Poster: ‘The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug’
This week in EW: We take a deep dive into into The Hobbit, exploring the film’s long, difficult road to the big screen and the critical, sometimes controversial creative decisions director Peter Jackson has made along the way. Precioussssss.
As you might have heard yesterday, next week is The Hobbit Week on The Colbert Report, as Stephen welcomes Sir Ian McKellan on Monday, Martin Freeman on Tuesday, Andy Serkis on Wednesday and Peter Jackson on Thursday. You might know them better by their respective Hobbit characters, Yoda, Voldemort, Sulu and Morpheus.
In the meantime, let’s prepare for the weeklong Tolkien-fest with some classic Middle Earthian moments from The Report. First up, click the gif to watch Stephen put the literary smackdown on fellow LOTR-head James Franco.
The Hobbit is on sale for Kindle right now for $3. For those who need to reread it before the movie comes out….
This is good info.
Sorry, Cumberbitches — the start of production on the third cycle of this detective drama has been moved from January to March. Sources say the shift was necessary to accommodate the busy schedules of the show’s breakout stars, Benedict Cumberbatch (who’s filming Star Trek 2) and Martin Freeman (starring in The Hobbit).
Furthermore the 2nd movie has a new title, as does the third. They breakdown thusly:
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dec 14, 2012
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Dec 13, 2013
- The Hobbit: There and Back Again - July 18, 2014
Here Are the Official ‘Hobbit’ 3D Glasses | Latino Review
The 3D glasses of Middle Earth were my favorite part of the book.
