So is it 2011 or 2012? Peter Jackson’s announcement that the filming for THE HOBBIT won’t start until next summer because the script for the second-half isn’t finished yet and the studio hasn’t greenlit a budget for the project got the fans worried about the release year of this 2-part adaptation. So much so that The Wrap heard that the first part might open in 2012 instead of the initially scheduled fall 2011 but Peter Jackson told Collider that that is just internet bullcrap…
“Nothing has changed as far as I am concerned. Somebody wrote something on the internet and a lot of nonsense happened. You don’t want to believe everything you read on the internet. We were due to deliver the scripts and be shooting sometime around April and now I think I said in an interview we were shooting in June. And somehow people are now saying the film is delayed. As far as I am aware, they are not delayed at all. I am not even sure when we are going to start shooting… we are delivering the scripts just after Christmas. They’ll be finished and we’ll be shooting as soon as we possibly can. But you need a certain amount of time to finish the pre-production.”
A lot of uncertainties there.. but that’ s ok, I’d rather have that than have Peter Jackson set a timeline but doesnt’ follow through with it. Ok, so for now, we’re back to.. THE HOBBIT part I opens 2011 and part II opens 2012
Meanwhile, TheOneRing.Net is quite euphoric about reporting that THE HOBBIT may be casting 1 female role so far..
It is confirmed, casting is under way on the Hobbit and that is news enough. There have been rumors but now we have confirmation from a source that told us other details about casting as well. In addition to all of that, we have
this juicy bombshell: They are casting one female role!
It seems likely that casting at this early stage would be for a featured role, not an insignificant bit part and we don’t have further details so while we can speculate plenty – the ‘Hobbit’ community will do so in our chat room and on our message boards – that is all that is known. Is it for a voice actor which will be needed for creatures? Is there a female dwarf
among Bilbo’s companions? (After all, Tolkien never said explicitly that all were male!)
