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The Real Gandalf hits set on Feb 21st, 2011 to shoot THE HOBBIT!!!
Hey folks, Harry here.. Oh man, Ian McKellen just tweeted his side of the story about being cast as Gandalf for THE HOBBIT 2-parter. It is so nice to think that perhaps again in this life, I'll be able to sit down and watch Gandalf the Grey - as he is meant to be, on screen again! But this is little more than an excuse to link to Ian's own blog. Click below...
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GANDALF THE GREY's not so secret identity tells the story of his attachment to THE HOBBIT!!!
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whoa. good news!
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Does Harry's comment officially count as the "FIRST"? If so, does he do it to negate all of us losers who post "FIRST" comments? Or does his comment get thrown out as he's part of the staff? Hmmm. Questions, questions.
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I hope he does his part, too.
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Gimme.
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If i could watch any future film right now, it would be the Hobbit.<p>Can't wait.
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Well, someone will.
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Jan. 10, 2011, 8:51 p.m. CST
Will there be a 20 minute crying pillow fight at the end of this one?
by _Venkman
Or will I just have to sit through 40 minutes of Bilbo preparing a tea party?
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It wouldn't have been the same movie if he Sir Ian didn't participate.
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Damn right, it's cool news!
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Please...dude....go away. C'mon Harry....get him!!
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EW posted this already.
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The role should have gone to Michael Parks.
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Reply to talkback doesn't really work all that well. :\ Gollum is back as well.
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McKellen's could use a bit of work too.
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The Hobbit will be like "Batman & Robin." It's time to let Christopher Nolan have a shot at "The Fellowship."
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...more midgets and walking trees.
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At least that sounds way more exciting than your tired ass. You've got to be the dumbest person I've ever seen posting on Ain't It Cool. Do you have a life? If so, what do you do with it besides filling this place up with your dung?
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dont' it, Ryan?
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Andy Serkis was also confirmed at the same time as Ian McKellen.
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So good to hear he's back and we'll get the pleasure of watching his Gandalf two more times.
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How is your loser life workin' out for you, bitch?
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Way to fall for a bad impostor snitchy, that isn't the real Dickblood you stupid ass. Way to be continually retarded fucking clown shoes.
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Thanks for the link to the tweet. Good read. Cheers!
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I mean, I always assumed that McKellen's casting was a given, but after all this time I was starting to get worried. I was on my honeymoon in New Zealand just a couple of months ago, and was lucky enough to tour Hobbiton (actually a sheep farm in an area of the north island called Matamata). All the hobbit holes had already been rebuilt precisely as they were in the trilogy, in anticipation of shooting this year. We also got to see five new hobbit holes built for the new production (now featuring such architectural innovations as porches!). The Green Dragon in was there, and the stone bridge Gandalf rides over in his cart in FOTR was back in place. Magical stuff.
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I dig Sir Ian... I'm pretty sure I'd let him blow me.
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For all the CGI work they are going to do on his face. Happy to know that he is onboard.
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>>This sucks. McKellen is totally miscast as Gandalf Michael Parks isn't fit to taste the pre-cum of Sir Ian.
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hopefully the world will still be here to enjoy it.
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...now more than ever. Definitely a good luck charm for the labored pre-production. rur: as long as they don't bobble-head him like TRON:L's Jeff Bridges, Weta's free to work their wonders.
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at all. Really.
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Hey oh!
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Jan. 11, 2011, 1:55 a.m. CST
Thought he wrote "READ THE WORDS OF GANDALF THE GAY!!!
by schulzcreative
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that the news there is more up to date then AICN. What happen to you Harry?
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Plathismo, I'm green with envy. I'd love to visit the Hobbiton set. And the Tellytubbies land too.
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Is more up to date than this shit hole ....
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kidding aside,great news although it was a given.
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Give me more of that grumpy, grizzled wizard I loved in Fellowship of the Ring!
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BOUT TIME baby
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was finally agreed to.
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You actually took that seriously? You're not that bright, are you?
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Thus rendering the entire LOTR story pointless..
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Jan. 11, 2011, 8:14 a.m. CST
Does anyone care that Michael Gambon wasn't Dumbledore first?
by Snake Foreskin
Yes! I wish Richard Harris hadn't died and that the producers and directors hadn't seen fit to replace him with Michael "Poo-finger" Gambon. Gambon was all wrong for Dumbledore the entire series through. He was teerible. I won't go so far as to say that he can't act; he just couldn't act the part of Dumbledore. It was a sore spot of the remainder of the series. So, with all due respect to Sir Ian McKellan, that was a terrible example to use!
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Now I just hope that they film this sucker in good ole' fashion 2D. Any word on that?
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Darthwaz1, the Eagles into Mordor tactic is usually disregarded because:<p> a/ The Eagles were too haughty and simply weren't 'up for it'.<p> b/ The Nazgul, Fell Beasts, Eye of Sauron were patrolling the skies.<p> However I think there's another reason. Hobbits are described as being 'remarkably resillient' to the evil corrupting power of the ring. The Eagles would likely have picked the ring up and instantly gone into some insane pecking frenzy about who got to keep it. You've seen seagulls fighting over a crust of bread? There'd been feathers everywhere.
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Cool news, PJ dont fuck it up, (like The Reurn Of The King)
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Jan. 11, 2011, 9:54 a.m. CST
Great, another six hours of people walking around New Zealand to New Age music
by Nico Toscani
At least I can save money on my Ambien prescription.
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is crucial to me buying in to these movies. Without him, I'm not sure it would feel right. This is good news.
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And Christopher Lee and Ian Holm are probably going to be back as well. Fuckin. A.
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Jan. 11, 2011, 10:56 a.m. CST
christopher lee will never work with Peter Jackson again..
by emeraldboy
Why? any director who edits down Sir Christopher Lee goes on the Lee List of people for whom lee has personal grudge. On top of that list is Lord Deeley, followed by the director and editor of the original whickerman. and followed by a list of others then peter jackson.
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in the UK's observer are simply the finest reviews ever put on paper. articulate, intelligent and well written.
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Oscar(s) be damned, LOTR was an overblown, repetitive, overlong mess. And don't even get my started on that titanic ape fart that was Jackson's King Kong remake. Hell, I'd take the Jessica Lange version over that one any day. Before he bailed, del Toro had my interest based on how focused and tightly woven, yet creative he was on the Hellboy projects. Pass
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"I am not some sodomizer of cheap tricks! Oh, wait, I am."
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...apparently narrating, reading from his recently-bestowed-by-Bilbo copy of "There And Back Again": http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/01/07/41520-elijah-wood-will-be-in-the-hobbit/
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Heard Bill Nighy was in talks, but that's as speculative as anything else... any better intel out there??
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Is Ian Holm in or not? I'd much rather have older Bilbo narrate his OWN story than have Frodo or Sam do it. 1) it makes more sense 2) Ian Holm is one of the great actors alive today. Neither Wood nor Astin are. 3) The bridge between new Bilbo and old Bilbo needs to be made for continuity. Holm-Bilbo could choose to make his younger self look any way he'd like: younger, trimmer, more like Freeman...
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Ah, you forget though: del Toro helped write the script and was key in the monster designs. But--yeah--the LOTR films have a lot of problems in retrospect. Wish del Toro was still directing...
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wont it be disconcerting if he's narrating. peter jacksons handling of the ending of lotr was atrocious. isnt frodo dead? and isnt there and back again billbos story? if so why is frodo narrating? seems odd....
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greatwhitenoise, according to this website Leonard Nimoy is voicing Smaug...<p> http://tinyurl.com/4gpppbm <p>It also say The Hobbit is being shot in 3D...
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...is not pissed at Jackson. He even agreed to do some interviews for the Extended DVD's in which they explain about the cutting of his scenes and even though he wasn't happy he goes on to say how you will see those scenes in the extended cut. He then met PJ at a showing of ROTK and again later at a reading. So there is no bad blood there. Plus if they have the White Council then Saruman should be there along with Radagast, Gandalf, Galadriel, Celeborn, Cirdan, Glorfindel and Elrond amongst others. As for the cash-cow of two films. The first is pretty linear in storytelling -journey from Hobbiton to Lake Town. The second (and Im guessing -will be the arrival at Laketown and the film will centre on the Mountain. Tolkien rote a lot of stuff that happened elsewhere at the same time as the events in the book that it's not a massive stretch to incorporate these into the films. There's also a few flashbacks to Moria and the Dragon burning Dale and settling on the mountain so two films is a good idea. Plus as The Hobbit starts of more whimsically it gets progressively darker towards the end where you really are in full LOTR prose. So the first film can be adventurous and the second epic with the Dragon and battle and the White Council v The Necromancer. So bring it on I say. Oh and don't care that much for 3D but it will also be shown in 2D so I'm cool with that.
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Yep.
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we are going to see the fight with the Dragon in the first movie and the Battle in the second movie exclusively.PJ is not going to leave his best ticket-bait for the second movie... or unless there is going to be a round 1 fight with the Dragon in the first movie,some of the heroes are killed (like in FOTR) so that the first-part movie ends in drama and despair with the characters in their lowest point,and then in the sequel movie we get the round2 with the Dragon where he is killed and the big Battle. after all we are talking about mainstream popcorn movies here...
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Go to the end of OCEAN'S TWELVE (last five minutes or so) and listen to his voice - it is perfect for Smaug -
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I have faith as most of the old players will be returning. But an open wallet for Peter Jackson can spell disaster. KING KONG was a bloated, boring, ugly fucking mess.
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REST IN PIECES! There should be something about him on AICN. He was like the spanish Ed Wood.
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Jan. 11, 2011, 1:57 p.m. CST
hhmmm someone with sith in their name attacking jackson
by slappy jones
what a surprise....
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Jan. 11, 2011, 2:02 p.m. CST
i love people who complain about LOTR being long and boring
by slappy jones
especially those who saw all three films. i have repeated this multiple times but if you saw fellowship and thought it was long and boring and you hated it and it was the worst film ever and jackson sucks why the fuck would you go and see a further two installments both of which were longer than the first film, pretty much all filmed at the same time with all the same talent involved. why? you spent over 9 hours on something you apparently hate. amazing.
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He's reading Bilbo's book, seems as good a narrator as any. Bilbo in fact didn't finish writing the book until a ripe old age, this way they don't have to have the new Bilbo actor dress up as a really old hobbit and use an old-man voice.
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there was much rejoicing. I won't bother with reading the TB as I know there will be a bunch of people trying to convince me and possibly themselves how the Rings trilogy were bad films. I simply won't have anyone pee in my Cheerios. I loved those films and still do. You can just about pause the films at any point and have a beautiful shot that borders on classical art. I probably swoon a bit too much about these films but I don't care. I love them and I also see so much drek like Paul and Your Highness get released that I can't help but try to send my own little brand of encouraging good karma into the universe that more great films like LOTR get made and that I get to see them.
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In. That's what his website says anyways. http://tinyurl.com/4gpppbm Can't believe it. Great news.
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I saw the first one and gave up. One was more than enough for me.
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