Posted on 12/07/2010 3:40:49 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Cate Blanchett, Ken Stott, Sylvester McCoy and Mikael Persbrandt and have joined the cast of Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic “The Hobbit.” Also joining them are Ryan Gage, Jed Brophy and William Kircher. The films, which are scheduled to commence principal photography in February 2011, mark Jackson’s return to Middle-earth following his Oscar-winning “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. The announcement was made jointly today by Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Operating Officer, New Line Cinema, Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer, Warner Bros. and Steve Cooper, co-Chief Executive Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Jackson, who directed all three “Lord of the Rings” films, will helm the two films back-to-back, telling the story of “The Hobbit” in two parts from a screenplay by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro.
Cate Blanchett (“Lord of The Rings” trilogy, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) will reprise her role from “Lord of The Rings” trilogy as Galadriel, the Lady of Lothlorien. Ken Stott (“Charlie Wilson’s War”, TV’s “Rebus”) will play the Dwarf Lord Balin, Sylvester McCoy (TV’s “Doctor Who”) will play the wizard Radagast the Brown and well-known Swedish actor, Mikael Persbrandt (“Everlasting Moments”, “Day and Night”) will play the shape-shifter Beorn. British actor Ryan Gage (“Outlaw”, TV’s “Doctors”) will play Drogo Baggins, with New Zealand actors Jed Brophy (“Lord of The Rings” trilogy, “District 9”) playing the role of the dwarf Nori, and William Kircher (“Out of the Blue”; TV’s “Legend of the Seeker”) rounding out the company of Thorin Oakensheild in role of the dwarf Bifur.
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“Twodor, Fordo, Farahslax, Dildo Buggins, and Mount Badass!”
You can almost picture Goodgulf leading the Boggies, Frito, Spam, Moxie, and Pepsi across the plains ...
Peter Jackson’s resume wasn’t exactly stellar when New Line handed him the keys to Middle Earth. He had done a handful of lightweight horror comedies, most of which flopped. He certainly wouldn’t have been on the A list to direct one of the most sought-after (and expensive) film properties in history.
Nevertheless, he did an incredible job.
Ah, the Great Wizard Goodgulf! I forgot him!
But then again, it has been nearly a half century since I’ve made the journey to Mount Badass!
Thanks for the Memories! :-)
If you are going to do not do it right, don't do it at all.
They should have ended the movie with the coronation and wedding of Aragorn and Arwen. On a high note, and consistent with their theme of putting Arwen more to the forefront (but for the sake of the Valar, NOT at Helm's Deep!). Then they could have done up the battle of Pelinor fields better, not missed the best lines, and maybe had the actual end to the battle rather than little green bubbles cleaning everything up in CGI, and perhaps included the riding from the North of the Dunadain.
“Where are the Dunadain, Elessar Elessar?
Why do the kinsfolk wander afar?
Near is the hour when the lost should come forth,
and the Grey Company ride from the North;
but dark is the path appointed for thee,
for the dead watch the road that leads to the Sea.”
“Is there no hope?” gasped Frito. “Is nowhere safe?”
“Who can know?” said Goodgulf, and a shadow seemed to pass over his face. “I would say more,” he said, “but a shadow seems to have passed over my face,” and with that he fell strangely silent.
“little green bubbles”
That is funny...and Eowyn was cheated of her best line right before offing the Witchking.
After the Witchking’s line of “Fool, you seek to hinder me, no man may hinder me!” she laughs and says “NO man am I, you look upon a woman!”.
Was it the “Be thou living or foul undead, if you seek to touch him (the King Theodin) I shall smite thee!”???
They should have paid more attention to that and more! And left off the not so triumphant return to the shire and “the Travelers” being upstaged by a Pumpkin, which was both anticlimactic and SO NOT HOW THE STORY WENT!!!!
Glad you liked my “little green bubbles” line. It reminded me of those little micro-bubbles with scrub bottoms in the commercial. A little CGI ghostly green washes away all the orcs and trolls!
Again, anticlimactic and SO NOT HOW THE STORY WENT!!!
But all in all he did an AMAZING job, and my criticisms cannot take that away, but he didn't do such a great job that he is above criticism where he fell short, and “The Return of the King” fell far short of what I expected.
Yes, he did!
“Foul Dwimmerlaik be ye living or...”
I wanted to hear the Dwimmerlaik line..lol!
The book gave the impression of a very angry Eowyn, in ROTK she was mostly a very frightened Eowyn in that scene.
All in all though, no real huge complaints, Jackson had to make films from the books.
Thought the directors commentary track feature while the film was playing was brilliant, especially where the Nazgul’s screech came from and why..lol!
Elija Wood was on a talk show and said that Jack Nicholson said he liked the movie (the Return) but that he left after the second ending, and there were still going to be more endings. I agree with Jack.
And I agree with you! Arwen in that scene I always imagined as angry (her beloved uncle who she had cared for and was like a father to her was just killed and she feared he would dispoil his corpse as a token of victory) and she was ALL about the smiting!
Visually stunning in every frame. And the sounds and soundtrack was excellent. Loved the casting, and thought they did SUCH a good job with Golem (Andy Sircus (sp?) is a genius).
Will be nice to see Golem again! If not for him, the ring could not have been destroyed, and destroyed by its own power to, for he was bound to it and Frodo cursed him with it saying that if he ever touched him again he would throw himself into the fire! And he did, while holding the ring he had bitten off Frodo’s finger! Movie did that very well also, the ring had a presence.
Also liked Sauron as “the Eye”. He was spoken of as if Barad Dur was like a big Eye lighthouse with a beam focused this way or that, but he was also spoken of as a mortal form, presumably with a finger that could wear the ring, and buttocks to sit in the throne that he supposedly sat in. “left naked before the lidless eye”
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