Stephen Colbert Will Make A Cameo In THE HOBBIT; Plus Rumor Of A Longer Running Time

Stephen Colbert Will Make A Cameo In THE HOBBIT; Plus Rumor Of A Longer Running Time

The Hollywood Reporter is claiming that Stephen Colbert will be making a cameo in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. Also another website is reporting that the first film is even longer than previously thought.

By nailbiter111 - Oct 21, 2012 02:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: hollywoodreporter




According to The Hollywood Reporter Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, will be making an appearance in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, but not the first film. The site had no additional information, so at this time we're not sure how significant of a role the comedian/actor will have. Colbert is a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien and Lord of the Rings. A safe assumption is that he is playing an elf since he is fluent in Elvish, no lie.



While a Russian website,Henneth-Annun, is reporting that the running time for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is actually 2 hours and 50 minutes, not 2 hours 44 minutes as previously reported. As for now just chalk that up as a rumor.
Hobbit is longer! Apparently, PJ is now in the last stages of editing rough first series of "The Hobbit". If the previous length, we obtained exclusively through distributors, was only 164 minutes, then the new figure, obtained from him today - impressive epic.

New length of "The Hobbit: Unexpected Journey - 170 minutes.



The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is due out on December 14, 2012, with The Hobbit: There and Back Again arriving a year later, on December 13, 2013.



The Hobbit is an upcoming two-part epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the 1937 novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, returns as director of the film and also serves as producer and co-writer. The film will star Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Richard Armitage, known for playing Lucas North in the BBC drama series Spooks, as Thorin Oakenshield. Several actors from Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy will reprise their roles, including Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, and Orlando Bloom. Additionally, composer Howard Shore, who wrote the score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, has confirmed his role in both parts of the film project. The two parts, entitled The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again, are being filmed back to back and are currently in production in New Zealand; principal photography began on March 21, 2011. They are scheduled to be released on December 14, 2012 and December 13, 2013, respectively.


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TheAmazingSpiderMan47
TheAmazingSpiderMan47 - 10/21/2012, 2:54 PM
OMG colbert is da shiiz ... i cant wait to see hiim in this movie, even its just a cameo,
he represents nerds well :)
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 10/21/2012, 2:56 PM
170 mins? I can dig that.
valeriesghost
valeriesghost - 10/21/2012, 2:56 PM
I doubt there is any truthiness to this rumor.
FightAs0ne
FightAs0ne - 10/21/2012, 2:59 PM
But maybe there's some truthinessiness
loundon
loundon - 10/21/2012, 3:04 PM
sauce?
webheaded
webheaded - 10/21/2012, 3:12 PM
AWESOME! Stephen Colbert is amazing!
Maximus101
Maximus101 - 10/21/2012, 3:13 PM
I hope all the people that complained about TDKR run time complain about this one as well.
LorenzoVonMatterhorn93
LorenzoVonMatterhorn93 - 10/21/2012, 3:18 PM
films above 150 mins should really have a 10 minute intermission.
kamberlin22
kamberlin22 - 10/21/2012, 3:18 PM
170 minutes and a Colbert cameo? Sounds like a dream to me.
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 10/21/2012, 3:19 PM
Mother of god...

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soberchimera
soberchimera - 10/21/2012, 3:21 PM
Just keep him away from Beorn.
whiteassmatt
whiteassmatt - 10/21/2012, 3:32 PM
I would love to see a cameo from Colbert. That would be awesome. Even thought you probably won't recognize him in the movie.
batmanmovie2012
batmanmovie2012 - 10/21/2012, 3:53 PM
This movie just got better.
Boogie138
Boogie138 - 10/21/2012, 3:54 PM
colbert goes up to eleven
Facade
Facade - 10/21/2012, 4:23 PM
Awesomeness to extended running time!!!!
KilledHal9000
KilledHal9000 - 10/21/2012, 5:04 PM
I don't like Stephen Colbert.
whiteassmatt
whiteassmatt - 10/21/2012, 5:05 PM
This is the only reason I believe the rumor.Hope my html works alright. Its been a while.
soaponapope
soaponapope - 10/21/2012, 11:21 PM
colbert is great. he also plays D&D if i recall.
evilness
evilness - 10/21/2012, 11:21 PM
nice, i'm looking forward to this.
Boekelaar
Boekelaar - 10/22/2012, 1:04 AM
cool cool cool
GrayMatter
GrayMatter - 10/22/2012, 1:59 AM
So I watched that clip totally expecting it to be Colbert talking in Elvish, and instead it was nothing.

Yay
Super12
Super12 - 10/22/2012, 5:41 AM
You know it's no coincidence these two announcements together. Colbert needed 4 minutes to do a threat-down with the White Council. Threat #1? Bear-people!
datNAMEtho
datNAMEtho - 10/22/2012, 6:48 AM
Well... The end credits will be like 10 minutes + or so ;)
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