Hobbit Set reports from Quint of AICN

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Strikingly so, and PJ has known Harry since well before LotR. Harry was a fan of PJ's early horror flicks.
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axordil wrote:Harry Knowles, the founder of AICN, is...Bomburish.
Ah okay. Thank you. My first thought was "Harry Potter?"
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No, I don't see Harry Potter there, either. . . . :P
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Not quite another set report yet, but apparently it is imminent, according to Quint's latest update on AICN about how he got to bring the Teaser spool to BNAT :

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52315
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He's been saying "soon" for two weeks now.
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DanielLB over on TORn has spotted this exchange of tweets between Quint and someone else:
VioletsFrameworkBlog @VioletsTFB :One more Hobbit report before Christmas ! It´s a promise from @EricVespe ! Was wizzarded to BNAT. He´s in next Vid Blog

Eric Vespe @EricVespe :@VioletsTFB Heh, well I don't know if any of the intro will make into the next Vblog, but they helped make the intro vid come together.
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I saw that. But I don't see Eric promising a report before Christmas, just this Violet saying that he promises a report before Christmas. But I don't really "understand" twitter.
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Surprisingly, Quint posted the next set report right after the trailer went live.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52353
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O Ye of little faith, Voronwë! ;)

Obviously Quint had to wait for the trailer to air first since he mentions scenes that are in it...

Some nice background on said scenes here, and stunning shots of the Ruapehu valley. I'm racking my brains trying to think of what giant statue he's talking about?
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Yegads, I forgot about the starfish dwarf. :help:

At least we'll get a pretty movie again. I wonder if the statue is for Erebor, given that the dwarfs were supposed to be looking for something.
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Elentári wrote:I'm racking my brains trying to think of what giant statue he's talking about?
I can't think of anything at all from the book.
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In case anyone was wondering, this is the latest comment from Quint on his set reports:
Since a lot of people have been asking, I still have more Hobbit set reports to come, but they won't return until I get back from Sundance


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Which, if anyone is wondering, ends 1/29.
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Latest from Quint (Eric Vespe):

Also, Hobbit report update: I begin again in earnest this weekend. The plan is to rocket them out over February and March.

https://twitter.com/ericvespe
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