9/8/12

New Stills and Portraits!

Portraits HERE

Stills HERE

And a new scroll that seems to indicate the the 1st film will end with "15 birds"


9/6/12

Rankin-Bass Music and Movie


Did you grow up on the 1977 cartoon version of "The Hobbit" like I did?

If so, you will remember those great old renditions of the songs from the book, and a few original tunes also.

I recently found a youtube page that has the entire soundtrack for our listening pleasure.

Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL545948224B999E8A

Also, sit awhile and relive those days by watching the entire movie here:
http://youtu.be/yLEEvPMA54E


While you wait...

Trailer 2 will debut this month.  In the meantime, enjoy a visual treat of Tolkien related art.

Osgiliath

Beorn

A Rockwellish Gandalf

Speak Friend and Enter

The Witch King rides into Minas Tirith

Durin's Bane

A hazy shot of the Fellowship

Eowyn prepares to fulfill the prophecy

A ghastly shot of Eowyn and the Witch King

Another view of that duel

Gothmog, a Balrog of the Elder Days

The original Dark Lord...Morgoth

Sauron, in beautiful form

Moria

The Professor



9/5/12

Interesting Speculation

From The One Ring...



Since the Hobbit film trilogy began shooting principal photography 18 months ago, the production has played its very cards close to its chest, and Stone Street Studios has proved more leak-proof than the White House.

In light of this, speculation on the films — whether pertaining to structure or content — has the hallmark of paleolithic archaeology: not only are large inferences having to be made from an extremely small amount of evidence, but the legitimacy and relevance of the evidence itself is by no means certain.

With all this in mind, I’ll try and draw some tentative conclusions about the trilogy’s plot and structure — with particular attention to any evidence of departures from the book — from what we understand to be official biographical notes that will accompany the character figurines from The Hobbit.

While it is impossible to confirm that the descriptive information released with these figurines accurately reflects the film-makers vision, they are detailed and idiosyncratic enough to suggest there is a high degree of alignment.

...jump the link to read the rest!