Wednesday 17 March 2010

Gandalf Speaks. We Listen.

Sir Ian Mckellen has confirmed via his website that production on The Hobbit, the prequel of-sorts to The Lord of the Rings trilogy helmed by Peter Jackson will begin in June for a year-long shoot.

Mckellen, who himself is returning to The Hobbit films as Gandalf says:

"The Hobbit’s two films start shooting in New Zealand in June. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth".

Guillermo del Toro will direct both films, with Jackson co-writing the screenplay based on the J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit.The direction of the two films was revealed to TORN by Del Toro. He sees the book as the first self-contained film, with the second to act as 'an integral part of telling the story of those 50 years of history lost in the narrative'.  


Part One, was due to be released late 2011, with all Lord of the Rings released in December, it would be a fair bet that this trend continues. But, with post production likely not to start until both films are wrapped next, a more likely due date is December 2012.


MATT RICHARDSON

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