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The Hobbit - Official Thread of Officially In Production
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PhoncipleBone
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Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
!!!!!!!!!
I'm stoked!
I'm stoked!
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Doesn't TDKR trailer also launch on Tuesday? Excellent.
The Hobbit will get the real hype going.
I still remember when everybody was anticipating the Return of the King trailer which had a firm date. Then out of nowhere WB decided to release the trailer for The Matrix Revolutions on the same day. That was a good day.
The Hobbit will get the real hype going.
I still remember when everybody was anticipating the Return of the King trailer which had a firm date. Then out of nowhere WB decided to release the trailer for The Matrix Revolutions on the same day. That was a good day.
PLEASE BE TRUE!Kilgore Trout
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Can't believe I'm this excited for a trailer. Although unless Jackson adapts more Tolkien in the future I can't imagine it will happen again.
Harry Potter
Banned
Howard Shore is back.
WyndhamPrice
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Too bad The Matrix Revolutions didn't live up to the hype of the trailer. Don't think we'll have that problem with either movie trailer releasing this year.
bengraven
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Freeman makes an awesome Bilbo. I'm actually okay with them eventually putting a 10 second clip of him grabbing the ring in the prologue of the LOTR.
Also, I have a feeling this trailer is going to get leaked today and while I'm three hours from my computer with my not-so smart phone.
Also, I have a feeling this trailer is going to get leaked today and while I'm three hours from my computer with my not-so smart phone.
I am as well, but I was wondering: would that (or some kind of über Blu-ray box of both titles) actually be possible? The movies are distributed by Warner, this time around, aren't they? Would that cause some issues on that front?
StealthGoblin
Banned
Has Dain II been cast yet? Its hard to have the battle of five armies without five complete armies.
I hope they don't cut Dain's appearance out. It would be totally fuck awesome to hear a massive dwarven war cry during the battle and see loads of dwarves march down on the enemy.
I hope they don't cut Dain's appearance out. It would be totally fuck awesome to hear a massive dwarven war cry during the battle and see loads of dwarves march down on the enemy.
King of the Potato People
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It looks magnificent. 2012's year of cinema looks ridiculously good.
Funky Papa
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My god, this is looking spectacular. Somebody hold me before I go full on amir0x too soon.
King of the Potato People
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He looks about as close to Bilbo as possible... without de-aging Ian Holm.
Warner Bros. owns New Line. So they could do it if they wanted to.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Had no idea Tim was the lead in this.
Ah, well, that solves it, I guess!
The pictures aren't doing much for me, visually.
I've read The Hobbit, and in some ways I actually prefer it to The Lord of the Rings, but Jackson's original trilogy was so good and the scale of it all was just so huge..that I can't help but feel underwhelmed. I'm sure I'll be wrong.
I like that the this seems to feel a bit more like FotR..I love that movie. Each film definitely had its own flavour, and while I don't like any single part more than the other, I wouldn't object to a return to the more adventurous beats of Fellowship.
I hope they match Moria's scale along for all its darkness and grandeur. That part blew me away as a kid. Maybe the Misty Mountains will come close?
At the same time, I'm worried that my expectations are so coloured by the previous films.
I've read The Hobbit, and in some ways I actually prefer it to The Lord of the Rings, but Jackson's original trilogy was so good and the scale of it all was just so huge..that I can't help but feel underwhelmed. I'm sure I'll be wrong.
I like that the this seems to feel a bit more like FotR..I love that movie. Each film definitely had its own flavour, and while I don't like any single part more than the other, I wouldn't object to a return to the more adventurous beats of Fellowship.
I hope they match Moria's scale along for all its darkness and grandeur. That part blew me away as a kid. Maybe the Misty Mountains will come close?
At the same time, I'm worried that my expectations are so coloured by the previous films.
I don't understand why you'd be concerned. The Hobbit is being filmed in the same epic style that TLOTR, everything is going to be bigger and better in this movie.
I guess it's just that the stakes aren't as high.
I'm not necessarily concerned..I'm sure they'll be great films all the same.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
I hope this has a much smaller scale then the LOTR films, not everything needs to have thousand man battles ever hour.
Dabookerman
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It won't be. You only have the battle of the five armies at the end, and that's probably film two.
If anything it will be more akin to FOTR, but with a larger emphasis on character development/interactions etc.
It will be epic, but in an environmental scale.
Least that's what I'm hoping for.
AceBandage
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StealthGoblin
Banned
All three LOTR movies cost $281 million, making just under $3 billion at the box office.
Both Hobbit movies total $500 million.
StealthGoblin
Banned
I would imagine the casting costs more this time around and the film is being shot at 48fps and in 3D.
Well, each of the LotR films had a separate budget of nearly $100 million, for a total of $300 million. I could see both entries of the Hobbit having budgets of at least $150 million each, especially because Warner Bros. has to know these movies are going to make a shitload of money.
Bare in mind the latest Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean films both had budgets of over $200 million.
*edit = Yeah, what Galvanise_ said.
Bare in mind the latest Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean films both had budgets of over $200 million.
*edit = Yeah, what Galvanise_ said.
They must be using one billion gamecubes duct taped together to produce the special effects.
AceBandage
Banned
Yeah, but a lot of that was because of big name stars.
The Hobbit doesn't have a Johnny Depp or a LeBouf eating up budget.
That's silly. They could just get 500 Million Wiis for much cheaper, and they come with NSMBW!
Forced perspective/elevator shoes will handle that just fine, I imagine.
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Damn, The budget thing is crazy. Isn't it far cheaper to shoot digitally, as well?
AceBandage
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Well, they are big men in big clothes.
But in the movie, they're edited and filmed in a way that makes them look correct.
I think we should look at inflation here. It's been 10 years since.
StealthGoblin
Banned
It has a much larger cast list which will probably drag the wage bill over their demands. The prices that each of the LOTR actors can draw actually went up because of the success of LOTR.
The budget is bigger because of the technology and because of the simple fact that the film is guaranteed to make money.
Jackson would've never gotten a budget like this for LOTR since the whole trilogy was a gigantic risk for everyone involved. It's amazing what he was able to do with the money he was given to. Compared to the scope of the movies it had a shoestring budget in many ways. Filming all the movies back to back saved a ton of money.
Jackson would've never gotten a budget like this for LOTR since the whole trilogy was a gigantic risk for everyone involved. It's amazing what he was able to do with the money he was given to. Compared to the scope of the movies it had a shoestring budget in many ways. Filming all the movies back to back saved a ton of money.
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