Orlando Bloom cast as Legolas in the Hobbit

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Orlando Bloom cast as Legolas in the Hobbit

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Post by Deepfake » Sat May 28, 2011 3:50 am

...but Legolas isn't in the Hobbit. WTF.

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Post by Kargath » Sat May 28, 2011 3:54 am

Weren't they making two movies, combining the Hobbit with a bridge story?
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Post by Deku Tree » Sat May 28, 2011 7:42 am

He also plays a hobo in Fight for Your Right Revisited.
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Post by Valigarmander » Sat May 28, 2011 9:35 am

They have Hugo Weaving and Christopher Lee returning, so I'm pleased.
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Post by Booyakasha » Sat May 28, 2011 10:00 am

All right, to be fair, 'The Hobbit' does have a fairly lengthy setpiece in the palace of King Thranduil of Mirkwood, and Legolas is Thranduil's son. And it's generally agreed that Legolas is 139 years old at the time of LotR, which definitely took place less than a century after 'The Hobbit'. So it's not inconceivable Legolas would show up. Hopefully this is all that's happening, and the movie isn't just going to be 'The Hobbit, Plus Legolas'.

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Post by 1-up Salesman » Sun May 29, 2011 12:40 am

Interesting. And- I hope it'll be like what Boo predicted.
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Post by ZeldaGirl » Sun May 29, 2011 2:03 am

Booyakasha wrote:All right, to be fair, 'The Hobbit' does have a fairly lengthy setpiece in the palace of King Thranduil of Mirkwood, and Legolas is Thranduil's son. And it's generally agreed that Legolas is 139 years old at the time of LotR, which definitely took place less than a century after 'The Hobbit'. So it's not inconceivable Legolas would show up. Hopefully this is all that's happening, and the movie isn't just going to be 'The Hobbit, Plus Legolas'.

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Exactly this. Legolas' presence is actually implied in The Hobbit, but Tolkien hadn't formed his character or name yet. It actually makes sense for Bloom to have at least on cameo there, and possibly a cameo as they bridge the series together. They've also added Frodo to the movie, even though he technically isn't born yet. But, I trust the decision Jackson is making to frame the movie and incorporate it into the series.
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Post by Calamity Panfan » Sun May 29, 2011 8:29 am

i think they should add tom bombadil to bridge the gaps between movies
and that's the waaaaaaaaaay the news goes
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Post by 1-up Salesman » Sun May 29, 2011 9:14 am

ZeldaGirl wrote:Exactly this. Legolas' presence is actually implied in The Hobbit, but Jackson hadn't formed his character or name yet.
By Jackson you mean Tolkien, right?
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Post by ZeldaGirl » Mon May 30, 2011 3:02 am

^Lol, yup; I was typing really fast.
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Post by Deepfake » Mon May 30, 2011 7:49 am

ZeldaGirl wrote: But, I trust the decision Jackson is making to frame the movie and incorporate it into the series.
Even after the hamfest of the third film's end? Not so sure, myself.
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Post by Booyakasha » Mon May 30, 2011 12:11 pm

Third movie's ending would have been improved by the inclusion of the Scouring. I was actually kinda surprised they skipped over that, considering how perfectly it echoes the whole "everything's changing and you can never go home" theme they were driving at throughout the series. (Granted, the third movie is already a test of endurance, lengthwise---making it too much longer would drive some people away.)
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Post by Rainbow Dash » Mon May 30, 2011 1:12 pm

watch the extended edition or go home
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Post by Booyakasha » Mon May 30, 2011 1:21 pm

It's really, really long.
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Post by Apollo the Just » Mon May 30, 2011 7:30 pm

My family watches all 3 extendeds each Thanksgiving.

It's awesome.
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Post by CaptHayfever » Mon May 30, 2011 7:38 pm

We've done the all-three-extendeds a couple times at school with a friend's surround-sound system. It takes 12 hours, but it's fun.

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Post by 1-up Salesman » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:58 pm

I heard that Saruman will be in this also.

Also, as heard before, The Hobbit will be split into two movies.

The titles: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" "The Hobbit: There and Back Again"
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Post by Kil'jaeden » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:37 am

I was hoping that this would not be like Lord of the Rings. The Hobbit was a munch more "fun" book, if I can make my terms understood, than the Lord of the Rings was. It also had the advantage of getting the story done faster, while Lord of the Rings is almost like a travelogue to Morder. Stretching it into two movies and adding so many twists seems to be too much.

I can see Saruman actually being necessary for the White Council's meetings in the Hobbit. The book itself has Gandalf doing all sorts of stuff in the background, in fact, all the important stuff happens in the background, so maybe the movie will have more of a focus on Gandalf than Bilbo. Like Aragon and Frodo were in the Lord of the Rings.
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Post by CaptHayfever » Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:37 pm

We really only need them to make Part 2 anyway. Part 1's already done.

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Post by Kil'jaeden » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:32 pm

Twice the ticket sales.
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