March 24, 2013

It’s about time to get revved up for the next “Hobbit” film and here’s some behind-the-scenes stuff to help all you folks on Spring Break. 

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Filed under: film movies The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkein Desolation of Smaug 
December 31, 2012
"It’s certainly different, and people are accustomed, obviously, to 24 frames (per second) being the look of film. But at the same time, do you also say that we achieved technical perfection in 1927? I mean, with all the technology that exists today, with all the ability we have to shoot 4K images and to project at high frame rates with these huge screens, the sound systems, do we settle for the 1927 standards, or do we say, ‘How can we use this technology to enhance the cinema-going experience?’"

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Peter Jackson, talking about using high-frame-rate film recording and projection among other technologies to enhance the experience of watching a movie. HFR projection technology, available in about 10 percent of the screens showing Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” has gotten mixed responses from critics and others for its decidedly smooth and non-“film”-like look. 

Having just seen “The Hobbit” in 3D and HFR (at Hollywood’s fabulous historic Grauman’s Chinese Theater (which dates back to close to 1927 itself, by the way)), I can say I’m a fan of high-frame-rate projection, but also understand the objections of at least some of the harrumphing critics.

It indeed is easy to be distracted by the different look, particularly in the baggier parts of the long film’s meandering narrative. 

Have you seen “The Hobbit” in high-frame-rate projection? If so, what did you think? Would you see other films using the technology? 

Read more about the technology and other technical aspects of getting “The Hobbit” to screen, with a much more detailed Gollum, here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/oscars-the-road-to-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/

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Filed under: FIlm movies The Hobbit Peter Jackson technology HFR 3D high frame rate 
December 27, 2012
Deadline founder Nikki Finke continues her rolling updates on the box office in this odd mid-week holiday session that makes unusual records possible, records that “Les Miserables” can claim with its excellent first couple of days of box office. “The Hobbit” and “Django Unchained” continue to sell lots of tickets too, Nikki reports. Read all the latest here:http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/first-box-office-1-%E2%80%98les-miserables%E2%80%99-2-django-opening-huge-on-christmas-day/

Deadline founder Nikki Finke continues her rolling updates on the box office in this odd mid-week holiday session that makes unusual records possible, records that “Les Miserables” can claim with its excellent first couple of days of box office. 

“The Hobbit” and “Django Unchained” continue to sell lots of tickets too, Nikki reports. Read all the latest here:http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/first-box-office-1-%E2%80%98les-miserables%E2%80%99-2-django-opening-huge-on-christmas-day/

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Filed under: film movies box office Deadline.com Nikki FInke Les Miserables Django Unchained The Hobbit 
December 20, 2012
With a de facto very long holiday weekend looming, film distributors got their releasing going early and often, Deadline founder Nikki Finke reports with her usual gusto for box office.  And the initial results? There’s still one Hobbit to rule ‘em all, but clearly, the only thing limited about the opening hours for “Zero Dark Thirty” was the mere handful of places that were showing it initially in New York and Los Angeles.  Not every new opener is doing nearly so well, however. Nikki has all the details here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/zero-dark-thirty-opening-breaks-records-hobbit-still-rules-box-office-barbras-guilt-trip-goes-nowhere/ What are you hoping to see in the next several days of holiday break?

With a de facto very long holiday weekend looming, film distributors got their releasing going early and often, Deadline founder Nikki Finke reports with her usual gusto for box office. 

And the initial results? There’s still one Hobbit to rule ‘em all, but clearly, the only thing limited about the opening hours for “Zero Dark Thirty” was the mere handful of places that were showing it initially in New York and Los Angeles. 

Not every new opener is doing nearly so well, however. Nikki has all the details here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/zero-dark-thirty-opening-breaks-records-hobbit-still-rules-box-office-barbras-guilt-trip-goes-nowhere/

What are you hoping to see in the next several days of holiday break?

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Filed under: film movies box office Zero Dark Thirty The Hobbit Guilt Trip Monsters Inc. 3D 
December 6, 2012
Great shot of Martin Freeman from this new video of behind the scenes at “The Hobbit.” He has such an engaging personality in these sorts of interviews.    See the whole video here:  http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/hobbit-unexpected-journey-featurette-behind-the-scenes/

Great shot of Martin Freeman from this new video of behind the scenes at “The Hobbit.” He has such an engaging personality in these sorts of interviews.   

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See the whole video here:  http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/hobbit-unexpected-journey-featurette-behind-the-scenes/

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Filed under: The Hobbit Film movies Martin Freeman 
December 6, 2012
One tidbit from this new video of behind the scenes at “The Hobbit”: they shot exactly as many days for the new trilogy as for the original “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. And they shot a lot.   See the whole video here:  http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/hobbit-unexpected-journey-featurette-behind-the-scenes/

One tidbit from this new video of behind the scenes at “The Hobbit”: they shot exactly as many days for the new trilogy as for the original “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. And they shot a lot.  

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See the whole video here:  http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/hobbit-unexpected-journey-featurette-behind-the-scenes/

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Filed under: movies film The Hobbit 
December 6, 2012

I LOVE this pair of shots from this new video of behind the scenes at “The Hobbit” with Peter Jackson in front of the dwarves on a spit. 

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See the whole video here:  http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/hobbit-unexpected-journey-featurette-behind-the-scenes/

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Filed under: movies film Peter Jackson dwarf roasting The Hobbit 
December 6, 2012

More screen captures from behind-the-scenes video of the making of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” focused mostly on dwarves, with one of three of the dwarf actors in motion-capture suits so they can perform and become digitized as the arguing trolls. 

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See the whole video here:  http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/hobbit-unexpected-journey-featurette-behind-the-scenes/

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Filed under: film movies The Hobbit dwarves trolls motion capture 
December 5, 2012
Check out our latest episode of “Deadline Awards Watch,” my podcast with Awards Columnist Pete Hammond (listen to it here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/deadline-awards-watch-with-pete-hammond-episode-3/ ) Pete talks about the start of screenings for late awards arrivals “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” and “Django Unchained;” finalists for the Visual Effects nominations; and what impact the choices of the New York Film Critics Circle may have on Oscar prospects for big winners “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty” as well as for little-seen Rachel Weisz in “Deep Blue Sea.”  Let us know what you think. 

Check out our latest episode of “Deadline Awards Watch,” my podcast with Awards Columnist Pete Hammond (listen to it here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/deadline-awards-watch-with-pete-hammond-episode-3/ )

Pete talks about the start of screenings for late awards arrivals “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” and “Django Unchained;” finalists for the Visual Effects nominations; and what impact the choices of the New York Film Critics Circle may have on Oscar prospects for big winners “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty” as well as for little-seen Rachel Weisz in “Deep Blue Sea.” 

Let us know what you think. 

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Filed under: film movies Oscars awards podcasts Pete Hammond The Hobbit Django Unchained Visual Effects Zero Dark Thirty LIncoln Rachel Weisz 
November 26, 2012
"This is where we’re spending a huge amount of time at the moment, just working on getting “The Hobbit” finished. It’s due to be completed literally two days before the premiere….hopefully."

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Director Peter Jackson, speaking in a just-released video blog from the screening room of his sprawling New Zealand production facilities, as he and his staff race to finish the first leg of his film version of Tolkien’s “The Hobbit.” 

A bit later, Jackson allows, “You’re going to see a lot of sleep-deprived people in this blog. Everyone’s working around the clock to get the film finished.”

Check out the 15-minute video, which shows the intense, sometimes silly and often a little crazy production process on a massive film project racing to meet looming deadlines this week: http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/video-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-peter-jackson-race-to-finish/

The video has a ton of material shot all over the production/post-production process, including everything from pre-visualization to the recording of the score in far-away Abbey Road Studios.

For those into these things, there’s a slightly astonishing comment at one point that WETA, Jackson’s visual-effects shop, had “several hundred” shots to deliver in the “last few weeks.”  There’s a reason why Jackson wasn’t being definitive about finishing before the premiere on Wednesday.  

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Filed under: Film The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Peter Jackson 
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