The Hobbit is finally greenlit!

[DaveC]

Production Diary #5

[Jan Van Quirm]

Gotta go there to NZ and see Hobbiton one fine day

[DaveC]

Yeah, so cool that it's permanent now.

[DaveC]

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Trailer

[DaveC]

Billy Connelly will play Dain Ironfoot in The Hobbit!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/53426

[Jan Van Quirm]

As cameo parts go it's pretty small, but knowing PJ's lurve with all things battley Billy'll be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool in this we'll need defrosting when we get out of the cinema!

[Who's Wee Dug]

Billy Connelly! that's a bit of a surprise, wonder if he gets to stick the nut in anybody.

[Jan Van Quirm]

Dain prods serious buttock and other places right at the end

[Penfold]

A surprising bit of casting and, I think, a very interesting one. Billy is a remarkably good actor from some of the other serious roles I've seen him in and should fit the role well.

[Who's Wee Dug]

I've seen him in some films straight and comedies.

[DaveC]

[Jan Van Quirm]

That barrel scene is gonna be soooooo wonderful!

I think that some of the soundtrack they were playing was new as well (the horns part was from Two Towers - the Riders of Rohan type music) - sounds sumptuous as well as looking it. Nice to see Andy Serkis too - he is my utter CGI god!

[Bouncy Castle]

Hollywood has no sense of humour.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17350103

A popular pub and music venue called The Hobbit has been threatened with legal action by US movie lawyers.

[DaveC]

Hollywood has no sense of humour.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17350103

A popular pub and music venue called The Hobbit has been threatened with legal action by US movie lawyers.

Yeah, a friend of mine is pissed, that was his local at uni...

[Penfold]

The article does say that they have traded under that name for twenty years so I would have thought that a court would rule their favour.