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START OF SHOOT DATE ANNOUNCED FOR ‘THE HOBBIT’ MOVIES
The One Ring Net ^ | February 6th, 2011 | xoanon

Posted on 02/06/2011 8:38:55 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Monday 7 February, Wellington – Production company, 3Foot7 Ltd, is pleased to announce that the first day of principal photography for THE HOBBIT will be Monday 21 March, 2011.

This date has been chosen following practical considerations of the filming schedule requirements, actor availability and the NZ seasons. Shooting will take place at Stone Street Studios in Miramar and on location around New Zealand.

Confirmed cast include: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Rob Kazinsky, Aidan Turner, Peter Hambleton, John Callen, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Mikael Persbrant, Sylvester McCoy and Elijah Wood. Director, Sir Peter Jackson, comments: “Despite some delays we are fully back on track and very excited to get started.”


TOPICS: TV/Movies; The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: hobbit; movies; production
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
12/25/12? But that's four days after the end of the world. Dang it. I really wanted to see these movies.
21 posted on 02/06/2011 9:54:58 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: PzLdr
The second covers the period between then, and the beginning of the Fellowship: The Necromancer of Dol Goldur, the return of the Nine to Minas Morgul, etc.

What will this be based on? Did Tolkien ever write in detail about this period - somewhere in the "Lost Tales" fragments his son Christopher published?
22 posted on 02/06/2011 10:01:11 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

They have the rights to material in The Hobbit and in TLOTR trilogy, including the appendices, Material from the Silmarillion and the other Tolkien stories is off limits, and would have them in court in hours.


23 posted on 02/06/2011 10:33:41 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

The world will end in Dec 2012, so don’t hold your breath.


24 posted on 02/07/2011 12:04:28 AM PST by chuckles
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To: chuckles
“The world will end in Dec 2012, so don’t hold your breath.”

Only if 0bambi is reelected. Confirmed by new translations of Mayan calender.

25 posted on 02/07/2011 2:29:11 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: Apple Blossom

ping


26 posted on 02/07/2011 2:30:34 AM PST by bmwcyle (It is Satan's fault)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Thanks for being about the only GOOD NEWS POST I’ve read this morning - LOL!


27 posted on 02/07/2011 4:49:38 AM PST by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: airborne

Perhaps while they are at Rivendell, about to leave to continue their quest?


28 posted on 02/09/2011 8:47:50 PM PST by Immerito (Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
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