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News from Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
Jan 10 2014, 11:03am
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More filming pickups for May this year?
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 Although officially all shooting for Peter Jackson's Hobbit movies wrapped at the end of pickups last year, the cast have always said that they expect to head back sometime this year. In his interview with TheOneRing.net last November, Richard Armitage said, 'We have nothing official at the moment; but knowing Pete, knowing what that third movie needs to be like, you know, his taste and what he's aiming for, I have no doubt in my mind that we'll be going back to do more stuff ... On the last day of the shoot, he [PJ] put his arms around me, and he gave me a big hug and said, 'See you next year.' And I was like, 'What, do you mean for the Premiere?' and he went, 'No, no; we'll be back here again."
Now there is the first hint of a confirmation that there will indeed be further pickups to complete the third movie, The Hobbit: There and Back Again. The business section of newspaper Irish Examiner contains this article about actor James Nesbitt's entertainment firm Brown Cow Films Ltd; at the very end of the article is the line, 'Nesbitt confirmed that he is returning to New Zealand in around May for the filming of the third Hobbit movie.'
There and Back Again indeed! It looks like New Zealand may be becoming Middle-earth, and the fellowship of companions may be gathering, for one last journey in a few months' time. And that is an encouraging thought.
(This post was edited by entmaiden on Jan 10 2014, 4:28pm)
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 10 2014, 8:06pm
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Richard Armitage's comments were reported a while ago (November), so the confirmation from James Nesbitt was to be expected. Still, I wonder what is to be shot/re-shot?
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Silverlode
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Jan 11 2014, 12:03am
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This pattern was established with LOTR.
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The pick-ups are often not re-shoots, but new bits to fill in gaps in the rough cut of the upcoming film. Once they get the basic cut of the film, they see where they need "one more shot of this" and "a little scene to segue into that". Sometimes they can fill in with CGI and doubles but some they need the actual actors for. Last year's pickups were more extensive than usual because of the extra story material they wanted to add with the three-movie split, so it was more like an additional filming block. This time it will probably be a standard pick-up shoot and much less extensive.
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Erynien
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Jan 15 2014, 8:51am
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He can listen to criticism.
When AUJ came out, there were criticisms, particularly about pacing. The pacing improved in DoS. When it was said that Legolas' eyes were too bright, they were toned down before DoS came out.
Peter's also been the type to edit until the last minute. We know this from his past work. I think he might be tweaking some things in response to criticisms and his own preferences, in order to give us the best possible finale.
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