UPDATE!!!: The Ian McKellen official website has corrected its previous statement today.. now shooting for THE HOBBIT is expected to start in July.. in case you care..
Gandalf abides! The 2-part epic adaptation THE HOBBIT will start filming this coming July. Here’s what Ian McKellen’s official website says…
THE HOBBIT’s, two films, start shooting in New Zealand in July. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth.
The director Guillermo del Toro is now living in Wellington, close to the Jacksons’ and the studio in Miramar
Directed by Guillermo Del Toro. Right now, the schedule stays the same, THE HOBBIT Part 1 in December 2011 and Part II in December 2012.
