For a long time, it may have seemed as if Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit was never going to actually happen, but now we not only know the identities of the main cast, but also who makes the cameras that the movies will be shot with. Red Digital Cameras has announced that Jackson will use “at [...]
If this report from the New Zealand press is to be believed, union disputes have forced Warner Bros. to pull production of The Hobbit out of New Zealand, although its new home has not been disclosed. A statement from Peter Jackson and partner Fran Walsh reads in part,
Here’s something interesting: At the end of an interview with Simon Pegg in yesterday’s Observer newspaper in the UK, it appears that Pegg confirms a rumor about his friend, actor Martin Freeman:
File this under “Surprising no-one,” but it’s finally official: Warner Bros’ movie adaptation of The Hobbit has finally been officially greenlit, and Peter Jackson will direct. With this non-news finally known, expect an announcement about whether or not the production will stay in New Zealand following union troubles sooner rather than later.
Will he direct or won’t he direct? Or, is this movie even coming out at all? It seems that nothing has ever been set in stone for The Hobbit, and despite reports on Saturday in the LA Times and the New York Times that the movie was just a few signatures away from approval, it [...]
At this point, I’m perfectly willing to accept that everyone involved with the movie version of The Hobbit just gives up and accepts that some higher being really, really, doesn’t want this movie to get made. Still officially director-less (but it’s Peter Jackson, I mean, come on), the movie is now at the center of [...]
Despite rumors to the contrary, former Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy will not be starring in the title role of Peter Jackson’s upcoming The Hobbit… because he’s apparently in the running for another, less short, more powerful role in the movie instead.
Expect plenty of announcements to roll out during Comic-Con over the next four days, at least surrounding the biggest and most popular franchises. I, for one, am planning on hearing a whole lot more about TRON: Legacy, Harry Potter, Battlestar Galactica and The Walking Dead. Maybe The Green Lantern and Green Hornet to boot.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 – Happy Geekness Day!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web: Up Front: Peter Jackson’s King Kong 360 3D Ride Opens Tuesday At Universal Studios Hollywood [via LA Times] Gadgets: Google To Stop Redirecting Chinese Users To Hong Kong [via NYT] Cancer Cells Detected Using $400 Digital Camera [via Gizmag] [...]
Even if Peter Jackson decides that he does want to direct the two Hobbit movies after all – And Neil Blomkamp is still in the running after all, apparently – there may be an additional problem in finally starting to shoot the damn thing: The question of who will pay for it.
