Guess Who's Back?
Peter Jackson and New Line Cinemas have finally ironed out their residual issues from the LOTR trilogy, and the outcome is exciting. PJ, as has long been rumored, will indeed be at the helm for the making of The Hobbit. !!!
I'm hyperventilating. Talk amongst yourselves.
We have three years to wait, as the target release date is 2010. Of course, the story will also be told in two parts, which means it will be four years yet before Lobelia of the Sackville-Bagginses makes off with Bilbo's silver. This in turn guarantees that Tolkien's loyal minions must wait *gasp* five or six years before we may acquire the boxed set extended version. Oh, the agony of it all!
Potential existential crisis notwithstanding, the article I've linked points out that many things are up in the air. For example, Weta Workshops (the geniuses behind the trilogy monsters, both live and CGI), New Zealand, and the cast have not been confirmed.
Um.
Ok, I am neither the least nor the most zealous of Tolkien's disciples, but really. Even if I didn't absolutely love Hugo Weaving as Elrond or Ian Holm as Bilbo, the precedent is set. How can they not return? Who else but Agent Smith could possibly be the Half-elven of Rivendell? Honestly, I would be saddened to see any face other than Sir Ian McKellan's under Gandalf's crooked grey hat. Then there's Andy Serkis. Would Sméagol live at all without him? The very thought of it is ghastly!
This has been a long time coming. I find myself still irked by the exclusion of Tom and Goldberry, the thorough mangling of The Two Towers, and the utter destruction of Faramir's moral fiber (the most grievous of the three, in my opinion). However, these faults of the movie trilogy have not tempered my excitement that The Hobbit will finally be brought into the Twenty-first Century. It's fairly clear that the second movie will be dominated by the Battle of Five Armies, but I do so look forward to meeting more of Durin's race.
Sam Gamgee thanks Paddy of the Mountain for the link.
I'm hyperventilating. Talk amongst yourselves.
We have three years to wait, as the target release date is 2010. Of course, the story will also be told in two parts, which means it will be four years yet before Lobelia of the Sackville-Bagginses makes off with Bilbo's silver. This in turn guarantees that Tolkien's loyal minions must wait *gasp* five or six years before we may acquire the boxed set extended version. Oh, the agony of it all!
Potential existential crisis notwithstanding, the article I've linked points out that many things are up in the air. For example, Weta Workshops (the geniuses behind the trilogy monsters, both live and CGI), New Zealand, and the cast have not been confirmed.
Um.
Ok, I am neither the least nor the most zealous of Tolkien's disciples, but really. Even if I didn't absolutely love Hugo Weaving as Elrond or Ian Holm as Bilbo, the precedent is set. How can they not return? Who else but Agent Smith could possibly be the Half-elven of Rivendell? Honestly, I would be saddened to see any face other than Sir Ian McKellan's under Gandalf's crooked grey hat. Then there's Andy Serkis. Would Sméagol live at all without him? The very thought of it is ghastly!
This has been a long time coming. I find myself still irked by the exclusion of Tom and Goldberry, the thorough mangling of The Two Towers, and the utter destruction of Faramir's moral fiber (the most grievous of the three, in my opinion). However, these faults of the movie trilogy have not tempered my excitement that The Hobbit will finally be brought into the Twenty-first Century. It's fairly clear that the second movie will be dominated by the Battle of Five Armies, but I do so look forward to meeting more of Durin's race.
Sam Gamgee thanks Paddy of the Mountain for the link.
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posted by Sam Gamgee at
12:03 PM
1 Comments:
I'm thinking we will see Hugo Weaving and Andy Serkis. Almost certainly we'll see Ian McKellan. In an interview he said he absolutely wants to play Gandalf again, though only if Peter Jackson was involved.
Ian Holm? I'd be real surprised. They'll pick someone with more name recognition, and likely someone a lot younger (even though Bilbo wasn't supposed to have aged since his journey to and back).
You're exactly right about Faramir. The other stuff I understood. I didn't get why they distorted his character.
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