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  The Hobbit Report: December 9, 2009

  12.11.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  The production situation for Guillermo del Toro’s two-part The Hobbit adaptation has become clearer in the last week, as it appears that various media and online reports relied too much on casual comments made over the last year by del Toro and executive producer Peter Jackson, rather than official announcements by New Line Cinema.

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  The Hobbit Report: October, 2009

  10.08.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Bilbo Baggins seems to have used his Halfling Improved Evasion feat to dodge another threat to his feature film return. Motion picture studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has, at least temporarily, staved off a bankruptcy that might have derailed plans for the two-part, Peter Jackson-produced adaptation of The Hobbit scheduled to begin production next year.

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  The Hobbit Report: August, 2009

  08.26.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Director Guillermo del Toro has confirmed, in an interview with BBC Radio 5, that Sir Ian McKellen will reprise the role of Gandalf in the upcoming two-part film version of The Hobbit. Del Toro also revealed that Hugo Weaving will return as Elrond Half-elven, and Andy Serkis will once again provide the voice and movements for the computer-generated character Gollum.

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  The Hobbit Report: July, 2009

  07.24.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Will the Tenth Doctor play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit? Multiple online and mainstream press sources, particularly the UK’s Telegraph, are speculating that Doctor Who star David Tennant has been tapped to portray a younger Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit.

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  The Hobbit Report: June 2009

  06.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  A two-part film adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s beloved children’s novel, The Hobbit, is slated for release in December 2011 and December 2012. The films will be directed by Guillermo del Toro, with Peter Jackson acting as executive producer and co-writer.

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  At least he gets it — so far…

  10.15.08 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Bilbo is a good-hearted man, and the honesty of Bilbo is in direct contrast to the greed of Smaug, which looms large in the entire narrative, but also in the newly acquired greed and pride of Thorin, who becomes intoxicated with power and gold.

• Features

  The Hobbit 2: Electric Boogaloo

  10.15.08 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  Sauron, driven from Mirkwood, escapes to Mordor. Gollum leaves the mountains to search for his Precious. Barad-dûr is rebuilt. Aragorn meets Arwen. Balin goes to Moria. Saruman tries the palantir, and goes bad. Some people are born, some die. That’s it. Not much of a story.

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  Catching up with Tolkien News

  09.29.08 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

  …Despite threats from the Tolkien Trust, New Line officially announced The Hobbit for a tenative 2010 completion date. Guillermo del Toro will direct, which means Gandalf will have eyes on his hands….

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