Peter Jackson talks “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” in new clip (video)  April 2, 2013 - 19:49 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Peter Jackson has tackled a series of questions about his upcoming film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Digital Spy said. The Oscar-winning director held a Hobbit live event over the weekend and has since released a clip where he answered a number of queries directly from fans. Discussing his decision to split The Hobbit into three films, Jackson explained: "It is complicated to do a middle film [like The Desolation of Smaug]. The advantage is that we have multiple storylines. "The first of the Hobbit movies is a fairly linear film - Gandalf leads the dwarves across Middle-earth at the beginning of this adventure. The great thing about the second movie - as it was with The Two Towers, actually - is that the story starts spreading into multiple storylines." He continued: "We can follow different characters as the story intensifies and the stakes go up." Jackson also addressed a complicated question from Stephen Colbert about the elves of Mirkwood, and one from Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd about the terrain of Middle-earth. The second Hobbit film features Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey and Orlando Bloom as Legolas. Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opens on December 13 in the US and the UK.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Pashinyan’s spokesperson denies intention to visit Baku for COP29  Pashinyan’s agenda doesn’t include a trip to Baku for the COP29 conference, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan has said.Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said.Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution.Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. |
