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Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie Talks About His Role in The Hobbit

Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie Talks About His Role in The Hobbit

Bret had a small cameo in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, but this time he'll have a new and bigger role in The Hobbit. Click the jump for details.

Mckenzie, who starred in HBO's Flight of the Conchords with Jemaine Clement, will be making an appearance in PeterJackson's The Hobbit. If you blinked during 2001's Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring you might've missed Bret's cameo. He played the role of Figwit (Frodo is great ... who is that?). You can check out the cameo in the video below, which has Bret without his trademark beard. When asked by Empire if he was shaving for The Hobbit, he said, "Oh yeah. I look like I’m 12. I look much more like a girl in TheHobbit. I look like a hot girl."

"It was in Wellington so I could pretty much walk to work. It’s still a small part — I did a couple of days earlier this year — but it was great to get my pointy ears back on. It’s in 3D, so the ears will be extra pointy. You’ll be able to touch the ears."

"I’ve got a proper name this time: Lindir. In the book he was a musical elf. This time, if I make the edit, I'll speak in Elvish. But I don’t sing. They haven’t asked me to do the theme song yet! Maybe this time it’s me and Annie Lennox."

"Ian McKellen, it turns out, is a big fan of Flight Of The Conchords. He and I had a good time on set, coming up with ideas for Hobbit: The Musical. We’re still developing it..."

Benedict Cumberbatch On The Preparation For Voicing Smaug In The Hobbit

Benedict Cumberbatch On The Preparation For Voicing Smaug In The Hobbit

Speaking to Collider about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, actor Benedict Cumberbatch discusses his preparation for playing the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit.

Source: Collider

The fine folks over at Collider recently had the opportunity to sprinkle in some questions about Peter Jackson's adaption of the fantasy classic, The Hobbit to actor Benedict Cumberbatch; who will be voicing the dragon Smaug. Here's the brief video and transcript.



Collider: So what’s it like to voice Smaug in TheHobbit?

Cumberbatch: "I’m playing Smaug, I mean I’m physicalizing him as a dragon I’m not just doing the voiceover, so it’ll be a physical role which I’m no stranger to. I did Frankenstein at the beginning of the year with Danny Boyle at the National Theater and playing the creature in that was a very full on and sort of corporeal experience. I can’t wait, but the conversations have yet to start really in earnest because they’ve been doing the first film and I’ve been doing the second series of Sherlock and another series which I’m working on now called Parade’s End for HBO and BBC with Tom Stoppard, and Rebecca Hall co-starring, so it’s a world away but come a month’s time we’ll start conversations probably like you and I are having down the line. I’ve already started working out and doing various movement exercises to get myself limber for that all-important jump suit with balls on it, otherwise known as motion-capture. But I can’t wait, I’m really excited. I go to film it in January."

Hmm. The interesting thing to take away from this interview is that Cumberbatch will not only be voicing Smaug but he'll also be in a motion capture suit, a la Andy Serkis.

Viggo Mortensen Would've Returned as Aragorn for The Hobbit

Viggo Mortensen Would've Returned as Aragorn for The Hobbit

Surprisingly ViggoMortensen was approached at one point by producers to gauge his interest in returning to Middle Earth, and even more surprisingly he said, "sure."


At one point when GuillermodelToro was working on The Hobbit with PeterJackson there was talk of making a film that would bridge The Hobbit with The Lord of the Rings. Those plans were abandoned, but when Peter Jackson was discussing the "bridge film" in 2006 with Ain't It Cool News he had a way of bringing Viggo back. He said, "You could even get into Gollum's sneaking into Mordor and Aragorn protecting The Shire. That's what we'd do. Love to work with Viggo again."

Movies.com: Has Peter Jackson asked you to return to Middle Earth in the Hobbit movie in any capacity?

Mortensen: At one point, the producers asked if I would do it and I said sure if Aragorn is supposed to be in the bridge story because he's not in The Hobbit. I would rather do it than see someone else do it, but I've never been asked and they're shooting the movie. I'm not in it unless it there is some last-minute plan they have, but I thought I would have heard of it by now. Orlando Bloom and Cate Blanchett shot something, but they're elves and don't change as rapidly. As you know, Aragorn is half elf and also lives a couple hundred years or more and he could be in a bridge, but I have to assume it isn't going to happen. That was an important period in my life and I will always be grateful that the trilogy was so successful and gave me a lot of new opportunities. I never would have gotten A History of Violence, no matter how much David wanted me, had it not been for my newfound notoriety.

New Set Photos for The Hobbit & Scene Descriptions Involving Bilbo and Gandalf

New Images From THE HOBBIT, PROMETHEUS, SKYFALL And SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMEN

noice!

New Production Video For THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

New Production Video For THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

Via his official Facebook page, director Peter Jackson has revealed the fifth production video for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, featuring some new behind-the-scenes footage. Check it out...

Peter Jackson Explains The Difference Between THE HOBBIT And THE LORD OF THE RINGS

Peter Jackson on how The Hobbit differs from The Lord of the Rings:

JACKSON: "The Hobbit is very much a children's book and The Lord of the Rings is something else; it's not really aimed at children at all. I realized the characters of the dwarves are the difference. Their energy and disdain of anything politically correct brings a new kind of spirit to it. And that's why I thought, OK, this could be fun!"

If you though Joss Whedon had it tough spreading screentime amongst his ensemble cast, Peter Jackson has it even tougher. Here, Jackson briefly comments on that challenge:

JACKSON: "That was something I worried about. I imagined 13 guys with long hair and beards and I thought, 'How are we ever going to know which dwarf is which? It's an ensemble from hell really. I thought nine members of the Fellowship was a problem; but here, with Bilbo and Gandalf, we've got 15. It's working out fine though. The dwarves give it a kind of childish, comedic quality that gives us a very different tone from The Lord of the Rings."



Jackson wants audiences to know that despite some differences, he's striving to keep the same feel from the LOTR trilogy:

JACKSON: "I want it to seem like we've gone back on location into Middle-earth; that these two movies feel like they belong at the beginning of the other three. We're the same filmmakers going into the same world."

Talking about original director Guillermo del Toro, Total Film reports that Jackson stated that the "films do retain some aspects del Toro's style and DNA, but that they have largely been overshadowed by Jackson's own attempts to replicate his approach to The Lord of the Rings ten years ago."

Jackson's wife and writing partner Fran Walsh reportedly stated that the second movie will be primarily focused with "war, madness and dragon rage." She explains:

FRAN WALSH: "We always saw The Hobbit more in the golden light of a fairytale. It's more playful. But by the time you get to the end, Tolkien is writing himself into that place where he can begin that epic journey of writing LOTR, which took, as he put it, his life's blood. All those heavier, darker themes which are so prevalent in the later trilogy start to come into play."

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Christopher Lee Discusses THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

The Lord of the Rings star discusses his role as Saruman in the two upcoming movies from director Peter Jackson, commenting on the amount of filming, which characters don't return and more.

Collider has come across the following "Christmas Message" from the actor in which he discusses his role in The Hobbit movies and Tim Burton's Dark Shadows as well as much more. Below the video is a breakdown of what Lee talks about so you can skip ahead to the most interesting bits if you choose to.




• 2:20 Lee comments on The Wicker Tree
• 2:55 Lee comments on Hugo and working with Scorsese
• 6:30 Lee talks about both The Hobbit films
• 7:55 Lee mentions that Aragorn and the Rohirrim will not be present in The Hobbit
• 8:20 Lee talks about his 4 days of filming to fulfill his role in both films
• 8:50 Lee comments on Saruman
• 9:30 Lee talks about Dark Shadows

Peter Jackson Talks THE HOBBIT,"Filming For Both Movies Wraps In July"

Peter Jackson Talks THE HOBBIT,"Filming For Both Movies Wraps In July"

Filming for The Hobbit part 1 and 2 wraps in July, information from Tolkien's appendix used to bridge the gap between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

The trailer looks awesome. He just better not pull a Lucas on this one.

right on . i'm takin my daughter to see it

Originally Posted by Gregzs

Peter Jackson Talks THE HOBBIT,"Filming For Both Movies Wraps In July"

Peter Jackson Talks THE HOBBIT,"Filming For Both Movies Wraps In July"

Filming for The Hobbit part 1 and 2 wraps in July, information from Tolkien's appendix used to bridge the gap between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

Several - I mean several - post about this, and a lot of them in a row. I know puberty can be tough, but once it's over you won't be into Lord of the Rings as much.

Bullied as a kid, Peter Jackson fights back on film | Comcast

as i said i definitely goin to see that but...I've red i think all of tolkien's work but i regret seeing movie like i fuckin regret seeing fuckin cult movie MECHANIC CLOCK WORK ORANGE .firsst i red books than i see movies whet a disappointment maaan characters in my head was completely different better INMO then those on screen plus my imagination got fucked .

Billy Connolly Joins The Cast Of Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT

Billy Connolly is best known for films like The Boondock Saints, The Last Samurai, and most recently The X-Files: I Want to Believe. Check out the announcement below:

Billy Connolly is joining the cast of Tolkien's epic "The Hobbit."

The announcement was made today by Peter Jackson, who is currently in production on "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "The Hobbit: There and Back Again," with the films shooting back-to-back in New Zealand.

In the films, Connolly ("The Last Samurai," "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events") will play Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield. Peter Jackson welcomed the news of Connolly to Middle-earth: "We could not think of a more fitting actor to play Dain Ironfoot, the staunchest and toughest of Dwarves, than Billy Connelly, the Big Yin himself. With Billy stepping into this role, the cast of "The Hobbit" is now complete. We can't wait to see him on the Battlefield!