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Cast News

Cast member Benedict Cumberbatch is getting some fun attention online of late… The Hollywood Reporter notes: “The ascending star had a busy Sunday, on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, there was the premiere of the second season of Sherlock, the critically-acclaimed, modern-day retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mystery stories, in which he plays the central sleuth; and over in the UK, he was voted The Sun’s Sexiest Man by the tabloid’s readers.”

The New York Times reports: “Deeper still within his head were numerous vital details that Mr. Cumberbatch’s work required him to keep locked away. There was not much he could say about his dual roles as a necromancer and a talking dragon in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Hobbit, and even less about the part he was shooting in J. J. Abrams’s sequel to Star Trek. (‘I’ve got to be a complete and utter tease,’ he said, more gleeful than apologetic.)”

Oh, and then there’s this blog piece, which Cumberbatch describes as “brilliant” and “fantastic.”

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Production Stills

Here’s a collection of recent images from the production of THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY.

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Production Video #6: On Location (Part 2)

Now showing, THE HOBBIT Production Video #6, On Location. Enjoy it below, or for the larger, HD version, click here.

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Fan photo competition

The folks at The Hobbit Movie fan site are running a competition for the most creative Hobbit Movie themed Facebook Timeline cover photo for their Facebook page. The winner will be announced on March 14th. More details here…

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Elijah Wood at Sundance

Speaking to The Salt Lake Tribune, Elijah Wood says: “Did my part already, yeah… I was there for a month. It didn’t actually take that much time for the work. It was sort of half vacation and catching up with old friends and half work.”

“I stood on the hill looking at the hobbit holes and I was, like, ‘I turned 19 here and I’m 30 now.’ It was such a weird thing. And a lot of the same crew were there. That was the most bizarre. It felt like taking a step back in time almost. It was extraordinary.”

Wood has heard the criticism from purist fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books about his participation in the films. Frodo didn’t appear in Tolkien’s book THE HOBBIT. He wasn’t even born when the events in that novel took place.

But Wood wants those fans to know they shouldn’t worry about his small part in the movie. “It’s lovely. And it’s very appropriate… What they’ve done is clever and it’s actually a nice entry into the story.”

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Production Video #5: On Location

Now showing, THE HOBBIT Production Video #5, On Location. Enjoy it below, or for the larger, HD version, click here.

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