OMG guys. I think my head — as well as those attached to the bodies of my fellow Lord of the Rings freakazoids — just exploded, creating a massive blaze that shines brighter than the light of Eärendil. It looks like The Hobbit is officially accepting applications for actors hoping to land roles in the LOTR precursor. But before you prepare to slap on your finest coat of armor and grab your Sting swords, take note of some of the specific guidelines: 1) You have to apply by physical mail (Kids, ask your grandparents about that one), 2) You need to include a casting video, and 3) Though it kills me, New Zealand locals must be hired before overseas actors. Hurumph. So not fair. They already have lush beauty! Since I’m forced to cope with smelly city streets decorated with cigarette butts, why can’t I have one tiny advantage?!
Tell me, PopWatchers: Would you create a casting video to nab a role? And what would you do to grab Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson’s attention? I could kiss my giant poster of Frodo and his furry feet, because this girl totally had a crush on the hobbit as a 16-year-old.
Not sure they can capture the magic the second time around.
My big fear is that they’re going to turn it into another LotR movie, which would be a tremendous injustice to the book’s very different tone and feel from the LotR series.
Lord of the rings was soooo booooring! and i dont care much for this new crap… i wish they would all go away
I thought LOTR (the story) was verbose, over-long, and a bit of a downer, and consequently didn’t like it that much either (there were some great scenes in the movies, tho). Loved The HOBBIT; it’s one of my favorite stories, so here’s hoping the movie will be great too.
Boring stories is soooo booooring! and i dont care much for his/her comments…i wish s/he would go away.
Are you people seriously dissing LOTR? That’s like dissing Star Wars! I feel sorry for people that don’t love those movies as much as I do. They’re missing out!
Your boring, LOTR is the best films ever made, hugh amounts of work went into making those movies, very easy to sit back and judge.
This post is FOR FANS of LOTR and potentially the HOBBIT, so your diss is NOT welcome here. Go read and post on other articles, or better yet, Kate Ward should censor you and remove your post. They CAN do that you know since you are OFF TOPIC.
To qoute Bart Simpson “You don’t want to know what I’d be willing to do to get in there”
Jemaine as Bilbo.
Del Toro is gonna knock this one out of the park. Peter Jackson’s movies were epic and beautiful, but also slow and overlong. Del Toro is consistently inventive and his style is more fast paced.
I’m very much looking forward to these movies.
Agreed. Pans Labrynth is a brilliant movie.
slow and overlong? did you read the books? Soooo much was left out even in the extended edition. Jackson was superb in keeping the faith of the books. Del Toro is the most negative thing about The Hobbit so far
It’s gonna be amazing, del Toro and Jackson are gonna be a great collaboration. Just look at their genres and history! The awesomeness of LOTR and the absolute magic of Pan’s labyrinth! I would love to work on a movie like that!
Hmmm….Would I be willing to admit I have hair on my toes? Oops, I already did!
Good Luck Mr del Toro and Mr Jackson. I can’t wait!
Pan’s Labyrinth sucked.
I know you couldn’t see it, but I just flipped you off.
You, my friend, just made my day. Including your one, that makes three birds RealityCheck has received now.
I could have gotten your wording wrong, but are you suggesting that The Hobbit is Frodo? Because you’re off a generation. Bilbo’s the name, and adventure’s his game.
Ah, just remember, Bilbo’s game wasn’t ALWAYS adventure
Gandalf started him down that path.
And when Kate said “I could kiss my giant poster of Frodo and his furry feet, because this girl totally had a crush on the hobbit as a 16-year-old,” I don’t think she was implying that Frodo is The Hobbit (she didn’t capitalize either “the” or “hobbit”), I think she was saying she had a crush on that particular hobbit.