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Cate Blanchett Returns To Middle Earth For Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit’
Dec 8th
Cate Blanchett, Ken Stott, Sylvester McCoy, Mikael Persbrandt, Ryan Gage, Jed Brophy and William Kircher have all joined the ever growing cast of Peter Jackson’s much anticipated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit.’ Jackson, director of all three Lord of the Rings films, will be helming the two movies back-to-back for a 2012 and 2013 release.
Cate Blanchett is reprising her role from the Lord of the Rings trilogy as Galadriel, the Lady of Lothlorien. To date other actors on board include Martin Freeman, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Rob Kazinsky, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Richard Armitage and Ian McKellen. Rumoured to be making their way to middle earth are Andy Serkis returning as Gollum, Leonard Nimoy, Michael Fassbender and Brian Blessed – who’s voice is the epitome of the word ‘bellowing’.
Peter Jackson welcomed the news of Cate Blanchett’s return to Middle-earth “Cate is one of my favorite actors to work with and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have her reprise the role she so beautifully brought to life in the earlier films.” On the casting of Scottish actor Ken Stott, Jackson commented “Fran and I have long been fans of Ken’s work and are excited he will be joining us on this journey.” Jackson also welcomed the addition to the cast of Swedish actor, Mikael Persbrandt, saying, “The role of Beorn is an iconic one and Mikael was our first choice for the part. Since seeing him read for the role we can’t imagine anyone else playing this character.”
First Official Look At The New Zealand Set Of Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit’
Nov 28th
The latest issue of Totalfilm has given us our first official look at the New Zealand set of Peter Jackson’s much delayed adaptation of The Hobbit. Jackson, director of all three Lord of the Rings films, will be helming the two movies back-to-back for a 2012 and 2013 release. 2012 can’t come soon enough!!!
To date The Hobbit stars Martin Freeman, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Rob Kazinsky, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Richard Armitage and Ian McKellen. Rumoured to be making their way to middle earth are Andy Serkis returning as Gollum, Leonard Nimoy, Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett returning as Galadriel, and Brian Blessed – who’s voice is the epitome of the word ‘bellowing’.
James Nesbitt & Adam Brown Join The Cast Of Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit’
Nov 2nd
Yet more casting appointments have been announced, following on from the fantastic news that The Hobbit has finally been given a greenlight with Peter Jackson – director of all three ‘Lord of the Rings’ films – helming the two films back-to-back for a 2012 and 2013 release. James Nesbitt – one of the UK’s best loved thesbians – has been cast as Bofur. While newcomer Adam Brown has been cast as Ori, both smelly, axe loving dwarfs.
Cement cast members so far include Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the Company of Dwarves, Aidan Turner and Robert Kazinsky playing Kili and Fili of the Company of Dwarves. Graham McTavish as Dwalin, John Callen takes on the role of Oin, Stephen Hunter plays Bombur, Mark Hadlow portrays Dori, Peter Hambleton is Goin, and now Nesbitt and Brown as two little dwarf fellas.
Other actors in the mix that haven’t been confirmed at this point in time include Stephen Fry, Saoirse Ronan, Bill Nighy and David Tennant. Ian McKellan and Andy Serkis are expected to reprise Gandalf and Gollum.
Guillermo Del Toro Approves Martin Freeman’s Casting As Bilbo Baggins In ‘The Hobbit’ & Industrial Disputes Settled
Oct 27th
Hot on the heels of the news that Warner Bros and the New Zealand Government have reached an deal settling the industrial disputes for the filming of The Hobbit in New Zealand. Guillermo Del Toro has publicly given his stamp of approval with regards to the casting of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins.
If you weren’t aware Del Toro was originally intended to direct The Hobbit but had to leave the project this summer after MGM’s financial woes dragged on and on and on and on and on. Del Toro told the Shortlist: “I have the perfect actor for every character in the movie, but I don’t feel morally correct to saying who now that I’m not directing.”
“But [as for Martin specifically] absolutely, 100%. I’m a huge fan of his. I love him in The Office and Love Actually.”
With regards to Del Toro leaving the project he added that his decision was “a hard thing when you’ve spent two years on a movie and it’s going nowhere”. The Hobbit films are to be directed by Peter Jackson and are scheduled for release December 2012 and December 2013.
Martin Freeman, Jimmy Nesbitt, Michael Fassbender & David Tennant Pursued For ‘The Hobbit’?
Oct 17th
Accompanying the fantastic news that The Hobbit has finally been given a greenlight with Peter Jackson – director of all three ‘Lord of the Rings’ films – helming the two films back-to-back (telling the story of “The Hobbit” in two parts) for a 2012 and 2013 release. Those scoopmeisters over at Deadline have heard through the grapevine some enticing casting news:
‘Martin Freeman will soon be set to play Bilbo Baggins, that Jimmy Nesbitt has been offered a role and that Michael Fassbender is being pursued for another as is David Tennant. Ian McKellan and Andy Serkis are expected to reprise Gandalf and Gollum.’
This is all music to my ears. After so much spluttering starts and stops, the reality of these films finally hitting the big screen feels sweeeeeeeeeeeet! Expect some official casting confirmations in due time.
Peter Jackson Officially Directing The Hobbit & The Hobbit Sequel – Production Set To Start In Febuary
Oct 15th
This has made my exceedingly cold Friday – it’s as cold as yeti’s balls over in London right now! The Wrap are reporting that both The Hobbit and The Hobbit Sequel have been officially greenlit. Peter Jackson will be directing, producing and writing both movies, with production set to start in February. It’s not all plane sailing though – ‘labor issues related to the production have still not been resolved, and negotiations will continue with the Screen Actors Guild. The union flap involves whether the production would use Screen Actors Guild members or not.’
I suppose at the least the financial issues look like they’ve been resolved, fingers crossed the issues with the unions can be ironed out asap. Sets have already been built in New Zealand, and actors – including Sir Ian McKellan – have been on hold for months. Martin Freeman has been rumoured to play Bilbo Baggins. I’m super stoked to see J.R.R. Tolkien’s much beloved novel finaly creeping towards reality.