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	<title>Obsessed With Film &#187; Peter-Jackson</title>
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		<title>2001 hindsight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["In one of the weakest years in memory, not just for performances but for great films, 2001 saw Denzel Washington and Halle Berry knock “two birds out with one stone,” as the former declared on Oscar night, as two African Americans won the top acting prizes for the first time ever.  And it was difficult to argue with either".
says John Forte in a retrospective piece over at In Contention.

Stop right John, I'm gonna have to disagree with ya right off the bat. First off, 2001, although not broadly a great year for movies, the second year of the new millenium will be remembered as the year that Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring changed the landscape of a what a fantasy, big budget, big cast spectacle could be and became a legendary film for my generation, in the same way Star Wars was to those who grew up in the late 70s.

Nobody who saw Lord of the Rings on it's first run will ever quite forget the jaw hanging from your mouth feeling that Peter Jackson conjured up. Finally a movie that matched those illustrated fantasy stories you grew up with, or those Ray Harryhausen adventure films. ...]]></description>
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		<title>James takes on DISTRICT 9!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

The first sign that District 9 would be a unique piece of work took place in the first five minutes when the setting of the film is revealed. District 9 does not take place in the overcrowded city of Los Angeles, or the politically relevant area of Virginia. The mothership of the creatures instead landed in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is just dissapointing that a film with so much potential and so much originality could succumb to some of the traps of the convential Hollywood Summer Blockbuster.

This isn't to say that it is all bad, and in fact, more than half of the film was incredible. Visually, technically, emotionally, and metaphorically speaking the better half of the film was a real treat, and helped me root my emotional tendons into the heart of it. When it came time however for the film to limp into its final act, it had lost much of its original steam, and veered off into corners that seemed irrelevant to the overall message of the movie. I wont spoil any of it for you, but you will notice a very specific turn of events that will make you question what newcomer director Neil Blomkamp and producer ...]]></description>
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		<title>There And Back Again&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The re-building of Hobbiton has begun, with the planting of hedgerows and fruit trees" says The One Ring...




An extension to the path that passes in front of Bag End has been marked out also. There will be several new Hobbit holes dotted along its length" .

Peter Jackson will be in attendance at the San Diego Comic Con next week, where hopefully ringers will question him into leaking more details about the Dec. 2011 release. ]]></description>
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		<title>No Bilbo at Con</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["No, we won’t be announcing Bilbo for a little while," says Peter Jackson to Empire when asked about the rumors an actor would be attached to the lead role of The Hobbit at the San Diego Comic Con. "We’re starting to think about casting, but we’re knee-deep in the script right now. And when we do go to actors, they’re probably going to ask to see a script, so we’re powering ahead with getting the first draft done.”

So now you know. 


 ]]></description>
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		<title>Lord of the Rings Episode 1: The Search for Bilbo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro has told MTV this week that the search for Bilbo is now down to one actor and he expects to reveal the name in the upcoming weeks. I wonder if it's the same name he and Peter Jackson were said to have mutually agreed on over a year ago. 

My choice then and still now is relatively obscure British actor Martin Freeman whose career never quite took off the way you thought it might after The Office and then The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Post both productions which were high profile, he was straight back down to obscurity. 



Lately I've been hearing a lot of support drumed up for Michael Sheen and I'm warming to that choice, very much actually. He's a better actor than Freeman and I'm pretty much sold on the fact he can play anyone, he certainly has the eyes and intensity of Ian Holm. Just doesn't quite look as much like him as Freeman does, but then that should never be the deal breaker.



And it seems people still believe James McAvoy can do something with the character and I'm getting anxious that he hasn't won out a big role in a while. Brendon Connelly ...]]></description>
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		<title>DISTRICT 9 trailer hints to be the next CLOVERFIELD</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 08:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most definitely taking a cue from Cloverfield, producer Peter Jackson and his new protage Neil Blomkamp (the guy who he trusted to direct Halo as his directorial debut before the studio cut their financing, many believe because of that decision) have cooked up this sci-fi movie District 9 which has slowly been gathering an audience through viral marketing and teasing over the past 12 months. 



Attached today to prints of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is a teaser trailer for the Sony Pictures film which has the intriuging concept that aliens live among us and have become refugees in South Africa. They live in District 9, a camp where "non-humans" have lived for thirty years since the first alien landed on Earth. 




The film is shot in a documentary style, to give it that sense of realism, and scope, and I guess post-modernism that Cloverfield and Diary of the Dead carried. That shot of that massive ship just looks insane and I like the blurry alien, just giving us as much as what we need. 

The movie opens August 14th and Sept. 4th in the U.K.  

source - first showing ]]></description>
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		<title>First look at Peter Jackson&#8217;s THE LOVELY BONES!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The movie has been wrapped for a good while, and finally Peter Jackson has decided that today is the day to start leaking some images from his upcoming film The Lovely Bones, a drama adapted from Alice Sebold's popular novel. 

Empire were first, with an image of Saorise Ronan as Susie Salmon, the 14-year-old girl from Pennsylvanian girl who is murdered and narrates the film from heaven as she watches over how her community and how her absence has effected the people we knew her.



Meanwhile, USA Today carry the image of a distraught looking Stanley Tucci, who plays the killer. 



Also with major roles in the film are Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon as her parents and grandmother respectively. 

The first image is our first hint at what Peter Jackson's vision of heaven will look in the movie. Hopefully it won't be that restrictive and having not read the novel, I have no idea whether the girl's heaven is basically just clouds. 

Dreamworks bring the movie to theares on Dec. 11th. ]]></description>
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		<title>Jamie Bell &amp; Daniel Craig join TINTIN. Full plot &amp; cast just one click away!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jamie Bell will motion capure and voice TINTIN, Daniel Craig will play "the nefarious" villain Pirate Red Rackham in the joint 3-D animated Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson venture at Paramount and Sony.

Toby Jones, Gad Elmaleh, Mackenzie Crook round out the cast which we already know has Andy Serkis playing Captain Haddock and British comedy duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as The Thompson Twins.

The movie will be based on THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN and has been written by Steven Moffat (DR. WHO) with some help from Edgar Wright (HOT FUZZ/SHAUN OF THE DEAD) and Joe Cornish (one half of comedy duo Adam and Joe) who have contributed according to a press release at Coming Soon.


The Secret of the Unicorn was one of the first truly great Tintin adventures and Herge's personal favorite, combining a puzzling mystery with a ripping pirate yarn. When Tintin finds a magnificent model ship in the street market, his attempt to buy it for Captain Haddock leads him on a trail of pickpockets, burglars, and secret treasure, and Haddock enthralls him with a tale of his seafaring ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock (who was exclaiming "Thundering typhoons!" generations before the Captain ever did), ...]]></description>
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		<title>Andy Serkis claims TINTIN begins filming in two weeks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg's first movie since he wrapped on INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL will begin filming in just two weeks.

The movie is the 3D animated motion captured TINTIN, directed by Spielberg and executive produced by Peter Jackson.

Andy Serkis, who plays Captain Haddock in the movie, revealed the start date to Coming Soon...
"We are starting 'Tintin' the week after next," Serkis said. "Peter Jackson is producing and Steven Spielberg is directing. I remember reading them as a child. I wasn't this massive fan. I loved the almost storyboard nature of the beautiful, beautiful drawings. And the way its going to be done... It's obviously performance capture so it's is going to be perfect. There isn't a more perfect way of doing it."
So expect to hear soon which young kid will be playing TINTIN soon. Recently we heard that Nick Frost and Simon Pegg will be playing the Thompson Twins. The movie is expected to be out next Summer. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pegg &amp; Frost confirmed for TINTIN!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first what we thought of as gimmick casting, has actually been confirmed today for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's TINTIN 3-D motion captured trilogy.

AICN say Brit duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will play the bumbling Thompson Twins. Which should be interesting because neither Pegg or Frost looking anything a like.

It's also been confirmed that Andy Serkis is also still on board as Captain Haddock but LOVE ACTUALLY youngster Thomas Sangster dropped out as the lead character when the Autumn shoot was pushed back to February 09.

After losing Universal's financing in the Summer, Sony Pictures stepped in to co-finance this $130 million production alongside Paramount Pictures - remarkably neither of them have as much faith in the worldwide appeal of TINTIN to finance it solo.

The first in the TINTIN trilogy will be released next Summer and will be directed by Spielberg. Peter Jackson's second installment will come sometime later. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sony &amp; Paramount team for TINTIN</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony Pictures Entertainment and Paramount Pictures are in talks to co-finance Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's TINTIN.

The digital 3D movie had been in limbo for the past six weeks or so as Universal made the risky decision of dropping a project because of the current financial climate, even though it could eventually be the biggest box office hit of 2010.

Paramount had offered to finance the whole $135 million themselves but Jackson and Spielberg held out for a better deal, which they now have... though the combined money both studio's have put up has been undisclosed.



Variety say the delay on the film has meant that 18 year old Thomas Sangster has left the project and Spielberg will need to find a new lead.

Andy Serkis is still on board as Captain Haddock.

Spielberg will direct the first movie, Jackson the second and I would guess Spielberg's pal Robert Zemeckis (BEOWULF, THE POLAR EXPRESS) must be favourite for the third. ]]></description>
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		<title>Simon Pegg &amp; Nick Frost in TINTIN?!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Pegg visited Steven Spielberg on the motion capture set of TINTIN where the actor claims/suggested/jokingly refers to the Times Online that he and his good pal Nick Frost may have been offered the chance to play the bumbling detectives The Thompson Twins in the soon to be filming movie...


“Steven’s smoking a stogy, cap on head, like he’s always been since I was a baby,” Pegg says, shaking his head in wonder. “I shook his hand and chatted about films. He gave me the mo-cap [motion-capture] camera, and I had a play around with it. Then he said, ‘Hey, maybe you and Nick Frost could play the Thompson Twins.’ In Tintin. A Spielberg movie. To work with him is beyond .. . ” He trails off, lost for words.
How truthful Spielberg was about being interested in the two guys, we can only speculate but you have to wonder why Pegg was on set anyway?

We know Pegg is great friends with Spielberg's co-collaborator Peter Jackson who even made a very rare cameo in HOT FUZZ, so there could be a lot of fuel to this fire. Despite Thompson and Thompson being twins, the movie will be motion captured so presumably they ...]]></description>
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		<title>Universal drop TINTIN</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has the current financial climate forced Universal, a major Hollywood studio to balk at the idea of financing a movie trilogy from Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg based on the insanely popular TINTIN franchise?

The Associated Press say the studio don't wish to give up $65 million for the three 3-D animated pictures and as we have heard before, production which was to begin very soon has now been halted indefinitely.



It's also a case of really bad timing for Spielberg who had agreed a deal with Paramount to co-finance the picture and now must ask a studio he is wishing to distance himself from, to finance the film completely which would amount to $130 million.

But if Paramount are smart, they will agree to it. TINTIN will be HUGE, three movies that could make a studio a small fortune. I think Universal will come to regret this day. ]]></description>
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		<title>John Noble would say no to THE HOBBIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far we know that Andy Serkis &#38; Ian McKellen will both return for The Hobbit when filming begins next year on Guillermo del Toro's first of a two film epic that will bridge the gap between Tolkien's first novel and the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy.

We have also heard in the past that Jackson and del Toro both agree that any of the original cast members who would like to return to the series, no matter who they are, would be welcome to return... probably with the second movie featuring them.

So at this moment, no one cast member from the original franchise can be ruled out. Except John Noble, who has told MTV this week that he would decline the offer to return to the series, even if del Toro asked him directly.


“If they said, ‘Would you come and play Denethor again,’” Noble said, “I would have to say, ‘No, I’m doing [new J.J. Abrams television series] ‘Fringe’! And I certainly couldn’t play a younger Denethor or even Echelion now that I’m an older John. Not even with makeup.”

“I do wish them the best of luck, however,” he added. “There’s tremendous fan interest in ‘The Hobbit.’ But ‘Lord ...]]></description>
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		<title>Steven Spielberg still directing TINTIN</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hollywood Reporter has lambasted yesterday's rumors that Peter Jackson would be taking over the reigns on the first Tintin movie, replacing Steven Spielberg in their joint collaborate effort which was always going to see Spielberg direct the first movie.


If people who actually reported on these rumors used their heads for a second, they wouldn't need official denials to deem them as being untrue. We know Jackson is...

A) Writing The Hobbit with Fran Walsh, Phillapa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro.

B) Is working on the lengthy post-production schedule for his next movie The Lovely Bones due out October 2009.

Basically, Jackson wouldn't have the time to fully commit to Tintin and with Spielberg desperately trying to do this project for two decades, I would suggest that nothing will stop him now from helming this first feature.

Production was originally set to begin in September but that looks to have been delayed, possibly till October/November. The first movie will be based on the classic stories "The Secret of the Unicorn" and it's sequel "Red Rackham's Treasure," which were written by Tintin creator Herge between 1942 and 1944.

The stories revolved around theives in Brussels.

Doctor Who writer Stephen Moffat has adapted the stories for screen. The ...]]></description>
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		<title>Writing begins on THE HOBBIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm imagining them all together in a Hobbit home somewhere, the quartet of Peter Jackson, Philipa Boyens, Fran Walsh and Guillermo del Toro writing the two movies that will not only adapt J.R.R. Tolkien's original Middle-Earth set novel but also will bridge the gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

EW have confirmed writing has now taken place with a forum member of The One Ring also claiming del Toro recently said in a Q &#38; A for Hellboy II that the writing process on the film was "beautiful".

The first movie in the new two part epic is set to be released in December 2011 and should begin shooting late next year.
We expect to hear the first casting of new roles around Christmas time, though we do already know that Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis will return as Gandalf and Gollum respectively.
source - coming soon ]]></description>
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		<title>THE HOBBIT to be distinctly Guillermo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Clayton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the behind-the-scenes involvement of Peter Jackson and the filming location of New Zealand, Guillermo del Toro has given further hints that his adaptation of The Hobbit will be distinctly different to Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.


Although there will be congruence, the Mexican auteur looks set to make sure that the two new Tolkien films will be marked by his unique touch.

Speaking to The Times, the Hellboy helmer elaborated on how he’ll be looking to draw upon his fascination with fairytales and mythology and how the new duology will fit in with Jackson’s works.
“I’m trying to be faithful to what I read when I was young. That’s The Hobbit I’m serving. I cannot serve a Peter Jackson film. We also hope to bridge the trilogy. We will create an expansion of what lies in the four books and in a number of appendices. I’m not going to New Zealand for two years to do one movie. I’m going there for four years.”
It’ll be interesting to see how del Toro handles the material and how the production will unfold both in terms of visuals and story. Such statements certainly give a good indication that del Toro is passionate about the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Christopher Lee wants Saruman return in THE HOBBIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro stated in the live internet chat from a few weeks back that any of the Lord of the Rings actors who wished to return would be welcomed and fit into The Hobbit.

Unsurprisingly, we've heard many of the alumni voice their interest in coming back since the film was greenlit - the latest being Christopher Lee who played the evil wizard Saurman in the three films.

Lee was the only acting member of the crew to have ever met the book's author J.R.R. Tolkien before his death and claims he reads the LOTR books once a year religiously, so I can't say I'm surprised at all by these comments to Empire...
“I’ve read the books time and again,” said the 86-year-old. “Originally Saruman The White and the rest of the wizards, or the Istari as they call them, were immortal. There were five of them, two of them never appear, I know their names but they never appear, and the only three that are mentioned are Saruman The White, Gandalf The Grey and Radagast The Brown who you never see – so basically it’s two wizards.

“They lived for thousands of years and they were sent to the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Del Toro: &#8220;We have agreed on our choice for Bilbo&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of an exclusive interview in the next issue of the Empire magazine which hits stands this Friday, Guillermo del Toro has sensationally revealed that himself and Peter Jackson have mutually agreed on their choice for who should step into the shoes of Ian Holm and lead the film as Bilbo Baggins.

The only name I remember being rumored was the extremely smart choice of Martin Freeman (The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy) who you may remember auditioned for the villain role in Jackson's upcoming drama The Lovely Bones but ultimately lost out to Stanley Tucci.

Since that day, I have championed Freeman who may seriously be the only actor that has spoken to Jackson about the role. Could it be him?

Del Toro says...
“I can tell you that it’s down to a few names that we all agree upon. And that our first choice…completely, magically, we said the same name. All of us!”

"We said this is the guy we would talk to, but until the pages are there you have to let the character tell you who he wants to be played by. You can expect at least a year before we announce any casting.”
Freeman is beyond perfect. He looks like ...]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights from the del Toro/Jackson HOBBIT talk&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 08:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things we find out from the Hobbit chat which went down yesterday... Peter Jackson was in sunny New Zealand, Guillermo del Toro was in rainy London.

Peter Jackson informed us on the current status of the film...
at this point in time the plan is to write for the rest of this year and start early conceptual designs. 2009 will be dedicated to pre-production on both movies and 2010 will be the year we shoot both films back to back. Post productin follows one film at a time with The Hobbit being released Dec 2011, and F2 release Dec 2012. That is the schedule in about as much detail as we have ourselves at the moment.
On the subject of location shooting...
[Middle Earth is a] natural countryside and that's where a lot of shooting will take place. Location will be favored and real set construction.
On Ian Holm, who immortalized Bilbo Baggins in the original but is probably too old for a prequel...
We will utilize him in some fashion for sure but the difficulty of th erole will be better assesed after we do the script (s).
On Howard Shore returning to compose the score...
Yes- absolutely, Shore is teh VOICE of these films and we ...]]></description>
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