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flameofudun
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Oct 20 2013, 4:10pm
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Bolgs design not changed after all!
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On the homepage is an article, talking about TORn's interview with Conan Stevens (who plays Bolg). They even conducted this interview "over the last couple weeks".
So anyways, Conan Stevens not only talks about his role as Bolg, which puts the rumours of Lawrence makoare recast as bolg to rest, but more importantly, he puts rumours of blogs redesign to rest when he is asked about his prosthetics.
Awesome! Nothing to worry about!
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ecthelionsbeard
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Oct 20 2013, 4:18pm
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I was delighted to read about this. I agree it's nigh confirmation, especially since the interview was only conducted within a week or so. Conan IS playing Bolg and it sure sounds to me as though he will still be in full prosthetics. If any major design overhauls were made to his character, they surely would have been made more than a week or so ago and Conan would have almost certainly mentioned this in the interview. This is excellent news!!
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QuackingTroll
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Oct 20 2013, 4:30pm
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I think Bolg has been replaced in certain scenes
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I think he originally was going to be at Dol Guldur but it looks like they've pasted over him with Azog. I'm expecting his appearance to be much more like the book - at the Bo5A.
But it's great to hear his design is still the same, we need more prosthetic orcs!
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Carne
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Oct 20 2013, 4:32pm
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He might not even know if he has been cut/replaced
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I don't think the interviewer does either.
Hopefully not.
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Salmacis81
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Oct 20 2013, 4:38pm
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I've always been a fan of the Bolg design.
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Shagrat
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Oct 20 2013, 4:43pm
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They'd do him the courtesy of telling him by now? Fair enough if Bolg's role has been reduced somewhat, but to create new CGI Bolg with another actor and continue to mislead Conan would be hugely unprofessional of Jackson and co.
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ecthelionsbeard
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Oct 20 2013, 4:58pm
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I agree. There is no way in hell at this point Conan would not have been aware he's been entirely replaced if it were so. Conan IS playing Bolg and he will not be fully CGI. To what degree he will feature in the movies is still up to debate.
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Captain Salt
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Oct 20 2013, 5:08pm
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Ideally the are indeed keeping Stevens in prosthetics as Bolg...
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But then why the comment that Bridge Direct has had to pull the toy from their action figure line (when they already had a Bolg figure released with the AUJ wave)? Something's not adding up here...could they have simply placed a slightly-reworked CGI Bolg over the practical Stevens Bolg with the actor in question still doing the voice?
Oh, the Orc shuffling in these films! 
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5. Legolas will surf down Smaug's neck
4. Bilbo will be revealed to a Robot
3. Naked PJ cameo as Ghan-Buri-Ghan
2. Use of not only 3D, but smell-o-vision, plus the inclusion of axes coming out of the seats and poking the audience when appropriate
1. Not only keep the claim that Thorin & Co. ran amok in Mirkwood "molesting people", but depict said incident in vivid detail!!!!!
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Shagrat
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Oct 20 2013, 5:09pm
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Bolg won't be featured until TABA?
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Captain Salt
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Oct 20 2013, 5:10pm
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Perhaps, but then wouldn't they have said
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"Bolg's been bumped to Film 3", rather than the redesign comment?
My Top 5 Wish List for "The Hobbit"
5. Legolas will surf down Smaug's neck
4. Bilbo will be revealed to a Robot
3. Naked PJ cameo as Ghan-Buri-Ghan
2. Use of not only 3D, but smell-o-vision, plus the inclusion of axes coming out of the seats and poking the audience when appropriate
1. Not only keep the claim that Thorin & Co. ran amok in Mirkwood "molesting people", but depict said incident in vivid detail!!!!!
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Carne
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Oct 20 2013, 5:14pm
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I said I hope he hasn't been cut
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Don't get what was naive about it, it's just that things are pointing to Bolg being cut or turned into a CG character.
Especially with Bridge Direct recalling their figures due to design changes. Plus there has been no word on Lawrence Makoare being involved in any way until the newest synopsis, pointing at him joining the cast during the pick-ups this year. For him to be credited along with the rest of the cast it's certainly not a tiny role.
With Azog being CG they might have wanted to change Bolg's design into something that resembles his brother even more, or moved the character to TABA.
That's just my guess anyways.
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Snowghost77
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Oct 20 2013, 5:29pm
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Maybe Bridge Direct just wasn't satisfied with their toy design and decided at the last minute to pull it, having nothing to do with the movies at all. Perhaps people just assumed otherwise. I never read the article. Does the article actually say it was due to Weta's design change"?
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ecthelionsbeard
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Oct 20 2013, 5:30pm
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but then you can clearly see Bolg's silhouette at the bottom-right of the latest official poster for Desolation (which just showed up within the last day or two) So, I'm pretty confident he's in the second movie indeed.
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deskp
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Oct 20 2013, 5:37pm
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But it is a bit suspicious both LEGO and Bridge DIrect would not release their previously intended Bolg figures.
Is the actor saying at any point he is the the movie? or is he jsut talking abut what work he did on it?
If PJ didnt like his azog preformance why would PJ find him any better as Bolg??
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Faleel
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Oct 20 2013, 5:39pm
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Conan stenevs was NONT play8ing Azog.
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deskp
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Oct 20 2013, 5:41pm
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The vlog did satate that he was.
ALSO Manu benett(his friend) talk about how he got Jeaous when Stevens got the job instead of him.
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Faleel
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Oct 20 2013, 5:42pm
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John Rawls played Azog....
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deskp
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Oct 20 2013, 5:43pm
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yes, but so did Stevens at some point aswell.
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Estel78
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Oct 20 2013, 5:44pm
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Is this truly an official theatrical poster, though?
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As in, will we see those in theaters? It comes across more as ancillary merchandising, like this poster for AUJ
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deskp
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Oct 20 2013, 5:48pm
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That poster there was intended to be one of the main posters when there was only 2 movies and azog was dead.
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ecthelionsbeard
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Oct 20 2013, 5:51pm
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I still think Conan participating in that brand new interview is a strong indication he will A: be playing Bolg, B: probably feature in film 2 and certainly in film 3 and C: Be at least partial prosthetics. If you read the interview in full, these three points seem rather evident.
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Estel78
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Oct 20 2013, 5:57pm
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This supposed new DOS poster just doesn't look like a movie poster
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I don't think they would release a poster with neither Bilbo, Thorin or Gandalf on it. And what's about that big sword on the right? The composition suggests this is a picture made specifically for the board game.
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Captain Salt
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Oct 20 2013, 6:03pm
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Conan Stevens WAS announced on PJ's blog as being Azog...
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In June/July 2011...(at which time PJ mused that Orcs never seem to have a normal name like "Dennis", though I suppose "Dennis the Defiler" doesn't have quite the same ring to it). Evidently, the Stevens Bolg design was originally going to be Azog, before they decided to use it for as Bolg instead, so as far as we know, Stevens was recast as Bolg before they starting filming the role, and John Rawls was cast as the smaller Azog.
My Top 5 Wish List for "The Hobbit"
5. Legolas will surf down Smaug's neck
4. Bilbo will be revealed to a Robot
3. Naked PJ cameo as Ghan-Buri-Ghan
2. Use of not only 3D, but smell-o-vision, plus the inclusion of axes coming out of the seats and poking the audience when appropriate
1. Not only keep the claim that Thorin & Co. ran amok in Mirkwood "molesting people", but depict said incident in vivid detail!!!!!
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Faleel
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Oct 20 2013, 6:05pm
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Stevens, Rawls, Manu for Azog?
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MouthofSauron
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Oct 20 2013, 6:10pm
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i hope Azog doesn't bump Bolg away from the spotlight, i love Bolg's design, i hope we see a lot of him in DOS and TABA.
take me down to the woodland realm where the trees are green and the elf women are pretty....Oh will you please take me home!!
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