The Hobbit Start Date

The Hobbit Start Date

There has been a formal update as to the start date of principal photography for the first of the two Hobbit films from production company 3Foot7.Ltd. The start date is now Monday 21 March, and will see the beginning of a new two-part tale in the world of Middle Earth.

The Hobbit films will see the return of several Lord of the Rings veterans including Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, and Christopher Lee. It was recently announced that new comer to the series Martin Freeman will play the role of Bilbo Baggins.

The Hobbit adaptations are some time away obviously with the first film scheduled for release in December 2012, stay tuned to accessreel.com for new details as they are released.

Leith spent most of his formative years growing up on the coastal fringes of Western Australia without a cinema in sight. There he grew up on the wonders of home rentals before relocating to Perth and gaining access to a proper cinematic experience just in time for the Star Wars Special Edition re-releases. From there Leith's love of movies expanded to volunteering on a Star Wars fan film, reviewing films, writing about film news, and attending film and pop-culture related conventions on the other side of the world. Leith's favourite films are too many to mention but all start with the Star Wars saga, Back to the Future, the Dark Knight trilogy, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings and all things Kevin Smith. With an insatiable appetite for all things pop-culture related Leith also has an unhealthy addiction to the world of comics and can often be found buried under a pile of unread back issues madly trying to catch up on a number of titles coming out from mostly DC and Darkhorse.