The Lord of the rings saga continues…
Since the moment fans around the globe stopped rejoicing over the Lord of the rings trilogy, there has been an effervescent stream of rumours surrounding the development of a prequel story, ‘The Hobbit’. Many people were cynical that the Lord of the rings story could be made into a convincing narrative for a modern audience, the way J R Tolkien portrays many story elements is rather old fashioned and often relatively impenetrable . The language is dense (featuring many made up words) and the action described is somewhat clichéd by modern standards. Additionally, the characterisation is rather old fashioned with most female characters portrayed as unattainable ethereal prizes to be won, as the trilogy was being developed they even considered rewriting the Frodo’s long suffering and reliable best friend (Sam) as a girl because they were worried that the relationship was seems ‘too gay’.
However, the themes which Tolkien explores is his books have a lot of important messages for a contemporary audience, the feeling of the mechanised industrial world of the Orks pillaging the resources of the land, battling against the holistic hobbits who support and nurture the natural world has as much relevance today as it did in Tolkien’s day as he witnessed the echoes of the industrial revolution.
Peter Jackson showed a huge amount of vision and foresight to make the Lord of the rings trilogy in a deservingly dramatic and epic manner and the rugged New Zealand coast seems to capture the wild lands which Tolkien once described perfectly and keeping to budget without the need of a mortgage broker . The fact that Peter Jackson has agreed to direct the Hobbit is massive boost for the project and a source of reassurance for the fans, filming is scheduled to begin in February 2011 with the film’s release planned for December 2012. Martin Freeman has been confirmed to play the lead character Bilbo Baggins with many other prominent actors rumoured to have been approached, including the excellent Leonard Nimoy.
One of the thing that over looked was the effect that the films had on New Zealand, it’s used to be people would dream of buying villas in Portugal , now everyone wants a hole in the ground in the Shire. It’s incredibable the effect a blockbuster film can have on a country, when they said that they want to charge over the top for them to film The Hobbit in the country they were realy shotting themself in the foot.
Further cast rumours can be found at (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/).
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