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An article in the Daily Mirror about Richard today, with a picture from the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington: Poldark fans want Richard Armitage to play lead in BBC remake.
1. A new gallery has been added to the site showing pictures of Richard, Martin and Andy at the Aria Awards on 29 November 2012. They presented the award for 'Best Pop Release' to Gotye. Watch the video here. 2. I've added the RA France website to the links page. Check out other links for sites/forums/other interest relating to Richard's career. 3. The Casualty gallery has been replaced with better quality images from the video that was uploaded a few days ago (see news 14th June).
1. The episode of Casualty that included Richard was shown on the Really channel in the UK today. I've uploaded all clips of Richard from this episode to youtube. Change the settings to HD for the best quality. Richard only appeared in this single episode, called 'Playing with Fire', which was first broadcast in December 2001. For more information about the episode, see the Casualty career page. 2. Congratulations to Bernadette from Florida for winning the competition to win 3 Richard Armitage DVDs. A Hobbit related giveaway will take place soon.
1. The competition to win three Richard Armitage DVDs will close at midnight UK time tonight. Click here for more details and how to enter. Please note the different region codes for the DVDs. 2. The Daily Mail describes the latest Hobbit trailer with pictures and briefly mentions Richard, though the article mainly focuses on Orlando Bloom. Thanks to Karin for the link. 3. Warner Bros. have published some high resolution images from The Desolation of Smaug trailer. Click 'home' then 'gallery' to see the pictures. I've added the Thorin picture to the end of the Hobbit Stills gallery. Click 'original image' to see the full size.
So much to look at in the new The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug trailer on the Hobbit facebook page. Warner Bros. have also posted the trailer on youtube.
1. The World premiere for the second Hobbit film will not take place in Wellington, NZ - details on stuff.co.nz. There is an unofficial compiliation of all scenes released so far relating to The Desolation of Smaug on youtube, including some scenes from Peter Jackson's sneak peek clip (more information on this in the news 1st April). 2. Thank you to Alexandra for her latest wallpapers: the last wallpaper on this page is new and her wallpaper of Richard as Dr Track in The Golden Hour. 3. Three behind-the-scenes pictures of Richard filming The Impressionists have appeared in a tourist brochure showcasing film productions in the Val-d'Oise region of France. Thanks to Estelle for posting the information in the guestbook today. The three pictures have been added to the end of the Impressionists Promo gallery. In the second of the new pictures Richard isn't wearing his Monet wig and that's not Monet's usual attire, but assuming this is during rehearsals then I'm fairly sure that is indeed him standing in front of the seated Charlie Condou. Update: the final image in the Impressionists Promo gallery is now available in HD. Click 'original image' to see the full size. Thanks again to Estelle. 4. A reminder that the competition to win three Richard Armitage DVDs will close at midnight UK time on Thursday 13th June. Click here for more details and how to enter. Please note the different region codes for the DVDs.
Official confirmation from The Hobbit Movie Facebook page that the new trailer for The Desolation of Smaug will be unveiled on Tuesday 11th June at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm UK time. Note the new fantastic poster showing Bilbo looking at the front door of Erebor. Peter Jackson also revealed the poster on his Facebook page. The first trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was unveiled on the Apple Trailers site and posted on YouTube by Warner Bros on the same day, so it's worth checking those and the official Facebook pages on 11th June.
1. The picture of the day archive for May 2013 has been added to the Multimedia menu on the left-hand side, or click here to download all the individual pictures. 2. A donation to Childline of £74.76 was made today from referral fees accrued from Amazon.co.uk for the month of March 2013. Thank you very much for using the Amazon links on the home page to earn referral fees for charity. Further details here. 3. A chance encounter with Richard outside Stone Street studios yesterday has resulted in two photographs being posted on this group Hobbit/LOTR page on Facebook (scroll to the end). Thanks to Deanna for sharing.
1. Three pictures in the Spooks Promo gallery have been replaced with large HQ versions, with many thanks to Jonia: spooks8-12, spooks8-14 and spooks8-15 are now in HQ. Click 'original image' in the bottom corner to see the full size of each. 2. According to a reliable source, the release date in Japan for the second Hobbit film The Desolation of Smaug has been put back to sometime in March 2014. The film will be released on 11, 12 and 13 December this year for most other countries. 3. In 2001, Richard appeared in one episode of the long running BBC drama Casualty, called Playing with Fire. This episode will be shown on the Really digital channel on Friday 14th June 10.25am - 11.30am. Thanks to Redliverpool for the info. I will upload clips after it airs and better quality screencaps! The current screencaps are here in the gallery.
1. I've added a 'search' option to the main menu top-left to help you to find videos, interviews, or any other keyword you wish to search for. The news archive will not be included in this search, but it has its own search button at the top-right of the archive window. 2. Screencaps from all of the interviews Richard gave in Sydney, to promote the Hobbit DVD on 30th April and 1st May, are now in the Sydney Hobbit Promo gallery. To watch/listen to all of these interviews, visit the Hobbit Video Clips and Interviews page. Thanks to Romi for the CNET and GoPop screencaps.
The new pictures posted yesterday here and here are now available in HQ thanks to the henneth-annun.ru forum. Click 'original image' to see the full size.
1. The gallery home page has been updated - press F5 if you cannot see the new images. I've added the following icons: Black Sky, Star Wars and Macbeth (RSC). Pictures from the latter will be posted very soon. The old gallery has been added to the wallpapers page. 2. Spooks series 7 will start on BBC Entertainment Europe on Mondays starting 3rd June and repeated on Tuesdays and the following Sunday. Check the TV schedule. Thanks to Monika. Update: check your schedule as Spooks series 7 is also on BBC Entertainment in Israel tonight. Series 7 also starts on ZDFNeo in Germany on Monday 3rd June - thanks to Sarah on our Facebook page. 3. I've added a Star Wars career page to the site, including quotes from Richard from various interviews about playing the 'unnamed fighter pilot'. 4. Another two Robert Ascroft pictures have been posted on henneth-annun.ru and have been added to the 2012 Promo gallery. Numbers 32 and 33 are new.
1. Two more wallpapers have been added to the RA wallpapers page with many thanks to Alexandra. Click the images to enlarge and save on your desktop. 2. Richard Armitage on TV in Hungary and Romania. Details here with thanks to Betina: Hungary Film Café:
North & South - Saturday, June 1 (18h), repeat Sunday, June 2 (1355h)
Robin Hood - Monday, June 3 (15h and 20h) - series 1, episode 1
Romania Film Café:
Robin Hood series 1, every day from Monday, May 27 (19h and 01h)
3. Popcorn Taxi have (finally) posted a 25 minute video of their Q&A with Richard that took place on 1st May in Sydney! Watch on youtube. 4. Lots of new pictures of Richard at the London and New York Hobbit premieres have been added to the gallery, most of them sourced from Zimbio.com, with thanks to Olya for the link. To see the full size, click 'original image' in the bottom-right corner of each picture. Press F5 to refresh the screen if you cannot see the new pictures.
5. Robin Hood series 3 in Ireland: RTÉ 2 are showing two episodes of Robin Hood from 2.10pm on Saturdays. This week they are showing episodes 9 and 10. Thanks to Elaine for the info.
1. New poll on the left-hand side for those who have seen The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Previous poll results about buying the Hobbit DVD are here. 2. Three new Robert Ascroft pictures have been posted on henneth-annun.ru and now appear at the end of the 2012 Promo gallery - images 29-31 in the gallery are new (tagged RobertAscroft-25 to RobertAscroft-27). Changes to the site I've removed the UK television listings from the menu on the left (the module that was used to create the listings attracted spam bots and was one of the reasons for the recent website downtime). A new link showing all of Richard's appearances on UK television is under the 'Richard's latest message' link in the middle of the home page. After almost six years of posting a new picture every day on this site, I'm sorry to announce the picture of the day feature will cease at the end of June. I will post a new picture on the home page on occasion, but I will not be able to take picture requests for specific days from July onwards. Thank you for all your emails in the past and for your enthusiasm and support for the POD, it's very much appreciated! No other changes are planned. I hope to update the site and the news pages as regularly as I always have done. I remain committed to this website and encouraged by all of you who regularly contribute to sending me news and for your wonderful words of support. Thank you! Ali
Two fantastic new wallpapers have been added to the RA wallpapers page with thanks to Alexandra. Click the images to enlarge and save on your desktop. Please see the top of the wallpapers page for terms of usage.
1. More Robert Ascroft pictures have appeared on tumblr and have been added to the 2012 Promo gallery. Numbers 23 and 24 are new. 2. Spooks series 8 in the Czech Republic: this series starts tonight on channel Ceska televize (CT1). It will be shown on Mondays between 11 and 12pm (different times each week) and repeated on Thursdays around midnight. Thanks to Iveta. 3. A competition to win three Richard Armitage DVDs is now open on this site - click here for details and how to enter. 4. A donation to Barnardo's of £215.18 was made today, with many thanks to those who used the Amazon links on the home page of this site when shopping. Further details about how to shop via Amazon and raise money for charity here. Note: payments from January and February were processed together to minimise the banking charge - only one charge was made by my bank for dollar to pound conversion for two months worth of payments. 5. Peter Jackson has posted a picture of himself and Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf on set on his facebook page, with news that the last block of Hobbit filming has started and a video blog will follow soon.
Another Robert Ascroft picture has been posted online today (source) and now added to the 2012 Promo gallery. Thanks to Janine. @GizGunslinger on twitter has posted an uncropped version of the picture, now also in the gallery. Click 'original image' to see full size.
1. Update: apologies for the error. This is series 2, otherwise known as 'Strike Back: Project Dawn' in which Richard only appears in the first episode. Details on NRJ12 site. 2. Coup de Main have published an account of their reporter's trip to Wellington, which includes new pictures from the Hobbit press conference that took place on 28th November 2012. Ten new pictures showing Richard at this event have been added to the gallery, starting with this one. Thanks to Olya for the email. 3. Strike Back series 2 in Germany: the first episode of series 2 has a brief appearance from Richard as John Porter and is showing on 24 May at 20:15 on Fox. Thanks to Jo.
Todd Garner, producer of Black Sky has posted a picture on twitter from the film, showing someone who looks a lot like Richard. The caption 'back on track' refers to the recent disruption to post-production as a result of FX company Rhythm and Hues' financial difficulties. All Black Sky pictures posted so far are in the new Black Sky gallery.
Two new pictures added to the 2012 Promo gallery today by photographer Richard Ascroft: numbers 23 and 24.
1. Popcorn Taxi have posted an extra interview with Richard that took place before the Q&A in Sydney on 1st May. There are lots of new questions (and answers) in this one. At the bottom of the interview they confirm that the video of the Q&A will be posted soon. Also posted on the Interviews page. 2. Richard is listed in the Best Actor category for the SFX Awards 2013 for his role as Thorin. Vote here or click here to start from the beginning and vote in all categories. Unfortunately they didn't spell his name correctly. Voting closes Tuesday 28 May.
1. SFTV Australia have published this picture of Richard with Kermit the frog! 2. Thanks to Endorwitch, I've added 37 candid pictures of Richard at the Sydney Q&A on 1st May to the Sydney Candids gallery. Click 'original image' in the bottom-right corner of each picture to see the full size. 3. Two more pictures added to the Sydney Promo gallery today: this one of Richard and Sophie Lapin of Go Pop and this one of @DanVoss from twitter, mentioned in yesterday's news. 4. Screencaps from the Best Buy Blu-ray exclusive documentary "A Hobbit’s Tale: The Journey Begins" have been added to the Hobbit gallery, showing 82 behind the scenes pictures of Richard as Thorin. Many thanks to DarkJackal for these pictures. 5. Graham McTavish and Ken Stott discuss their characters in The Hobbit in this video and the relationship between the brothers, with a comment from Richard that he'd imagined Dwalin had been Thorin's confidente from a young age.
Girlfriend magazine Australia have published an article about Richard's recently publicity for the Hobbit DVD and his meeting with their producer Danielle. She posted the picture on twitter on 1st May.
1. IGN have posted a new video interview with Richard, which took place during last week's Sydney Hobbit DVD promotion. He talks about audience reaction to Thorin, his eagerness to finally see what Smaug looks like and Thorin's development in the next few films. We've heard similar questions before but Richard still manages to give different and interesting answers! Also on youtube. 2. Staged DVD update: Darren Denison has informed me that all purchasers will soon receive an email with an update about when they can expect the DVD. Several unexpected factors have contributed to a delay, including a DVD sleeve printing error that needed to be corrected.
Richard Armitage appears with Martin Freeman at 3 minutes in this Japanese DVD promo on youtube. A brief comment by Richard followed by Martin talking about the camaraderie amongst the cast of The Hobbit.
1. Warner Bros Australia have posted their interview with Richard after asking for fans' questions (see request for questions in the news 26th April). The interview covers all sorts of questions such as whose beard he preferred, the decision to move away from the book in a particular scene, who he would invite to a dinner party and a hint at projects he would like to work on in the future. 2. Two more pictures from the Robert Ascroft photoshoot have emerged - see the last two pictures in the 2012 Promo gallery. Click 'original image' to view full size. Thanks to armitage-online.ru.
Popcorn Taxi have posted a clip from the Q&A with Richard in Sydney on 1st May. Watch it on their Facebook page. More will follow soon.
1. Two new articles from the Australian press today:
2. The last few minutes of the Sydney Q&A have been unofficially posted on youtube - while we wait for the official video, this is a nice taster: click to watch. 3. TheOneRing.net have published a report of the Popcorn Taxi Sydney event, with a full transcript of the questions and answers plus an interview with the host, Oscar Hillerstrom. The video will be out soon so don't read if you don't want to be spoiled, or read the full transcript of the evening here. 4. The picture of the day archive for April 2013 has been added to the Multimedia menu on the left-hand side, or click here to download all the individual pictures. 5. A donation to Shelter of £103.55 was made today from referral fees accrued from Amazon.co.uk for the month of February 2013. Thank you very much for using the Amazon links on the home page to earn referral fees for charity. Further details here.
1. CNET Australia have published an 11m 50s video interview with Richard, which took place during the Sydney Hobbit DVD promotion. Richard gives detailed answers to many questions we've heard before, but there is also a comment about sustainable energy. Now on youtube. 2. SFTV's Go Pop interviewed Richard in Sydney - watch it on youtube (and below). This is a really great interview, lots of fun and full of NEW questions! Includes a hug with Kermit and instructions on how to walk like a dwarf. This edited video has an introduction by Richard at the start (and he appears again at 3m 50s). Dim lights Embed Embed this video on your site 3. Staged DVD update on the Collarcity Brownstone blog. 4. K2 Creative Management have tweeted a link to their blog about Paula Parrish's photoshoot with Richard for FAULT magazine, which includes a clearer picture of Richard than the one they used in the magazine. I've added the new picture to the FAULT magazine gallery - it's picture #9. 5. I've added a new gallery of Sydney pictures showing the interviewers who posted their photos with Richard online while he was in Sydney, and photographs from Popcorn Taxi's Q&A with Richard on Wednesday evening. Also a 2013 Promo gallery with pictures that have appeared over the last few days.
1. Another two new promo pictures taken by photographer Robert Ascroft have been added to the end of the 2012 Promo gallery. Click 'original image' to view full size. Thanks to armitage-online.ru. 2. Alice Tynan of The Vine has published the twitter Q&A part of her interview with Richard. I'm delighted to see my question there and what a fantastic answer, thank you Alice! 3. Popcorn Taxi have posted 15 photos from the Sydney Q&A with Richard Armitage - click here to see the photos on their Facebook page.
1. Richard was interviewed via telephone on Scotty and Nige's Canberra radio show after 7.30am today. A funny interview which consisted of a few Hobbit questions and then a quiz of 10 questions to find out more about Richard. Listen to the interview on their site - scroll down to the first audio clip 'Richard Armitage Grill'. This is only the second part of the interview, full interview links here: Part 1 of the interview here ~ Part 2 with the quiz aka 'Richard Armitage Grill' 2. The presenter of Channel 9's Mornings show, David Campbell, confirmed yesterday that Richard will be on their show today. Thanks to Kristy. Watch the interview here via MSN video. @merilyn066 and @lady0akenshield are the two ladies at the end of that video clip, as they were invited into the Channel 9 studios to meet Richard. See item #8 below to see their pictures. David Campbell posted a picture of himself and Richard in this tweet and his co-star Wendy Kingston also posted a picture of in this tweet. Now also on youtube: Dim lights Embed Embed this video on your site 3. MovieFix 'Richard Armitage I told Prince William he'd make a good elf in The Hobbit' 4. News.com.au 'It cost $1.6m to get a face like this! Richard Armitage's Thorin make-over for The Hobbit' 5. Graffiti with punctuation have a picture of Richard with their presenter Blake Howard with a download link to an excellent podcast. Well worth a listen! 6. Lots of pictures are emerging from the Q&A event with Richard at the Hayden Orpheum. Click here on my twitter feed and browse through the tweets to see the pictures. You do not have to be registered on twitter to view my twitter feed. 7. Two new promo pictures taken by photographer Robert Ascroft have been added to the 2012 Promo gallery today: here and here. Click 'original image' to view full size. Thanks to the Repro Images tumblr site and the Richard Armitage Bulgaria facebook page. 8. Candid pictures from the Channel 9 studios and from the Q&A event are here in the gallery with many thanks to Merilyn066 and Lady0akenshield for their kind permission.
1. Richard was on 2dayFM radio in Australia today. You can listen to the audio clips and see a picture of Dan and Maz with Richard here on their site. 2. Alice Tynan's written interview (mentioned in yesterday's news) is now on TheVine. There is a link at the bottom to page 2. This is the first interview that Richard has tentatively mentioned future projects, nothing definite of course, but bring on the speculation! Some of us asked questions for Richard via Alice's twitter account - she says here that this will follow tomorrow. 3. Many thanks to Ladypolanna for the scan of the MX article below. The cover was posted yesterday by @MXSydney on twitter. Click the images to enlarge.
4. News from News.com.au on twitter: click here with instagram link to picture. I'll post more information on this when I have it. 5. A reminder that Popcorn Taxi are hosting a special event tomorrow, Wednesday 1st May at the Hayden Orpheum in Cremorne, Sydney, Australia: A screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and a live Q&A with Richard Armitage! The event is now sold out, further details are here. According to this post on their facebook page (read the comments), there will not be a live online stream of the event, but it will be recorded. 6. Richard talks about working with Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett in this interview on localtoday.com.au.
1. Richard was photographed by Tracey Nearmy in Sydney earlier today, the pictures are here on an Australian photo agency site. Click a picture to enlarge. 2. Alice Tynan interviewed Richard today - see news 30th April for the link. Alice tweeted a picture of herself and Richard, which you can see here. 3. @MXSydney, twitter account for the free mX newspaper for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, have posted two pictures of Richard today: this picture here and from the newspaper here. Click the pictures to enlarge.
Australia's Foxtel magazine has a double-page spread on The Hobbit with interviews with four members of the cast. Click the image on the left to enlarge. Many thanks to Kate for the scan.
1. Warner Bros Australia are asking for questions for Richard Armitage when he visits Sydney in the next few days. They will ask him the winning questions and will then post a transcript of the interview on their site. I'll post a link when it appears. This is a separate interview to the special Q&A event in Cremone, details in the news 11th April.
1. New interview on MSN-Germany from the recent UK press junket. Richard talks about his back injury sustained during filming for Spooks and his character diary for Thorin. There's a German transcript below the interview. Thanks to Carmen for the link. 2. Thank you to Heathra for this beautiful new wallpaper. Click to enlarge and then right-mouse click to save to your desktop.
The Dutch free newspaper Spits, dated 16 April, has published an interview with Richard and also Andy Serkis in time for the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey DVD. Violet has kindly provided a scan and an English translation of the interview with Richard, which you can read here.
1. The designer Todd Snyder tweeted a picture of himself and Richard yesterday from his showroom in New York. Click the instagram link in the tweet to see the picture. 2. Eight new jigsaws have been added to the site today: click here.
The Hobbit UK Facebook page have posted a video showing Richard answering a fan question about getting into the mindset of Thorin Oakenshield. Judging by the clothes, this took place during the UK press junket in December 2012.
1. @BBCiPlayerAU have tweeted that the first season of Strike Back is now available on BBC iPlayer Australia. The link in their tweet refers to the BBC iPlayer (Global) app, which is a subscription based app for iPhone and iPad. Thanks to Di. They have confirmed this is the series starring Richard Armitage. 2. A donation to The Salvation Army of £79.53 was made today from referral fees accrued from Amazon.co.uk for the month of January 2013. Thank you very much for using the Amazon links on the home page to earn referral fees for charity. Further details here.
Two new pictures have emerged via the Repro Images tumblr site by photographer Robert Ascroft today. They have been added to the end of the 2012 Promo gallery. Click an image to view, then click 'original image' in the bottom-right corner to see the full size. RobertAscroft-11 was first posted on this site in January from Korean magazine Movieweek (scan here).
The Vancouver Sun have published an interview on youtube that took place in Toronto on 3rd December. Richard talks about how the Hobbit influenced him to become an actor, he was dreaming in character and that the amount of detail in the costume promoted excellence in all other areas of the production.
1. Popcorn Taxi are hosting a special event on 1st May at the Hayden Orpheum in Cremorne, NSW: A screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and a live Q&A with Richard Armitage! To book tickets and for further details, click here. According to this post on their facebook page (read the comments), there will not be a live online stream of the event, but it will be recorded. 2. An update regarding the Staged DVD, Darren Denison says everyone who ordered a copy should receive it by the end of April. 3. Magic FM are running a competition to win a copy of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey DVD. Open to UK residents only, closing date 17 April 2013. The link also includes audio of the interview with Richard by Rick Astley, but you can download it below in the news 7th April.
An interview with Richard was played on East Midlands Capital FM Breakfast show with Dino and Pete today. There's a funny response to playing 'King of the Dwarves'. Listen here or via their website. 1. There was a brief clip of Richard speaking on BBC Radio 1 today - click here to listen. I'm afraid there is no new video today, the video referred to previously was the one with Sarah-Jane Crawford from BBC Radio 1Xtra posted in the news 5th April. Yesterday Sarah-Jane posted this short soundbite from Richard about being her 'Hottie of the Week'.
Richard on Thorin: "I always imagine characters who are defined by their history. If it's not there then I will inevitably construct a detailed biography. For Thorin this was very easy...but I still needed to investigate a more domestic biography; 'What do Thorin and Dwalin "chew the fact about"?' or, 'What was Thorin's relationship with his sister Dis like?' I felt that might inform how Fili and Kili would feature in Thorin's life." Amy Hubbard, UK Casting Director: "I know he won't mind me saying that Peter saw potential in Richard that hadn't been fully exploited before...His commitment to the films, pulling out of a sure-fire job (Strike Back) for the chance of appearing in a project that was 90% likely to go into production, but wasn't 100% green lit at the point of casting him, was an inspriation to all of us. And, I believe it was a much needed boost to the filmmakers' morale...Richard really deserves credit for that. He's a hero on screen and in life." 3. A new interview published today from the March 2013 UK press junket on thisisfakediy.co.uk: 'I'm always the slightly dour one who doesn't get a punchline.' 4. And another new video interview from Yahoo today, in which Richard, Andy and James talk about the dark tone of films 2 and 3: 'Hobbit Stars on 'dark' sequel Desolation of Smaug'. 5. North and South in Romania: starting Saturday 13 April at 20:00 on the Film Café channel. Thanks to Betina.
1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey DVD is out in the UK today and is available from Amazon UK—this link incorporates the RAnet referral code to ensure that all purchases raise money for charity (here is the Amazon.com link). For Blu-ray and other versions from Amazon see the RA on DVD page. You can also rent or buy The Hobbit online via Blinkbox (it's cheaper than the iTunes UK store). 2. The BBC Radio 2 interview on Steve Wright's show was broadcast today and you can already listen again on Radio 2's site, or click here to listen to the audio file (right-mouse click to download). 3. Another new interview from the recent UK press junket, perhaps one of the better ones in recent weeks: HeyUGuysBlog have an interesting and indepth discussion with Richard about the character of Thorin, particularly concerning the path that this character will take into the second film. Richard says he's excited to find out more about the scenes still to be filmed when he returns to New Zealand in May. 4. Promo pictures from the recent BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and Magic FM interviews have been added to the Hobbit DVD Promo March 2013 gallery, including this one tweeted today by Radio 2. 5. Chi Chi Izundu from BBC Radio 1 just tweeted a couple of sound clips to give us a tease of what's to come tomorrow from 12.15pm (UK time). 6. For all list of all video/audio interviews from the March UK press junket, visit the Hobbit Videos page. This page is still being updated with videos from the 2012 December press junket.
2. Richard was on Rick Astley's radio show on Magic FM this afternoon. Jamie Edwards of Magic FM tweeted this picture of himself playing table football with Richard. Here's another picture of Jamie Edwards and Richard on Jamie's facebook page with a request on twitter to 'like' his page if you can. The interview with Richard on Magic FM was in four parts, but I've put it all into one audio file: listen here.
1. Another interview has emerged from the recent UK press junket. In this interview by Yahoo Movies UK Richard, James and Andy explain why The Hobbit is a long film and why that is justified. 2. Screencaps from the SFX magazine interview mentioned in yesterday's news (#4) are in the SFX magazine gallery. 3. A gallery of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-ray screencaps has been added to the site. These are HQ 1920x800 pixel images provided by Gallicka LJ. To see the full size, click on a picture to view then click 'original image' in the bottom-right corner. Many thanks to Gallicka. Here are a few samples, click to enlarge:
4. A pre-recorded interview with Richard will be played on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra from 12pm (UK time) on Monday. Thanks to Chi Chi Izundu, Radio 1 entertainment reporter for the tweet. Video will be played on BBC Newsbeat. Information about this interview was originally posted on twitter on 7th March with photos posted on the 8th—see news 7th March and 8th March below.
1. An interview with Richard was played on Radio 1Xtra at 1.30pm today (UK time) but an extended version of that interview has been posted on youtube, which shows the full interview with Richard by Sarah-Jane Crawford recorded on 7th March. Sarah-Jane Crawford tweeted this picture of herself and Richard from the pre-recorded interview. Screencaps from the interview are in the Radio 1Xtra gallery. 2. On Monday 8th April, Richard will be on Steve Wright's show on BBC Radio 2 from 2pm. I will try to find out if this is pre-recorded. 3. Four new wallpapers have been added to the site with many thanks to Rossella, who used the new promo images by Robert Ascroft. Click an image to enlarge and save on your desktop. 4. New interview by SFX magazine, which took place when Richard was in London in March. Richard gets confused between mime and meme and declares that he is NEVER wrong. Watch in HD.
1. I've added some audio clips to the Sounds page today including clips from all four episodes of North and South selected by Luigina and also the theme from Frozen—because it's a favourite of mine. The Audio Player on the right-hand side of the Sounds page works if you have Flash installed, otherwise you can play or download the sound clips from the list on the left. Other sound files are on the Audiobook extracts page and on the Poetry Readings page. 2. A new interview from Digital Spy has appeared today on youtube from the recent UK press junket. Richard, James and Andy talk about Hobbit film 2.
1. Magnavision home video have posted a new written interview with Richard on their facebook page. There are some interesting comments about important moments in The Hobbit and on whether he considers himself a method actor. 2. Thank you to Angelfish69 for this stunning new wallpaper featuring Thorin Oakenshield. Click to enlarge and then right-mouse click to save to your desktop.
1. Glamour magazine January 2013 UK edition is now available to buy in Australia from selected newsagents. It's a Reader's Digest-sized magazine and costs $5.95. Thanks to TEHI for the information. The magazine contains an interview with Richard which was posted on this site in December 2012 and is here in the gallery. 2. Nine members of the Hobbit cast - eight of the dwarves and Sylvester McCoy (Radagast) - attended HobbitCon in Bonn this weekend, and judging by several comments on twitter there were some very nice things said about Richard. Herba has compiled a list on her blog. It's in German but the comments from the cast are in English. Thanks Herba. I was sent a couple of tweets from Eve (@evelienh) this weekend to add to the list of compliments: this quoting Jed Brophy and this quoting Graham McTavish. Also this direct to me (@RAnetdotcom) from Jed Brophy. That will make him blush! 3. In this new interview by IGN, which took place when Richard, James and Andy were interviewed in the UK, Richard hints that there may be more filming to do this summer with the dragon, played via performance capture by Benedict Cumberbatch. Also on youtube.
Peter Jackson has posted a six minute extract of the Hobbit live event, originally broadcast on 24th March. The extract includes some footage from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Click here to watch on youtube or on Peter Jackson's facebook page with an introduction by the man himself.
News prior to this date can be found in the News Archive
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