Comments on: 'The Hobbit' Continues Terrific Behind-the-Scenes Video Blogs with On-Location Shooting

By: Is “The Hobbit” Set to Change Cinema? | Mike Pittman's home on the web

Mon, 14 May 2012 22:28:21 +0000

[...] In the meantime, if you’re like me, you’ll love watching some behind the scenes videos from The Hobbit production. [...]

By: Mike Holt

Mike Holt — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:30:31 +0000

I think its lame that he couldn’t put any ethnic actors in any of these movies. I’m not saying it’s racist. just a weak choice

By: Peter Jackson Shows Off 10 Minutes of ‘The Hobbit,’ 48fps Isn’t Looking Good - NoFilmSchool

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:40:22 +0000

[...] minutes of glorious 48fps footage from The Hobbit was recently shown at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. It’s unfortunate that RED couldn’t show [...]

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:34:36 +0000

’6 has been released on 1st of March

By: boybunny

boybunny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:15:14 +0000

Would it have mattered? They headhunted me. I never applied for the job. In fact, at the time the LOTR project was still skunkworks. So at first they would not even tell me what the position was for.

By: Trolololol

Trolololol — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:29:39 +0000

Did they say no because your name is “boybunny”????

By: Dennis Mathias

Dennis Mathias — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:50:08 +0000

This blog is absolutely exciting. I anticipate the blogs almost as much as the movie.
Thanks everyone who lets us look behind the scenes.

By: boybunny

boybunny — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:47:52 +0000

He was born into the right family, in the right suburb of the right city of New Zealand. He was the ultimate 1%. The city thing is interesting. New Zealand government departments were the only ones that would hand out money for various projects. There was/is no real investment from individuals in New Zealand. These departments for the past six decades have favoured certain cities. Dunedin Christchurch and specifically Wellington have had 90% of all government funding for film, TV, stage, and other various funding (Auckland has a quarter of the countries population, and their one massive museum gets less per year in government funding than one tiny two room art gallery in Wellington). So yes, location is THAT important in New Zealand. Aucklanders and other people living north of Taupo are treated like second class citizens. Wellingtonian are all that xenophobic about people north of them. Have you noticed that only two sites were north of Taupo in the original LOTR trilogy? And not one is near Auckland? Peter Jackson has often been very vocal about his hatred of Auckland, even though he has never lived there. My own story of LOTR. I was headhunted for a senior position for LOTR in Weta Digital back in the 90′s. I had family commitments in Auckland and could not move away. I asked if I could set up a satellite office and run an Auckland office of Weta Digital. They said no, they would NEVER have an office in Auckland.

By: maghoxfr

maghoxfr — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:53:32 +0000

Sure they do, I wasn’t trying to be a smartass. Thanks for the great post, I didn’t know about the hobbit video blog and it’s great.

By: Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:02:35 +0000

I think it could be good. The trailer didn’t seem to look much different. I’m guessing that they converted it back to 24 or 30 when they released the trailer. Either way, the shots off the Epic look incredible

By: Taras

Taras — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:46:24 +0000

It’s the way of the future! The way of the future! The way of the future!

By: Koo

Koo — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:39:30 +0000

Yup! Good catch, fixed. Typos happen!

By: Ryan Farnes

Ryan Farnes — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:39:08 +0000

I love Peter Jackson for releasing these.

These say a lot about his priorities in rewarding fans. If it wasn’t evident from his attendance to the TheOneRing.net party the night of the Oscars for Return of the King.

By: marcus.sg

marcus.sg — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:13:19 +0000

What does everybody think of the whole 48fps thing?

By: marcus.sg

marcus.sg — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:10:21 +0000

Andy Serkis 2nd unit Director…WOW!

By: TSM

TSM — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:49:25 +0000

I think he might have had a gastric bypass procedure, which is great to know is always there as an option in our older, fatter years.

By: maghoxfr

maghoxfr — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:47:38 +0000

HI Koo. Don’t want to be critic in a negative way but shuldn’t it be “released” instead of “…and they recently realized the fifth episode.”? Awesome blog.

By: marcus.sg

marcus.sg — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:36:23 +0000

Thanks for posting these. What a charmed life PJ has lived. From ‘Bad Taste’ to becoming the George Lucas of the southern hemisphere (minus the crappy writing and films). Well don PJ, plus he’s lost a TON of weight.