Four Hobbits Back For The Hobbit? Dominic Monaghan says they might be Source: MTV
Well, here's a weird story. MTV spoke to Dominic Monaghan, former Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings, and he says that he and the other original quartet of Fellowship hobbits might be back for, well, The Hobbit.
Now without extensive rewriting, Merry (Monaghan), Pippin (Billy Boyd), Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) do not at any point appear in The Hobbit - so we're guessing that, if they are indeed back, it'll be in the mooted second film, the bridge between the original story, wherein Bilbo travels with 13 dwarves to slay a dragon and steal its treasure, and the events of The Lord of the Rings. Given that Frodo, the eldest of the quartet, isn't born until some 27 years after the events of The Hobbit, even that interpretation involves some considerable narrative wriggling.
WTF! Why the hell would the 4 hobbits be in this movie or the sequel? They would have to be lil kids and not do very much or leave the shire, and that would make a shitty film. My guess is that the second film might have something to do with Dol Gildor, but if its set after the events of the Hobbit, that shouldnt be the case. They shold just make the hobbit into 2 films so everything can be fitted in, instead of missing stuff like the Barrow Wights from Fellowship and Tom Bombadill, and other st... Read More
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That interview sounds to me like he just really /i]to be in it and is asking the writers to shoe horn him in.
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it does a bit doesn't it?
if they do the job well though it's not such a bad thing i suppose ... Read More
Salt. Pinch. Large.
Perhaps for some prologue at the end of the bridge movie, but they've already said they have plenty of material in Tolkien's official works to base the 'bridge' film on. The Hobbit (part 1) will almost certainly be a more or less straight up adaptation of the book.
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To be honest, I can't see the 4 hobbits storyline coming to anything in any case. The Tolkein estate tend to be pretty protective of the LOTR mythology. Ok the console & MMORPG games take some liberties (to enhance gameplay) but I couldn't see them stretching to storylines outside of theMiddle Earth mythology.
I like the ideas around the War of the Ring etc as these remain within the spirit of Tolkein, add to the mythology leading upto The Hobbiut & LOT... Read More
If they're really desperate to add on a story to increase it's epicness, why not do a Sauron origin story? Start off with The Silmarillion or at least the War of Wrath, give Melkor/Morgoth a fair bit of screen time which I'd die to see, and then the rise of Sauron.
You could have Balrogs on the back of dragons, battles to beat Helm's Deep, the lot! That's a story worth showing and is from Tolkien himself, not some kind of filler created by Del Toro, as much as I re... Read More
what are they doing? I'm like one of the biggest lotr fans,but this makes no sense.
however, I am still looking forward and keeping an open mind for these films as they are in good hands. ... Read More
As much as I'd love to see the cracking cast reunited I really can't see how they can make this work. It reeks of arrogance to assume that you can 'fill in the blanks' in Tolkien's works so the 2nd Hobbit movie has always had me concerned. Don't ge t me wrong - I adored the LotR movies and very excited to see what Del Toro can do but I don't want them making up whole storylines. ... Read More
