The first thing I thought when I saw the link to an article announcing Elijah Wood joining the cast of a Vin Diesel movie? "I need to go look for my link to that RPS fic of "Elijah/Crewman Gorgeous" (the latter of which is based on Vin Diesel in appearance ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

ARGH! I was almost finished with putting together a Hobbit update post, when LJ suddenly sent me to the polls page - no idea how I landed there - and when I returned and hit "restore from saved draft", it went back to the version which only had the introductory sentences! So my apologies, but I will not redo the whole long thing again, and instead ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

... and here the last of the three Hobbit entries of this weekend! Let's start with the Billy Connolly/Dain Ironfoot centric ones:

Analysing Billy Connolly’s Dain Ironfoot

Filming Hobbit ‘like a war’ says Connolly

Billy Connolly: “I’m covered in armour. It’s like wearing a volkswagon.”

Next up: Elijah Wood! Wood on ‘Wilfred’ and ‘The Hobbit’

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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 hobbitTwo ( Read more... )

PJ posted his fifth Hobbit production video! This is the first one from on location, which means Hobbiton! And it's featuring FroLijah! And it sooooo makes me want to go back to see Hobbiton in its full glory! ♥

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 ( Read more... )

An Unexpected Journey: Quint on the set of The Hobbit Part 4 - A Palaver of Istari

TORn headed to Queenstown, NZ for ‘Hobbit’ reporting

Elijah Wood talks LOTR 3D and bloopers and ‘Hobbit’

Sir Peter's great southern inspiration - I believe the following article is similar but not quite the same, from my quick scan: Hobbit: On set with Peter ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )