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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.

• Hobbit Report, News

  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.

• Features, Hobbit Report

  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.

• News

  Tolkien Heirs vs. New Line: Trial to Go Before Jury

  06.09.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

  A suit filed against New Line Cinema, producers of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy, by the heirs of author JRR Tolkien will be decided by a jury, a state court judge has ruled.

• News

  Happy 87th birthday, Christopher Lee

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

  Trivia question: Who is the only member of the Lord of the Rings movie cast who actually met author JRR Tolkien? The answer is Christopher Lee, who portrayed Saruman. And today, May 27th, is Lee’s 87th birthday.

• Features, Opinion

  Jackson versus Tolkien – a long-overdue list of gripes

  02.16.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Let me be clear — I love the movies. Love them. I genuinely do not believe that any other filmmaker on the planet would have done as good a job as Mr. Jackson… But here are my major gripes, as far as changes from the books.

• 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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