlyn Wrote:I still don't get why there has to be two movies, but maybe that is just me.................

I hear that alot on the Internet. Personally I think it ought to be at least 3!

But I think Rafe is right about the Necromancer plot, especially now that IMDB lists Christopher Lee as well Cate Blanchet and someone playing Thranduil, this seems fairly likely.

-Havard

Christopher Lee in good guy mode? Yay! Smile

He wanted to be Gandalf, but Peter Jackson wasn't having any of it.

tarlyn · 04-27-2011, 05:48 PM

Dave L Wrote:
Havard Wrote:
tarlyn Wrote:I still don't get why there has to be two movies, but maybe that is just me.................

I hear that alot on the Internet. Personally I think it ought to be at least 3!

But I think Rafe is right about the Necromancer plot, especially now that IMDB lists Christopher Lee as well Cate Blanchet and someone playing Thranduil, this seems fairly likely.

-Havard
Christopher Lee in good guy mode? Yay!

He wanted to be Gandalf, but Peter Jackson wasn't having any of it.

Wasn't he Sherlock Holmes in the 70's with Patrick something or other [Mr Steed from the original Avengers series?]