this film series is truly precious
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about The Hobbit bringing
middle-earth to the big screen
kicking off our list is a factoid about
the struggle to adapt JRR Tolkien’s
fantastical writings to the screen
legends like Stanley Kubrick and even
the Beatles voiced interest but the
first to actually do it were Rankin and
bass the guys behind all those classics
stop-motion Christmas specials their
1977 musical The Hobbit came out a full
year before the ambitiously rotoscoped
adaptation of the Lord of the Rings
Frodo I couldn’t see your uncle gobo
hasn’t changed by more than one kind of
Hobbit the central characters in both
the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
series are well the hobbits these
halflings only measure between 2 and 4
feet tall and are the cousins of mankind
there are even three distinct offshoots
of the hobbit race the tiny dark skinned
and beardless mountain and hill dwelling
harlots the broad shaped river dwelling
stores and those who live in the
woodlands the tallest and fairest of
them all the Falla hides becoming Bilbo
Baggins finding a young Bilbo Baggins
for 2012’s The Hobbit series was not an
easy task before the part went to Martin
Freeman Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe
Doctor Who’s David Tennant transformers
Shia LaBeouf x-men first classes James
McAvoy and spider-man’s Tobey Maguire
were all candidates so who’s who again
middle-earth can be a confusing place
for example the two main villains in The
Lord of the Rings are Sauron and Saruman
because of the similarity studio execs
for the 1978 animated feature renamed
Sarah man Herman but changed it back
after receiving negative feedback
however you can still hear the altered
name in certain parts of the movie
meanwhile in the world of The Hobbit
there are
don’t less than 13 dwarves accompanying
Gandalf and Bilbo on their adventures
and most of their names rhyme so
tomorrow begins your greatest adventure
the comic relief even though it caused
the director some grief the company of
dwarves was an important part of The
Hobbit these quirky characters brought
humour to the story and helped make this
installment more child-friendly since
their names were so similar it was
important for Jackson to distinguish
them from each other different clothes
hairstyles and beards appeared on each
dwarf not to mention their individual
personalities please for every time
Jackson expanded the characters so much
he had to split the novel over three
movies the screen legend returns to our
relief director Peter Jackson didn’t
need to find a new Saruman for 2012’s
Hobbit trilogy Christopher Lee overcame
old age and health issues to reprise his
role and it’s a good thing Tolkien
himself had recommended that Lee be
involved should middle-earth ever appear
on the big screen sure he intended Lee
to play Gandalf
but the cerumen role isn’t too shabby
either so does V gain much of his former
strength he cannot yet take physical
fall but his spirit has lost none of its
potency the Shire is a magical place in
the Lord of the Rings middle-earth was
created using effects and trickery to
different sized Bag End sets were built
for the Lord of the Rings trilogy and
recreated for The Hobbit so the actors
would appear smaller than Ian McKellen’s
Gandalf but that’s nothing compared to
the 1,800 Hobbit feet that were produced
over the course of a year for the main
cast for the original 2001 film the last
18 months we’ve probably gone through
about 20 litres of glue about 450 miles
ya care creature features the hobbits
are not alone in middle-earth one of the
creatures they face are inbred orcs
called the Iroquois in the Lord of the
Rings filmmakers gave them blotchy skin
and other deformities to make their
heritage apparent the actors portraying
them even had to blacken their mouths
with licorice based melt wash of course
the terrifying creatures in The Hobbit
make expanded
use of computer technology Skype
miniature no more speaking of improved
technology computers have advanced by
leaps and bounds since the Lord of the
Rings trilogy was released and this
eliminated the need for miniature models
of middle-earth locations as a result
the Hobbit is dominated by CGI marking a
clear break from cinematic tradition a
fellowship of tattoos rounding out our
trivial list is a factoid about the
castes Inc the original Lord of the
Rings cast worked together for years
so it’s not hard to imagine the bond
they forged after filming wrapped eight
of the nine fellowship members got
tattoos of the elven word for nine with
many reprising their roles in the Hobbit
trilogy we may even catch a glimpse of
the tats in middle-earth what’s your
favourite Hobbit factoid for more
entertaining trivia videos be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com did he
promise that I will come back no and if
you do you will not be the Sam
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about The Hobbit bringing
middle-earth to the big screen
kicking off our list is a factoid about
the struggle to adapt JRR Tolkien’s
fantastical writings to the screen
legends like Stanley Kubrick and even
the Beatles voiced interest but the
first to actually do it were Rankin and
bass the guys behind all those classics
stop-motion Christmas specials their
1977 musical The Hobbit came out a full
year before the ambitiously rotoscoped
adaptation of the Lord of the Rings
Frodo I couldn’t see your uncle gobo
hasn’t changed by more than one kind of
Hobbit the central characters in both
the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
series are well the hobbits these
halflings only measure between 2 and 4
feet tall and are the cousins of mankind
there are even three distinct offshoots
of the hobbit race the tiny dark skinned
and beardless mountain and hill dwelling
harlots the broad shaped river dwelling
stores and those who live in the
woodlands the tallest and fairest of
them all the Falla hides becoming Bilbo
Baggins finding a young Bilbo Baggins
for 2012’s The Hobbit series was not an
easy task before the part went to Martin
Freeman Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe
Doctor Who’s David Tennant transformers
Shia LaBeouf x-men first classes James
McAvoy and spider-man’s Tobey Maguire
were all candidates so who’s who again
middle-earth can be a confusing place
for example the two main villains in The
Lord of the Rings are Sauron and Saruman
because of the similarity studio execs
for the 1978 animated feature renamed
Sarah man Herman but changed it back
after receiving negative feedback
however you can still hear the altered
name in certain parts of the movie
meanwhile in the world of The Hobbit
there are
don’t less than 13 dwarves accompanying
Gandalf and Bilbo on their adventures
and most of their names rhyme so
tomorrow begins your greatest adventure
the comic relief even though it caused
the director some grief the company of
dwarves was an important part of The
Hobbit these quirky characters brought
humour to the story and helped make this
installment more child-friendly since
their names were so similar it was
important for Jackson to distinguish
them from each other different clothes
hairstyles and beards appeared on each
dwarf not to mention their individual
personalities please for every time
Jackson expanded the characters so much
he had to split the novel over three
movies the screen legend returns to our
relief director Peter Jackson didn’t
need to find a new Saruman for 2012’s
Hobbit trilogy Christopher Lee overcame
old age and health issues to reprise his
role and it’s a good thing Tolkien
himself had recommended that Lee be
involved should middle-earth ever appear
on the big screen sure he intended Lee
to play Gandalf
but the cerumen role isn’t too shabby
either so does V gain much of his former
strength he cannot yet take physical
fall but his spirit has lost none of its
potency the Shire is a magical place in
the Lord of the Rings middle-earth was
created using effects and trickery to
different sized Bag End sets were built
for the Lord of the Rings trilogy and
recreated for The Hobbit so the actors
would appear smaller than Ian McKellen’s
Gandalf but that’s nothing compared to
the 1,800 Hobbit feet that were produced
over the course of a year for the main
cast for the original 2001 film the last
18 months we’ve probably gone through
about 20 litres of glue about 450 miles
ya care creature features the hobbits
are not alone in middle-earth one of the
creatures they face are inbred orcs
called the Iroquois in the Lord of the
Rings filmmakers gave them blotchy skin
and other deformities to make their
heritage apparent the actors portraying
them even had to blacken their mouths
with licorice based melt wash of course
the terrifying creatures in The Hobbit
make expanded
use of computer technology Skype
miniature no more speaking of improved
technology computers have advanced by
leaps and bounds since the Lord of the
Rings trilogy was released and this
eliminated the need for miniature models
of middle-earth locations as a result
the Hobbit is dominated by CGI marking a
clear break from cinematic tradition a
fellowship of tattoos rounding out our
trivial list is a factoid about the
castes Inc the original Lord of the
Rings cast worked together for years
so it’s not hard to imagine the bond
they forged after filming wrapped eight
of the nine fellowship members got
tattoos of the elven word for nine with
many reprising their roles in the Hobbit
trilogy we may even catch a glimpse of
the tats in middle-earth what’s your
favourite Hobbit factoid for more
entertaining trivia videos be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com did he
promise that I will come back no and if
you do you will not be the Sam
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