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Demosthenes
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Feb 19 2012, 1:34am
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Radagast concept art and Beorn test shot -- SPOILER
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I stumbled across this late last night.
Some bright spark over on French forum Allocine.fr was recently hunting through the fifth official video blog (the one released in December) and discovered at around 2 minutes and 2 seconds in a sweep shot of one of the WETA offices that there are a bunch of pictures on the wall in the far background.
Obtaining a high-res version, and blowing it up, this is the result:
Said clever poster reckons that it's concept art for Radagast the Brown. My French is not so good (meaning i have none), but here's the original post.
I was discussing this on TORN's chat earlier, and JennieArcheo who i believe also posts here mentioned she thought that the bearded fellow below and to the right could be a test shot for Beorn. I think that's not beyond the realms of possibility.
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Carne
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Feb 19 2012, 1:41am
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Never noticed that big concept art of some sort of deer/goat to the left!
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Looks like Radagast might have a companion with him.
The one that might be Beorn does slightly look like Persbrandt smiling.
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Demosthenes
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Feb 19 2012, 1:43am
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Thought it looked kinda like a wallaby. :x
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Carne
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Feb 19 2012, 1:55am
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dernwyn
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Feb 19 2012, 2:36am
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No, there's no pronounced antlers.
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Of course, it could be an immature jackalope...
Could it be a haggis? Any idea how big the ears are, on those?
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Feb 19 2012, 4:01am
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Depends if it's a highland or coastal breed.
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The highland haggis has smaller ears to reduce heat loss.
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titanium_hobbit
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Feb 19 2012, 4:22am
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not that we can see them properly, but the legs of the highland variety are of different lengths because of the hill sides.
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titanium_hobbit
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Feb 19 2012, 4:23am
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That one of Beorn does look interesting- is that a beard or an open neck shirt?
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duats
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Feb 19 2012, 4:33am
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Looks like a woman to me. Possibly an elf.
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Thorins_apprentice
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Feb 19 2012, 5:20am
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Is Radagast Bofur;s long lost cousin,>>>LOL
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It seriously looks like Bofur.I hop they didn;t give two characters Mongolian hats.This is middleEarth not MiddleTown Asia.lol
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dormouse
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Feb 19 2012, 8:35am
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... with its beak pointing upwards. 
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Feb 19 2012, 12:03pm
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Okay, now I agree with you guys
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With this larger and clearer image it's pretty clear it's a macropod. No way it's a cervid.
Makes one wonder, did they draw him with a wallaby for the sake of lulz, or are they really going to be give him a marsupial sidekick... that'd mean some really interesting new internet discussions. Can't wait. 
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QuackingTroll
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Feb 19 2012, 3:01pm
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What's that Skippy? Gandy's stuck in a tree? Crikey! We'd better go help him! //
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"...For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomed at the foundations of the Earth"
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DanielLB
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Feb 19 2012, 3:14pm
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Could always be a made-up creature?
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Rather than something we are familiar with?
Also, what is that squiggly-thing to the left of Radagast?
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Feb 19 2012, 3:26pm
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And other, mythologically-based evil entities (wargs, dragons, goblins, wraiths, kraken-like things, nameless beasts, balrogs), there are no "made up" creatures in Middle Earth of the fauna sort. Middle Earth should reflect our world, in that respect. Alien animals are about as far away from the spirit of Tolkien as I can imagine, and I doubt PJ would go that route.
My guess is that it is a large hare.
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DanielLB
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Feb 19 2012, 3:28pm
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I wouldn't want it to be some "made-up" creature
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like you said. Could always be a "nameless beast" though
I have no idea anyway. If it is just concept art it may not even make it into the film/s.
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QuackingTroll
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Feb 19 2012, 3:31pm
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I stumbled across this quote from Treebeard while re-reading TTT. (In response to Merry asking whether Treebeard knows Gandalf) "Yes, I do know him: the only wizard that really cares about trees, do you know him?"
I was wondering what this might say about Radagast. Maybe he lives in a wooden hut.
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architecthis
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Feb 19 2012, 3:44pm
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I'm not a fan of the hat at all, I hope this isn't the final design. And to me the face in the lower right looks like a close up of the same character.
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DanielLB
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Feb 19 2012, 3:46pm
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refers to Treebeard talking about Gandalf. Not Treebeard talking about Radagast? It doesn't say anything about Radagast does it?
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Nightingale
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Feb 19 2012, 5:00pm
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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - C. S. Lewis
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Nightingale
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Feb 19 2012, 5:01pm
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Always thought it was a hare//
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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - C. S. Lewis
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TomthePilgrim
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Feb 19 2012, 5:14pm
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looks like a woman wearing a scarf on her head . . .
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Maybe
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DanielLB
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Feb 19 2012, 5:20pm
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I agree, that's what I can see. Definitely doesn't look like the same drawing as Radagast. /
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Feb 19 2012, 5:31pm
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Quint, I believe, described Radagast as heaving a head (or hair) full of twigs and such. My guess is that the protrusions you see are branches, or some such over-the-top kind of thing. I highly doubt they would give a wizard the same sort of head gear as one of the dwarves. That wouldn't jive with PJ's determination to make each character obviously distinct.
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