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Hobbit Filming Delayed to Mid-Summer
Hobbit Filming Delayed to Mid-Summer
Several reports are coming in that filming for The Hobbit will be delayed from the original estimate of March 2010 to mid-summer 2010, possibly July. The German site, moviereporter.net, reports that, as part of an interview regarding The Lovely Bones, PJ estimates filming will begin towards the ...
Hobbit mit Drehstart im kommenden Jahr?
Hobbit mit Drehstart im kommenden Jahr?
moviereporter.net — Peter Jackson hat sich wieder einmal zu "The Hobbit" geäußert und diesmal haben wir die Informationen aus... erster Hand, denn Moviereporter war heute live vor Ort bei der Pressekonferenz zu Jacksons neuem Film "In meinem Himmel" in Anwesenheit des ... Hobbit mit Drehstart im kommenden Jahr?
Hobbit-Lovers Wait: Release Likely Pushed to 2012
Hobbit-Lovers Wait: Release Likely Pushed to 2012
thewrap.com — By Sharon Waxman Patience, Bilbo. On the heels of writer-producer Peter Jackson's remark that shooting will not... start on his much-awaited "Hobbit" until summer 2010, comes word that the two-part movie will probably not be released ... Hobbit-Lovers Wait: Release Likely Pushed to 2012
The Hobbit - Peter Jackson happy to hand over Hobbit reins  - new film news on inthenews.co.uk
The Hobbit - Peter Jackson happy to hand over Hobbit reins - new film news on inthenews.co.uk
inthenews.co.uk — Monday, 23, Nov 2009 06:00 By Lewis Bazley . Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson has confirmed the first... script for the two films based on JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit has been completed. Pan's Labyrinth helmer Guillermo del Toro is to bring the novel to ... The Hobbit - Peter Jackson happy to hand over Hobbit ...
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The Hobbit filming delayed
Filmonic — Just over a week ago Peter Jackson said that the script for the first Hobbit film was completed and they were now focusing on the script for the second movie. We heard from Ian McKellen that he would be heading out to New Zealand in March, so it was expected the second script would be finished in time. However, in a recent interview with German site moviereporter.net (via theonering) Peter Jackson said that filming will now take place next summer. “We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have ...

The Hobbit Filming Pushed Back to Summer
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — ... will now start filming mid-summer 2010 instead of the previously-reported March start. Here's a translation of Jackson's quote, thanks to TheOneRing.net : We're currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we've received no green light from the studio yet. We're guessing that green light won't come until MGM's ...

'Hobbit': Production could begin in mid-'10
EW.com: Movies — Relax, Middle Earth fans. There’s no need to panic. Yesterday, TheOneRing.net posted a story speculating that the release dates of both Hobbit movies could get pushed from their tentative December spots in 2011 and 2012. The theory arose from comments that Hobbit co-writer and exec-producer Peter Jackson recently made to the German website moviereporter.net (currently off line), in which he mentioned that he hoped production would begin by the middle of next year. Jackson was quoted as saying: “We’re currently working on the second script, which we hope to have completed ...

Filming on The Hobbit Delayed, But Still No Studio Greenlight
FirstShowing.net — ... bear with us. Its been known for a while that The Hobbit would start shooting sometime in 2010 for a late 2011 release. Last we heard, at least according to Sir Ian McKellen, it was supposed to start shooting in the spring of next year, March or April. Not anymore. Peter Jackson gave a new update and it looks like they're pushing filming back to a mid-summer start. Here's the quote from Jackson on TheOneRing.net translated from German as found on MovieReporter.net. ...

Filming For The Hobbit to Start in Mid-Summer 2010
/Film — ... Consider this another addition to the ever-increasing pile of vague factoids for Guillermo Del Toro’s The Hobbit. According to TheOneRing.net, Peter Jackson mentioned to reporters (while doing press for The Lovely Bones) that they hope to begin filming towards the middle of next year, a delay from the film’s previous March 2010 shooting plan. ...

The Hobbit - Filming Delayed Until Summer 2010
Movies - Spoilers — The Hobbit - Filming Delayed Until Summer 2010 From Peter Jackson: We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we’ve received no green light from the studio yet. Source: TheOneRing.net ...

Production on THE HOBBIT Pushed to Middle of 2010
We Are Movie Geeks — ... the Guillermo Del Toro-directed version of THE HOBBIT was previously set to begin production in March of 2010.  The first draft of the script has only recently been submitted, and a second draft is currently in the works.  However, today comes word from the German site MovieReporter.net in an interview with Peter Jackson that production on the film has been pushed back to later in the year, possibly July. Here is what Jackson had to say in detail (translation courtesy of TheOneRing.net): We’re currently working on the second script which we hope ...

Peter Jackson: The Hobbit is Going to Take a While
Film School Rejects — ... , Jackson revealed in an interview this week that The Hobbit and its planned sequel will now start filming in mid-summer 2010 instead of the previously-reported March. TheOneRing.net has the translated quote: ...

The Hobbit filming in the Summer
KillerFilm — ... anticipation to an extent, but when your pushing back your initial filming start date then you would start wondering what exactly is going on here. This is the case with The Hobbit, Jackson’s latest upcoming project that he’s been slowly but surely piecing together for awhile now. Fans of the Lord of the Rings trilogy have been waiting ever so patiently for the prequel to the series, and now they’re finally getting it. Here’s more from TheOneRing.Net: ...

'The Hobbit' Shooting Delayed, According To Producer Peter Jackson
MTV Movies Blog — ... "Hobbit" update for awhile. However long we were going to be waiting for the movie's release (the first that is, of a duology), the time just got extended a bit. It was originally believed that the New Zealand shoot would get underway in March. This is no longer the case, according to Jackson. The producer, speaking to German outlet MovieReporter.net, revealed that production will now be starting sometime in the middle of next year. Here's the full quote (translated by TheOneRing.net): "We're currently working on the second script which we hope ...

THE HOBBIT Film Shooting gets Delayed and still no Green Light
GeekTyrant — ... middle of next year. However, we’ve received no green light from the studio yet. So they haven’t even received an official green light yet. I wouldn’t worry about it though, there’s no way this film wont get made. I’m thinking that the green light won’t happen until the whole MGM studio problems are cleared up. The film is set to come out December 2012, hopefully the release date doesn’t get pushed back as well! Via: TheOneRing.Net

The Hobbit Filming Delayed Until Next Summer
Cinema Blend News — The Hobbit Filming Delayed Until Next Summer Given that we still haven't seen any official casting announcements, it was probably fair to assume that pre-production on The Hobbit wasn't going as smoothly as its planned March 2010 start date was confirmed. And now we know it-- The One Ring is reporting that filming has been delayed until next summer, gleaned from a quote Peter Jackson gave to a German newspaper (translated, of course): “We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next.  When the ...

The Hobbit To Start Shooting In Summer 2010?
Screen Rant — ... and handed into the studio who seem to be happy with it (remember, the film is being split into two parts and released a year apart from one another). A quote from TheOneRing.net, which originated over at a German site called ...

The Hobbit Hobbles Towards a Start Date
Latino Review — ... Peter Jackson, who said in an interview with the site: “We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we’ve received no green light from the studio yet.” To read more about the late start-date, head over to the source.   Source: TheOneRing ...

The Hobbit Hobbles to a Start Date
Latino Review — ... Peter Jackson, who said in an interview with the site: “We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we’ve received no green light from the studio yet.” To read more about the late start-date, head over to the source.   Source: TheOneRing ...

The Hobbit Gets Pushed Back
Reel Movie News — ... All things Lord of the Rings fansite TheOneRing.net is reporting that production of Peter Jackson's multi-film adaptation of The Hobbit is getting delayed until summer of 2010. ...

The Hobbit Filming Next Summer
HeyUGuys - UK Movie Blog — So it begins again. Peter Jackson pulls on his epic hat once again and, according to reports all over the web today, his two film adaptation of The Hobbit will begin filming next summer. Translating from German site MovieReporter.net, TheOneRing (via Empire) have Jackson commenting that the scripts are being finalised this month and, given the inevitable agreeing of the budget shooting returns to Bag End in the summer of 2010. No studio would turn this project down, and the success of Jackson’s Rings Trilogy means ...

'The Hobbit' Delayed Until Summer 2010
:: The Playlist :: — ... " have anything to do with it? Considering just how much money that original series made, we would have to assume that's exactly the concern. Will this change the casting situation and actors that are leaving certain months open to shoot? Let's hope for Jackson and director Guillermo Del Toro 's sake, no. Then again, casting is always a world of happy accidents and disappointments that can always bring interesting new possibilities. [ via the OneRing ]

‘The Hobbit’: production could begin by mid-2010 and casting is moving forward
Hollywood Insider — Relax, Middle Earth fans. There’s no need to panic. Yesterday, TheOneRing.net posted a story speculating that the release dates of both Hobbit movies could get pushed from their tentative December spots in 2011 and 2012. The theory arose from comments that Hobbit co-writer and exec-producer Peter Jackson recently made to the German website moviereporter.net (currently off line), in which he mentioned that he hoped production would begin by the middle of next year. Jackson was quoted as saying: “We’re currently working on the second script, which we hope to have completed ...

'The Hobbit' May Be Pushed to 2012
Cinematical — ... revealed in an interview with Movie Reporter * that they're hoping to complete the second draft of The Hobbit script by the beginning of next year. Once that's done, they can calculate budget and set a start date, but even the most enthusiastic estimates mean that filming would begin in middle to late 2010. That's not even factoring in the MGM money woes, and how that could affect budgeting, though signs point to Warner Bros picking up the entire tab. ...

Daily Scan for 12.04.09 - Jackson Sets Hobbit Date, Tron Trilogy Is Rumored
SciFi Scanner — ... • Peter Jackson says that the earliest we'll all see The Hobbit is in 2012. Take your time and get it right, just don't let any of the older actors die on you in the meantime. ...

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