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<blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 1261953" data-attributes="member: 2238">Actually, I don't think it would be that hard to keep it under wraps.&nbsp; Of the major actors, you have the Ian's and Serkis.&nbsp; Then you have 13 actors playing dwarves.&nbsp; Maybe they just recast JRD with a grey beard as Thorin (I mean heck he was treebeard too).&nbsp; With the ammount of secrecy they have actually managed to pull off, I would not be surprised that if they did film it already they did it very hush hush.&nbsp; I remember one report of a guy that blabbed about a small part in Bree and lost the job.&nbsp; Most spy reports have either been intentionaly leaked or they are quick snapshots of sets.&nbsp; And the guys in WETA digital won't talk either if they are told not to.&nbsp; As funding goes, this would be somthing they could pull off at very little extra cost (comparatively) since everything they need except laketown, the hall of the elven king, and the entry to the lonely mountain has already been made.&nbsp; And many of the sets can be easily reconstructed to provide what they need for principle photography.&nbsp; And it is no secret that they got (well this is hear say) the rights to make the Hobbit when they did LotR.&nbsp; The only thing (again hear say) that would be stopping them is the distrobution problem.&nbsp; If they know that going in, they make the blockbusters and then when it comes time to release the hobbit, they go and offer MGM a bit of the pie.&nbsp; I would not think this if I did not think that PJ was the type to do somthing like this.&nbsp; But it is right up his alley...Interestingly enough, if the Hobbit were done in the same style as LotR, (that is same sets and similar costumes) it would be absolutely awesome.&nbsp; I say this because when I imagine the hobbit, I imagine the Rankin Baas version.&nbsp; Also I find it funny that the maps that were drawn by ICE were quickly accepted by the tolkein estate who now own the rights to them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jester47, post: 1261953, member: 2238"] Actually, I don't think it would be that hard to keep it under wraps. Of the major actors, you have the Ian's and Serkis. Then you have 13 actors playing dwarves. Maybe they just recast JRD with a grey beard as Thorin (I mean heck he was treebeard too). With the ammount of secrecy they have actually managed to pull off, I would not be surprised that if they did film it already they did it very hush hush. I remember one report of a guy that blabbed about a small part in Bree and lost the job. Most spy reports have either been intentionaly leaked or they are quick snapshots of sets. And the guys in WETA digital won't talk either if they are told not to. As funding goes, this would be somthing they could pull off at very little extra cost (comparatively) since everything they need except laketown, the hall of the elven king, and the entry to the lonely mountain has already been made. And many of the sets can be easily reconstructed to provide what they need for principle photography. And it is no secret that they got (well this is hear say) the rights to make the Hobbit when they did LotR. The only thing (again hear say) that would be stopping them is the distrobution problem. If they know that going in, they make the blockbusters and then when it comes time to release the hobbit, they go and offer MGM a bit of the pie. I would not think this if I did not think that PJ was the type to do somthing like this. But it is right up his alley... Interestingly enough, if the Hobbit were done in the same style as LotR, (that is same sets and similar costumes) it would be absolutely awesome. I say this because when I imagine the hobbit, I imagine the Rankin Baas version. Also I find it funny that the maps that were drawn by ICE were quickly accepted by the tolkein estate who now own the rights to them. [/QUOTE]

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