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There And Back Again

Here’s All The Hobbit Stuff We Didn’t Post Yesterday

by Susana Polo | 10:15 am, December 7th, 2012


We’ve been restraining ourselves from posting too much stuff about The Hobbit because, lets face it, this is not a LotR only blog and we would be straining at least a few people’s patience. So here’s all The Hobbit stuff from yesterday that we didn’t post because we’d already done like two posts related to The Hobbit and dangit, The Hobbit people calm down with your premiere pictures, unreleased photos, funny quotes, new behind the scenes footage, and Colbert Report interviews.

Oh also the Doubleclicks have a new Christmas song that’s particularly appropriate this year.

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Of Course!

Things We Already Knew: Martin Freeman Is The Perfect Bilbo

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:46 pm, November 16th, 2012

We here at The Mary Sue have a great appreciation for all things Martin Freeman. It made us extremely happy when the Sherlock star was cast as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit and after seeing footage we can’t really picture anyone else in the role. Writer of the films, Philippa Boyens recently spoke about why Freeman was the actor they chose.

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Not all that glitters is gold

Says Jackson: “I Have Never Met a Bigger Tolkien Geek in My Life.”

by Susana Polo | 12:11 pm, October 29th, 2012

Philippa Boyens is our resident Tolkien expert, and when Stephen came down to visit the set, we put him head to head with Philippa on a Tolkien quiz – and Stephen triumphed. I have to say, his encyclopedic knowledge of Tolkien is spectacular, and points to a deprived childhood in some respects. — Peter Jackson, speaking of Stephen Colbert, who was recently invited to visit the set of The Hobbit films in New Zealand.

As for that rumored and possibly confirmed cameo for the fake news anchor, Jackson said that “it’s yet to be confirmed or denied.”

Previously in The Hobbit

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Not all that glitters is gold

Where Will Peter Jackson Find The Money For The Third Hobbit? (Dwarves LOL)

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:45 pm, August 2nd, 2012

Whatever your reaction was to the news of Peter Jackson making The Hobbit into three films, the reality has set in – how the hell is this actually going to work? You know, because the film doesn’t even have a script and the studios hadn’t budgeted for three. Someone needs to tell the dwarves to dig deeper I guess.

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