The Hobbit Trilogy [Extended Edition] [DVD] [2014] [2015]

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To celebrate the upcoming digital and Blu-ray release of the epic fantasy film, Fathom Events is hosting a special big screen presentation tonight of the longer version of the Hobbit’s final chapter. The second block of shooting in New Zealand began at the end of August and was completed in December 2011. Jackson has pulled from the Lord of the Rings appendices for plot lines, and reviews for An Unexpected Journey indicate that there are many sub-stories that both add and detract from the overall film.

Stephen Fry and Ryan Gage also joined the project in May as Master of Lake-town and Alfrid respectively.In the Shire, 50-year-old Bilbo is tricked by the wizard Gandalf the Grey into hosting a dinner for Thorin and his company of Dwarves: Balin, Dwalin, Fíli, Kíli, Dori, Nori, Ori, Óin, Glóin, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur. However, del Toro did say he considered some of these moments iconic and would require the "fairy tale logic [to] work as is". Among others, the film has also received three Academy Award nominations, a nomination from the Washington D. In June 2009, delToro revealed he had decided where to divide the story based on comments from fans about signifying a change in Bilbo's relationship with the Dwarves. The first trailer for An Unexpected Journey was first screened before the Jackson-produced The Adventures of Tintin in the US on 21 December 2011, [41] and released on the Internet on the same day.

The film's team won an Academy Scientific and Technical Award—the Scientific and Engineering Award for inventing a technique which has made huge advances in bringing to life computer-generated characters such as Gollum in the film to the screen. Several actors, including Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman, Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel, Barry Humphries as the Great Goblin, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug and the Necromancer, were cast in June 2011. An Unexpected Journey tells the tale of Bilbo Baggins ( Martin Freeman), who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf ( Ian McKellen) to accompany thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield ( Richard Armitage), on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. He is described in the novel as "a decent fellow, despite his grumbling", while Thorin described him as being the strongest member of the company.In Peter Jackson's LOTR films, the book is shown on screen and written in by Bilbo and Frodo and handed off to Samwise Gamgee . Del Toro was the one who originally pushed to cast Sylvester McCoy as Radagast the Brown, a choice Peter Jackson later followed. Development with del Toro [ edit ] Guillermo del Toro was originally set to direct the film, but left because of ongoing delays. Gandalf's aim is to recruit Bilbo as the company's "burglar" to aid them in their quest to enter the Lonely Mountain. Jackson had said that del Toro's sudden exit created problems as he felt he had very little preparation time remaining before shooting had to begin, with unfinished scripts and without storyboards, which increased the difficulty to direct it.

The company has had rights to produce miniatures from the original book for some years but has not released any lines, save for a stand-alone game based on the Battle of Five Armies, with original designs not related to The Lord of the Rings films. I auditioned for the original Lord of the Rings way back when I signed with my agent in New Zealand. Two sequels, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies, followed in 2013 and 2014, respectively.In a bid to pressure director Peter Jackson to stop using live animals in future films and use instead 100% CGI-inserted animals, animal rights group PETA planned protests as the film was released. She revealed that it would have had a different script and visual elements, and would more closely have resembled a fairy tale. The release for the third film was originally set for an 18 July 2014 release, but was pushed back when X-Men: Days of Future Past, was announced to be released on the same date, as direct competition to the third instalment. Sibley, Brian (2006), Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey, London: HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-717558-2 . The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J.