Thread: Hobbit Filming to Start Feb 2011

Originally Posted by BBC News

Filming on The Hobbit is set to begin in February after it was finally given the go-ahead by film studio bosses. Warner Bros also announced that Peter Jackson, who directed the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, would helm the two-part prequel.
The films, based on JRR Tolkien's book, had been delayed for months due to MGM Studios' - which owns half the project - ongoing financial woes.
No release dates for the movies have been given.

Source: BBC News Website

Rumoured that Part 1 to be slated for December 2012

Originally Posted by General Naga

Source: BBC News Website

Rumoured that Part 1 to be slated for December 2012

Good News .

Is Peter Jackson directing now, instead of del toro?

Originally Posted by brrr

Good News .

Is Peter Jackson directing now, instead of del toro?

Nothing is confirmed that I have read but it seems very likely. Which in my view is only a good thing as Jackson = LOTR in my opinion.

Originally Posted by General Naga

Nothing is confirmed that I have read but it seems very likely. Which in my view is only a good thing as Jackson = LOTR in my opinion.

Yeah, i was worried del toro would turn the hobbit into a fairytale nightmarish film which wouldnt fit with the style of lotr's. Good to see Jackson actualy making films again, seeing as Dambusters and Halo never got off the ground.

The producers of the Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit say preparations are being made to move the production off-shore.

Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10682024

The Hobbit will be filmed in New Zealand! Looks like they managed to broker a deal at the last minute.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11633724

Originally Posted by General Naga

The Hobbit will be filmed in New Zealand! Looks like they managed to broker a deal at the last minute.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11633724

I'm actually kind of gutted, would have been cool to have it filmed in England, the countries landscapes that inspired Tolkien to write the Hobbit in the first place. Oh well the films will still be awesome .

Originally Posted by brrr

I'm actually kind of gutted, would have been cool to have it filmed in England, the countries landscapes that inspired Tolkien to write the Hobbit in the first place. Oh well the films will still be awesome .

I'm quite pleased actually because I'm pretty sure it would have been filmed in eastern-europe like most cost-saving films these days. If England was an option I'd be jumping up and down but I'm cynical enough to think Warner Bros would have taken the cheapest option if they did leave NZ.

Why not Norway? Breathtaking mountains and nature, but not as "farm-y" as England I believe.

Maniche

Depends what part of the UK your looking at. The north is rolling downs or peaks and valleys. Not on the same scale as Norway but its the sort of terrain Tolkien probably had in mind for some of the world considering he was English