Peter Jackson’s third production video: cast and crew favorite moments

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Sometimes you just want to give Peter Jackson a big ol’ hug for being so darn cute. He departs from the usual show-and-tell of his last behind-the-scenes videos to bring us a little comedy. We also get to hear some of the cast and crew’s favorite moments during the shooting of the first of the [...]

Even more dwarves from The Hobbit: Balin and Dwalin (plus Saruman mashup video!)

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Peter Jackson released MOAR dwarf photos, this time of of Balin and Dwalin, played by Ken Scott and Graham McTavish, respectively. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again has a rowdy crew of dwarves, far more than just Gimli. Balin was even mentioned in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the [...]

Three more dwarves featured in The Hobbit still: Bombur, Bofur, and Bifur

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The latest reveal for The Hobbit dwarves finally brings us James Nesbitt (Jekyll, Murphy’s Law) and the insanely comic-looking Bombur. He could literally be a painting. Bombur is Bofur’s brother and Bifur is their cousin and are not related to the noble line of Durin, like many. They are descended from coal miners and iron [...]

More dwarves from The Hobbit: Fili and Kili, Oin and Gloin

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In addition to the first image we saw of Dori, Nori, and Ori, Peter Jackson has revealed two more photos of Bilbo Baggins’ (Martin Freeman) dwarf companions on his unexpected journey. Here are Dean O’Gorman as Fili and Aidan Turner as Kili in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Here is their description from MSN’s Hitlist: [...]

Peter Jackson releases second on-set production video

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Peter Jackson released his second 10-minute production video for The Hobbit. Here’s the first, in case you missed it. It focused on the first film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and had props, settings, and the Gollum transformation. This new video focuses on locations for Middle-earth in the second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, [...]

First look at three dwarves in The Hobbit

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Peter Jackson revealed a first look at three of the dwarves we’ll be meeting in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Dori, Nori, and Ori. They are played by Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, and Mark Hadlow and look pretty awesome and quite different from Lord of the Rings’ Gimli. I’m excited that so much detail and [...]

Three set photos from ‘The Hobbit’

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EW has released three preview photos from the set of The Hobbit including Martin Freeman all kitted out as Bilbo Baggins, Ian McKellan reprising Gandalf, and Peter Jackson giving notes to Freeman. It makes me very excited for the debut in theaters on December 14, 2012. Wow, that seems far away. Le sigh. Check out [...]

Peter Jackson answers first fan questions about The Hobbit

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Peter Jackson posted on his Facebook page the first of 20 questions he solicited from fans and will answer one (or two) at a time. The questions can be anything about The Hobbit films. Here are his first questions and answers. If you want to ask him questions, feel free to jump over to his [...]

Peter Jackson confirms Orlando Bloom as Legolas in The Hobbit

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There were rumors that Orlando Bloom might reprise his role as Legolas in The Hobbit, but it would have to be a purely new perspective since he doesn’t appear in the book at all. His father and his realm appear, however, so it’s entirely possible that he could have been hanging around somewhere (LoTR super-fans [...]

The Hobbit casting updates: Stephen Fry, Ryan Gage, Conan Stevens

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Peter Jackson has released more casting news for The Hobbit. Stephen Fry will be playing The Master of Laketown and Ryan Gage will be playing Alfrid, the Master’s civil servant. Jackson also mentions that Gage originally had only a small hobbit part but was good enough to get a promotion. Lastly, the super tall Conan Stevens [...]