It’s official: Orlando Bloom will reprise his role as Legolas in The Hobbit, the two-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, director Peter Jackson announced Friday. Jackson credited Bloom with creating a “legendary” character, and then…
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Orlando Bloom Returns for The Hobbit
Filming on the two Hobbit movies, starring Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, finally begins after months of delays.
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Hobbit filming finally under way
Filming of the two Hobbit movies will finally begin in New Zealand next month after a series of delays, director Peter Jackson says.
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Hobbit director to begin filming
As Peter Jackson begins to assemble his troops for two more Lord of the Rings films – this time based on the prequel book The Hobbit – all everyone seems to be concerned with is which cast members from the first three films will return for these two. Already, we’re seeing word that Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom will be returning in some capacity, and now the latest rumors surrounds Frodo himself, Elijah Wood. TheOneRing.net claims they can confirm that Wood will indeed play a role in the films, but not a major part like in the original trilogy. Here’s how they explain it: “As readers of “The Hobbit” know, the tale of “The Downfall of The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit or There and Back Again,” are… Read More Read Comments
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Elijah Wood Returning for ‘The Hobbit’
New Zealand’s parliament passes legislation that will keep the production of two Hobbit films in the country.
Two movies based on The Hobbit will be shot in New Zealand as planned following talks with film executives, the country’s prime minister confirms.
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Hobbit to be made in New Zealand
Talks between New Zealand’s prime minister and Warner Brothers over the filming of The Hobbit end with no decision on where filming will take place.
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Hobbit talks end without decision
Thousands of New Zealanders take to their streets to protest against possible plans to move production of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films elsewhere.
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New Zealanders rally behind Hobbit shoot
An industrial pay dispute by an acting union may result in Warner Bros relocating the filming of The Hobbit from New Zealand, where the landscape has been used in the Lord of the Rings movies, to England.
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The production mess that is The Hobbit drags on. The producers of the J.R.R. Tolkien film adaptation have been embroiled in a heated labor dispute with the New Zealand Actors’ Equity Union after the group called for a boycott of The Hobbit, citing a…
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The Hobbit May Leave New Zealand
The Office actor Martin Freeman will play Bilbo Baggins in two-part Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit, director Peter Jackson announces.
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Office to Middle Earth: Freeman to play Bilbo
New Zealand may soon learn what happens when they go against the fellowship of Peter Jackson. Warner Brothers has threatened to leave New Zealand for filming of the two-film Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit, due to a dispute with the union Actors’…
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Hobbit to Change Filming Location?
Filming on The Hobbit is set to begin in February after it finally gets the go-ahead by film studio bosses.
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Hobbit film gets go-ahead from studio bosses
Bilbo Baggins will finally see the light of day as the film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit has been green-lighted, according to TheWrap.com. Citing an unnamed source, the website reported that MGM and Warner Bros. have set a…
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The Hobbit to Begin Production in February
