Hobbit

Filming of the film "Hobbit" , the long -awaited prequel "Lord of the Rings" , will begin in July.

The director of the film Guillermo del Toro , the creator of Hellboy and Labyrinth Faun , had already moved to Wellington and settled near Peter Jackson , the producer of the picture. Currently, the work on the script of the film, the shooting of which should last until the summer of next year. The search for actors is carried out in Los Angeles, New York and London. However, it is already known that, as in the famous trilogy, actor Ian McCellen will play the role of Gandalf.

The release of the first part of the project, originally conceived as a dilogy, is scheduled for December 2011. The second film will be seen at Christmas 2012. “ The hobbit or back and back ”, written by Tolkien to the “ Lord of the Rings ” , tells the story of Uncle Frodo - Bilbo Baggins , together with Gandalf and a detachment of gnomes that freed the burial kingdom from the Evil Dragon Smog. It was Bilbo who got a ring of omnipotence around which the events of the famous fairy -tale trilogy are unfolding.