Production Resumes On THE HOBBIT; Peter Jackson Shares New BTS Pic With Ian McKellen

Production Resumes On THE HOBBIT; Peter Jackson Shares New BTS Pic With Ian McKellen

The final few weeks of production on Peter Jackson's last two Hobbit films, The Desolation Of Smaug and There And Back Again, has officially begun in New Zealand. Check out a set snap featuring Ian McKellen back under the hat as Gandalf..

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By MarkCassidy - May 20, 2013 02:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: Peter Jackson Facebook

Jackson posted the following to his Facebook page.

"Back on set for our last Hobbit pick ups. Our last ever Tolkien pick ups, in fact. It's going to be an intense few weeks, but we're looking forward to shooting some powerful scenes with our great cast. Our next blog is coming soon!"




The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug hits theaters December 13, and The Hobbit: There and Back Again will be with us December 17, 2014.


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TheBatfanCC
TheBatfanCC - 5/20/2013, 2:59 PM
Similarillion ...
LordoftheThrones26
LordoftheThrones26 - 5/20/2013, 3:00 PM
Why is Peter Jackson fat again? He was fat then skinny now fat again!
LordoftheThrones26
LordoftheThrones26 - 5/20/2013, 3:00 PM
Children of Hurin movie please!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/20/2013, 3:03 PM
LordoftheThrones26 , wild guess here..but I'd assume it's because he lost then gained some weight?
PLUSH
PLUSH - 5/20/2013, 3:03 PM
Saw this pic at Facebook hehe
exe
exe - 5/20/2013, 3:07 PM
PJ should take a break from middle earth and make some other projects. Then return one last time for the Silmarillion.
KeefNCookies
KeefNCookies - 5/20/2013, 3:10 PM
Silmarillion would be so amazing...

And wow, that face... Jackson is quite the dwarf-lookin' fella.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 5/20/2013, 3:18 PM
They better hurry up and finish the filming some of their wizards are going to kill over from old age!
Facade
Facade - 5/20/2013, 4:22 PM
God, I love these two people, they gave me something I've wanted from my childhood.
Super12
Super12 - 5/20/2013, 8:44 PM
@Instant justice - TRUTH.

Silmarillion is 50x the size and scope of LOTR, we will never ever see it on the big screen cause it would take at least 9 or so movies to briefly explain everything. Also the Tolkeins will never give up the rights to it which I don't blame them for. It's like holy scripture to them, it shouldn't be tainted.

But..........a tv series would be epic.....lol
countrymadness
countrymadness - 5/20/2013, 9:42 PM
@JoMomma29 Yeah McKellen looks ooooooold!
exirae
exirae - 5/20/2013, 10:36 PM
Instead of making the silmarillion one movie, or one set of movies (which is of course insane) they should pick out stories from it, hand them to different directors and make a whole shit ton of movies. There are too many characters, too many little stories, it'd be like adapting the bible into one movie or trilogy. I'd rather have Darren aronofsy's Noah, the last temptation of Christ, the Ten Commandments etc.
SotNatt
SotNatt - 5/20/2013, 10:56 PM
@countymadness....because he is old?
OrsonRandall
OrsonRandall - 5/21/2013, 3:18 AM
A Film on Beren and Luthien, would make me very happy.
beane2099
beane2099 - 5/21/2013, 4:37 AM
The folks of the Tolkein estate (for some reason) doesn't like Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy. I'm still not sure why. I think it's about as perfect a translation of the source material as you can get. Given that, I doubt they'd let him do the Silmarillion or anyone else for that matter.
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