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Stephen Fry Joins 'The Hobbit'
Source: Facebook
Director Peter Jackson once again took to his official Facebook page to announce the latest casting news for 'The Hobbit' - the biggest of which is that famous UK actor and personality Stephen Fry has joined the film to portray the unnamed Master of Lake-town (or Esgaroth, for all us book nerds).
Cowardly, conniving, and more than a little greedy, the Master of Lake-town is never given a name in the books but is nicknamed "money bags" after the events in 'The Hobbit'. Originally wary of allowing Bilbo Baggins and his group of dwarves into Lake-town (which is built upon pillars sunk into the bed of a great lake, sure to look amazing on film), he is the first to flee when the dragon Smaug attacks the city.
Jackson's statement:
"Some more HOBBIT casting news today. As we near the end of our first shooting block (we have a break in less than three weeks to get some editing and visual effects work done, plus prepare for very big scenes coming up), we are looking at characters featuring in sequences that take place a little later in the story.
We are thrilled to confirm that Stephen Fry will be playing The Master of Laketown. I've known Stephen for several years, and we're developing a DAMBUSTERS movie together. In addition to his writing skills, he's a terrific actor and will create a very memorable Master for us.
The Master's conniving civil servant, Alfrid will be played by Ryan Gage. Ryan is a great young actor who we originally cast in a small role, but we liked him so much, we promoted him to the much larger Alfrid part.
Last, and certainly not least, is Conan Stevens, who will be playing an Orc called Azog (Orcs are never called Roger or Dennis for some strange reason). And yes that's his name—Conan! Isn't that cool? Azog is played by Conan! Here's a photo of Conan and I together... I'm pretty tall, probably at least 6'5" or 6'6" I would guess, so that gives you some clue how tall Conan is!"
Peter Jackson is hard at work on the film, which is set to be released on December 19th, 2012. In the meantime, you can see Stephen Fry this December alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows', in which he plays Sherlock's elder brother, Mycroft.
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Comment by Gift of the Magi on May 24, 2011 at 2:17am -
@Happy Birthday Roboto:
HOLY JESUS H.P. CTHULHU BLUE DENMARK OMEGA CHRIST! LAUREN FAUST?!? No wonder this show creeps me out. The Powerpuff Girls was one of the strangest and sometimes disturbing animation series I have ever watch. Sorry, but three superpowered little girls without fingers? And their version of Satan is just WRONG, not to mention the rather high level of blood, gore and violence in the show.
Ok, normally this is where I make you care like a girl for liking something like this...but I won't. I'm an animation nut too and have not seen the series yet so it would be wrong for me to judge and Lauren has proved she can do a LOT with very little.
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Comment by Boatloads1017 on May 20, 2011 at 7:16am -
Awesome news. Despite the technological stuff that I'm still wary about, I definitely can't wait to see this film.
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on May 20, 2011 at 6:24am -
@Gift of the Magi
My good sir, please allow me to explain; Hasbro Toy Company wanted to revive their My Little Pony franchise in the same way that many of the ‘80s cartoon/toy franchises have made a comeback so they commissioned cartoonist Lauren Faust, of Powerpuff Girls fame, to create a new television series.
Faust’s work is surprisingly good avoiding many of the problems associated with previous incarnations of the franchise, the story is now set in a myth and fantasy world similar to Narnia (The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe) complete with dragons, dark magic and all sorts of dangers! The greatest strength of the show is the diversity of the main characters different personalities and the way they interact.
About a week ago, Marz posted some MLP clips on a forum, after watching one or two, I was curious enough to watch the pilot, after which I was hooked and over the course of the last week I’ve watched the entire first season and am now awaiting the second season! The show has many male fans such as myself and we call ourselves bronies! You should check the show out, it’s becoming something of an internet meme and hence all these GIFs and mini-clips!
Yes I know how utterly ridiculous it is for a grown ass man to admit to being an MLP fan and you and many others can make a whole bunch of gay jokes about me and I have no comeback!
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Comment by Gift of the Magi on May 20, 2011 at 5:52am
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Ok seriously, what the blue fuck is up with these weird My Little Pony gifs? THEY ARE CREEPING ME OUT!
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Comment by Marz on May 20, 2011 at 12:51am -
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Comment by Saluki Knight on May 19, 2011 at 11:40pm -
How can you not know who this guy is? He's the voice for Little Big Planet and Hitchhiker's Guide. Also check him out in a Little Bit of Fry and Laurie. It still floors me that after all those seasons of House Laurie hasn't had Fry on his show.
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Comment by Angel Rosa on May 19, 2011 at 6:16pm -
Peter Jackson is full of it! No way he's 6'5 :p
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Comment by Vidocq on May 19, 2011 at 5:49pm -
Kinda cool how both Watson and Mycroft are in this movie.
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on May 19, 2011 at 4:46pm
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I like Peter Jackson and I like Stephen Fry, both of them classy gents and Sir Peter keeps seems to like and respect his fans which is more than I can say for a certain Transformers director who shall remain nameless!
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Comment by N/A on May 19, 2011 at 3:18pm -
@Cranky Old Dude:
Don't forget, the first end of the world is supposedly two days from now, on May 21st. Anyway, I can't wait to see this! I really enjoyed reading The Hobbit when I was a kid, so I can't wait to see how this rendition turns out.
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