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Ataahua
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Dec 14 2009, 6:23am
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Peter Jackson on shredding scripts and Hobbit casting
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New Zealand's TV3 has just broadcast an interview with Peter Jackson ahead of tonight's NZ premier of The Lovely Bones. When the discussion led to preparations for filming The Hobbit, he had this to say:
"We had slipped a copy of the script to Ian McKellan, who read it - because obviously we want Ian back again as Gandalf. Literally, we had somebody fly to London with the script in their hand baggage, they went to his house, gave him the script and then when he was finished with it he gave it back and that person took it to a shredding machine and shredded the script. The security is so tight."
On The Hobbit casting:
"We'd like the people that are reprising their roles from The Lord of The Rings to come back. We haven't offered the roles to anyone yet because we can't do that yet. But Hugo Weaving would be great to have back as Elrond. And Galadriel - Cate Blanchett would probably have an appearance in The Hobbit. But the Hobbits - Merry and Pippin, Sam and Frodo - they weren't born when The Hobbit takes place."
The full interview with PJ is on www.tv3.co.nz/campbelllive
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Ataahua
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Dec 14 2009, 6:33am
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The Lovely Bones
PJ says this isn't the perfect adaptation of the book, which would need five hours to do properly. "It's an adaptation of our (the scriptwriters') response to the book."
He also responded to critics' comments that he pulled back on the violence. "I've got no interest in filming the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl. I wouldn't want to film it, I wouldn't want to see it."
The Dambusters
"It's one of the great true stories of WWII - it's a heroic story. If all else goes smoothly we should be filming it in 2010."
Also, PJ has built 10 Lancasters for the movie.
Quickfire questions
PJ's favourite film: The original King Kong, and Buster Keaton's The General.
Who PJ would have play him in a movie on his life: Nick Frost.
PJ's favourite Kiwi film: Goodbye Pork Pie.
It was so much fun to see PJ on TV again - and to see him and Saoirse gently ribbing each other on the red carpet while being interviewed live. PJ has such a knack of gaining the affection and loyalty of those he works with, bless his hairy hobbit feet.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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N.E. Brigand
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Dec 14 2009, 7:33am
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Are there any echoes of "The General" or "Goodbye Pork Pie" in Jackson's own work? //
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Elven
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Dec 14 2009, 7:46am
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They had just delivered these at the Embassy ...
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when I went in to take a look at the Theatre ...
his one was upstairs, standing up near the wall of the bar room.
I am looking forward to seeing this - but also The Dam Busters.
Cheers Ataahua 
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Tolkien was a Capricorn!!
Russell Crowe for Beorn!!
Avatar: Liberace - The other Lord of the Rings.
Quote of The Week: The thing is I always write in the morning, and I know that if I go to the Net I won’t write ... you can start in the most scholarly website and end up at Paris Hilton dot com .. GdT
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Sunflower
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Dec 14 2009, 7:49am
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that Christopher Lee's name and character has so far not been mentioned. If they want Cate back, then the White Council is in, in a big way, and you can't have one without the other, But I remember that relations between the two were testy at one time b/c of the cut Isengard scene from ROTK. I hope this is not an issue? (CL feeling more comfortable talking to Del Toro?)
And it's interesting that some of the critical panning of TLB is due to the fact that it isn't violent enough-some wanted the rape and murder depicted, saying he watered it down for American audiences, and it eviscerates the story., I really am stumped by this, when Dakota Fanning was panned for being in a similar scene in a film last yr. Now they wanted to see Saoirse in a scene like this?
Otherwise, great to see him again at a NZ premiere. Ah, brings back memories. Just great to see him period. I hope he is not nervous about the Golden Globe nominations coming out Tuesday?
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Ataahua
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Dec 14 2009, 8:58am
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even though Pork Pie is a Kiwi classic. But GPP is a road movie - about a mini being driven from one end of the country to the other while the police give chase, with the car disintegrating piece by piece along the journey. I think (without having seen the film but having seen excerpts frequently) that the film's madcap humour would have an echo with PJ's.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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NottaSackville
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Dec 14 2009, 2:17pm
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Headline: Hobbit script so bad, Gandalf actor demands it be shredded!!
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Gee - now I wonder how all these rumors get started! can't wait for google to pick up this post...
Feeling evil 
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almas_sparks
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Dec 14 2009, 5:31pm
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we are not supposed to read into Nick Frost comment,eh? 
Also, very good news that characters who were not born back then will not make an appearance.
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Darkstone
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Dec 14 2009, 5:43pm
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I'll put on my dumpster diving clothes.
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That hobbit has a pleasant face,
His private life is a disgrace.
I really could not tell to you,
The awful things that hobbits do.
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Ataahua
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Dec 14 2009, 6:30pm
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Years of childhood jigsaw puzzles are about to pay off...
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Idril Celebrindal
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Dec 14 2009, 10:00pm
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He built 10 Lancaster bombers?
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Actual working, flying Lancaster bombers? Now, that would be sweet.
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I also applaud his response to critics of The Lovely Bones.
With caffeine, all things are possible.
The pity of Bilbo will screw up the fate of many.
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debo
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Dec 14 2009, 11:22pm
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interviews up on Youtube? I don't have the latest Flash.
Frodo; "What I chiefly need now is courage . . ."
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Theodred
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Dec 15 2009, 12:02am
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At 06:15 Peter Jackson said: "The Elves, the Elves are immortal",
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is he implying and confirming with that sentence that besides Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) and Elrond (Hugo Weaving), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), Haldir (Craig Parker) and Arwen (Liv Tyler) will also return in The Hobbit? It certainly grabbed my attention!
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Kangi Ska
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Dec 15 2009, 12:54am
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But they are imortal.
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grammaboodawg
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Dec 15 2009, 10:21am
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*staggers to feet* I heard that before, and it still ... makes ..me......woozy...
Do they know how much they could get if they sold those strips on ebay? *shakes head*
 
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."
~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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mae govannen
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Dec 15 2009, 10:54am
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... and I have the same hopes as you do... plus Aragorn the Dunadan meeting Arwen at age 20 in Rivendell...!
'Is everything sad going to come untrue?'
(Sam, 'The Field of Cormallen', in 'The Return of the King'.)
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Patty
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Dec 15 2009, 4:36pm
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"I've got no interest in filming the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl. I wouldn't want to film it, I wouldn't want to see it."
Good on you, Pete. Now I may actually go see this film.
Permanent address: Into the West
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Dec 15 2009, 4:45pm
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I know hand-crafters who've spun shredded U.S. dollars mixed with wool into yarn! Can you imagine what the geekiest of us spinners would pay for those shredded scripts?! =)
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ceti
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Dec 29 2009, 10:55am
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Orlando Bloom, definitely, needs a hit. He simply desappeared from sight!, after some bad choices.
OTOH, what about Christopher Lee and Andy Serkis? Viggo Mortensen?
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