The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Timing:
2:49 (169 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Carolynne Cunningham
Producer
Zane Weiner
Producer
Executive Producer
Ken Kamins
Executive Producer
Alan Horn
Executive Producer
Carolyn Blackwood
Executive Producer
Casting
Victoria Burrows
Casting
John Hubbard
Casting
Liz Mullane
Casting
Scot Boland
Casting
Ann Robinson
Casting
Amy Hubbard
Casting
Editor
Jabez Olssen
Editor
Special Effects Supervisor
Steve Ingram
Special Effects Supervisor
Additional Second Assistant Director
Joshua Watkins
Additional Second Assistant Director
Joanne Pearce
Additional Second Assistant Director
Art Direction
Andy McLaren
Art Direction
Brian Massey
Art Direction
Brad Mill
Art Direction
Supervising Art Director
Simon Bright
Supervising Art Director
Stunts
Shane Rangi
Stunts
Aron Eastwood
Stunts
Jonathan Costelloe
Stunts
Steven A. Davis
Stunts
Marky Lee Campbell
Stunts
Bronson Steele
Stunts
Isaac Hamon
Stunts
Sean Button
Stunts
Brett Sheerin
Stunts
Jeremy Hollis
Stunts
Min Windle
Stunts
Genevieve Aitken
Stunts
Mana Hira Davis
Stunts
Mark Trotter
Stunts
Tony Marsh
Stunts
Vincent Roxburgh
Stunts
Andrew Cottle
Stunts
Gemma Weston
Stunts
David J. Muzzerall
Stunts
Justin B. Carter
Stunts
Rosalie Button
Stunts
Matt Bennett
Stunts
Laura Matthews
Stunts
Winham Hammond
Stunts
Patrick Morrison
Stunts
Bernadette Van Gyen
Stunts
Lachlan Parkinson
Stunts
Tom Cotton
Stunts
Jonny McBride
Stunts
Scott Chiplin
Stunts
David Stella
Stunts
Jared Meehan
Stunts
Steve Reinsfield
Stunts
James Waterhouse-Brown
Stunts
Laura Matthews
Stunts
Brett Beattie
Stunts
Production Design
Dan Hennah
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Glenn Boswell
Stunt Coordinator
Second Unit Director
Set Decoration
Simon Bright
Set Decoration
Ra Vincent
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Deb Watson
Makeup Artist
Dannelle Satherley
Makeup Artist
Jennifer Stanfield
Makeup Artist
Georgia Lockhart-Adams
Makeup Artist
Flora Moody
Makeup Artist
Michele Barber
Makeup Artist
Catherine Maguire
Makeup Artist
Richard Muller
Makeup Artist
Jayne Donaldson
Makeup Artist
Ricci-Lee Berry
Makeup Artist
Elizabeth McCarthy
Makeup Artist
Susan Durno
Makeup Artist
Key Makeup Artist
Angela Mooar
Key Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Hedges
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Unit Production Manager
Zane Weiner
Unit Production Manager
Brigitte Yorke
Unit Production Manager
Co-Producer
Eileen Moran
Co-Producer
Production Supervisor
Stephanie Weststrate
Production Supervisor
Associate Producer
Matt Dravitzki
Associate Producer
Amanda Walker
Associate Producer
Orchestrator
Set Dresser
Rosie Guthrie
Set Dresser
Gillian West-Walker
Set Dresser
Ben Whale
Set Dresser
Ruben Allen
Set Dresser
Andrew Short
Set Dresser
Second Assistant Director
Guy Campbell
Second Assistant Director
Emma Cross
Second Assistant Director
Stunt Double
Director of Photography
Musician
Eos Chater
Musician
Peter Davies
Musician
Nicholas Bucknall
Musician
Andrew Findon
Musician
Andrew Crowley
Musician
Warren Zielinski
Musician
Jonathan Williams
Musician
Tom Pigott-Smith
Musician
Ralph Salmins
Musician
Skaila Kanga
Musician
Paul Kimber
Musician
Dan Newell
Musician
Roger Argente
Musician
Andy Pask
Musician
Edward Cervenka
Musician
Ian Mullin
Musician
Oli Langford
Musician
Peter Graham
Musician
David Whitehouse
Musician
Robert White
Musician
Clare Thompson
Musician
Joe Sharp
Musician
Melissa Reiner
Musician
Helena Nicholls
Musician
Karen Jones
Musician
Clare Finnimore
Musician
Elise Campbell
Musician
Camera Operator
Cameron McLean
Camera Operator
Simon Harding
Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Cameron McLean
Steadicam Operator
Simon Harding
Steadicam Operator
Costumer
Jennifer Langford
Costumer
Samantha Brown
Costumer
Julie Zavala Ron
Costumer
Sheree Roud
Costumer
Melissa Mundt
Costumer
Lachlan Mayclair
Costumer
Hannah Goldblatt
Costumer
Tira O'Daly
Costumer
Sarah Cole
Costumer
Hayley May
Costumer
Hannah Shand
Costumer
Helle Rosenberg
Costumer
Amanda Kaye Moorhouse
Costumer
Emma Lodge
Costumer
Pauline Laws
Costumer
Pam Jones
Costumer
Beryl Hampson
Costumer
Kerry Funnell
Costumer
Beverley Francis
Costumer
Lisa Doherty
Costumer
Anna Deacon
Costumer
Amy Craven
Costumer
Phillipa Cowdrey
Costumer
Sophie Collie
Costumer
Jane Boocock
Costumer
Emily Barr
Costumer
Costume Supervisor
Paula Ryan
Costume Supervisor
Makeup Department Head
Rick Findlater
Makeup Department Head
Key Costumer
Jenny Rushton
Key Costumer
Andrea Plested
Key Costumer
Emma Harre
Key Costumer
Sound Effects Editor
Justin Webster
Sound Effects Editor
Hayden Collow
Sound Effects Editor
Melanie Graham
Sound Effects Editor
Assistant Art Director
Joshua Barraud
Assistant Art Director
Michael Smale
Assistant Art Director
Property Master
Nick Weir
Property Master
Visual Effects Supervisor
R. Christopher White
Visual Effects Supervisor
Glenn Tocher
Visual Effects Supervisor
Matt Aitken
Visual Effects Supervisor
Supervising Sound Editor
Brent Burge
Supervising Sound Editor
Chris Ward
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Victoria Sullivan
Script Supervisor
Set Costumer
Sally Gray
Set Costumer
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Jason Canovas
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Special Effects Coordinator
Steven Smart
Special Effects Coordinator
Still Photographer
James H. Fisher
Still Photographer
Mark Pokorny
Still Photographer
Todd Eyre
Still Photographer
Nels Isrealson
Still Photographer
Animation Supervisor
David Clayton
Animation Supervisor
Sound Mixer
Tony Johnson
Sound Mixer
Visual Effects Producer
Anna-Louise Gordon
Visual Effects Producer
Lindsey B. Williams
Visual Effects Producer
Armorer
First Assistant Director
Carolynne Cunningham
First Assistant Director
Textile Artist
Lucy Adams
Textile Artist
Kelly Olatunji
Textile Artist
Paula Collier
Textile Artist
Animation
Julian Legge
Animation
Boom Operator
Corrin Ellingford
Boom Operator
Graphic Designer
Daniel Reeve
Graphic Designer
Costume Designer
Ann Maskrey
Costume Designer
Bob Buck
Costume Designer
Screenplay
Novel
Set Designer
Isadore William Crooks
Set Designer
Richard Wiles
Set Designer
First Assistant Editor
Dan Best
First Assistant Editor
Foley Artist
John Simpson
Foley Artist
Sound Designer
Dave Whitehead
Sound Designer
Propmaker
Glen Levy
Propmaker
Hamish Drummond
Propmaker
Construction Coordinator
Joanne Williams
Construction Coordinator
Todd Smythe
Construction Coordinator
Art Department Coordinator
Karen Flett
Art Department Coordinator
Dialogue Editor
Ray Beentjes
Dialogue Editor
Martin Kwok
Dialogue Editor
Matt Stutter
Dialogue Editor
First Assistant Sound Editor
Stefanie Ng
First Assistant Sound Editor
Best Boy Grip
Huw Griffiths
Best Boy Grip
Art Department Assistant
Amy Miller
Art Department Assistant
Lighting Technician
Jamie Garside
Lighting Technician
James Kennedy
Lighting Technician
Ryan O'Donnell
Lighting Technician
Matt Andrews
Lighting Technician
Warrick Peace
Lighting Technician
Craig Farrand
Lighting Technician
Lee Scott
Lighting Technician
Simon Oliver
Lighting Technician
Chris Emerre
Lighting Technician
Saxon Ball
Lighting Technician
Foley Editor
Matthew Lambourn
Foley Editor
Props
Green Kim
Props
Rigging Grip
Ross Jones
Rigging Grip
Bruce McKinlay
Rigging Grip
Oscar Smith
Rigging Grip
Jay Rei
Rigging Grip
Eraihia Philips-Hakarala
Rigging Grip
Isaac McCormick
Rigging Grip
Transportation Coordinator
Sophie Harris
Transportation Coordinator
Key Grip
Tony Keddy
Key Grip
Location Manager
Mathew Gordon
Location Manager
Grip
Winston Harris
Grip
Conrad Hawkins
Grip
Will Mathews
Grip
Corey Moana
Grip
Luke Saulbrey
Grip
Nick Flyvbjerg
Grip
Dolly Grip
Michael Vivian
Dolly Grip
David Shaw
Dolly Grip
Assistant Property Master
Melissa Spicer
Assistant Property Master
Key Hair Stylist
Angela Mooar
Key Hair Stylist
Leadman
David Kolff
Leadman
Set Production Assistant
Holly Keeman
Set Production Assistant
David Fraser Young
Set Production Assistant
Barratt Henry
Set Production Assistant
Bonny Crayford
Set Production Assistant
Elizabeth Cotching
Set Production Assistant
Second Second Assistant Director
Danielle Blake
Second Second Assistant Director
Bruno Du Bois
Second Second Assistant Director
Bryon Darling
Second Second Assistant Director
Compositor
Bryan Bartlett
Compositor
Carpenter
Will Buchanan
Carpenter
Simon Barker
Carpenter
Trevor Kiely
Carpenter
Ross Hoby
Carpenter
Reece Nicol
Carpenter
Danny Caldwell
Carpenter
Matt Gordon
Carpenter
Andrew Hawkes
Carpenter
John Smith
Carpenter
James Gray
Carpenter
Hilton Ellingham
Carpenter
Nick Wilson
Carpenter
Max Willerton
Carpenter
Kris Whitehead
Carpenter
Southern Turner
Carpenter
Garry Tofts
Carpenter
Phillip Telford
Carpenter
George Taingahue
Carpenter
Darryll Simpson
Carpenter
Peter Sandland
Carpenter
Dave Richards
Carpenter
Oliver Rench
Carpenter
Benn Ratana
Carpenter
Wesley Priest
Carpenter
Petar Petrovich
Carpenter
Brett O'Fee
Carpenter
Graeme Neal
Carpenter
Johno Morton
Carpenter
Raniera Morrison
Carpenter
Peter Melville
Carpenter
Toby McCartney
Carpenter
Tom Marsh
Carpenter
Garry MacDonald
Carpenter
Phil Lamberg
Carpenter
Trevor Koberstein
Carpenter
Jonny King
Carpenter
Florian Karp
Carpenter
Syd Johnson
Carpenter
Nickola Jacobs
Carpenter
Murray Hunter
Carpenter
Roger Houston
Carpenter
Thomas Hornig
Carpenter
Daniel Horne
Carpenter
Bryce Henry
Carpenter
Martin Hawkes
Carpenter
Peter Hawke
Carpenter
Garrett Haney
Carpenter
Jim Grey
Carpenter
Chris Green
Carpenter
Andrew Gray
Carpenter
Te Ngaru Grant
Carpenter
Geoff Goss
Carpenter
Darren Gilchrist
Carpenter
Steven Firth
Carpenter
Stephen Dryden
Carpenter
Brendon Davies
Carpenter
Jack Cromie
Carpenter
Ben Cochrane
Carpenter
David Clement
Carpenter
Hayden Clavis
Carpenter
Jonny Clark
Carpenter
Edward Clark
Carpenter
Richard Child
Carpenter
Garry Bonnar
Carpenter
Werner Anton
Carpenter
Cliff Abbott
Carpenter
Construction Foreman
Robert McGovern
Construction Foreman
Merv Lambarth
Construction Foreman
Jason Johnson
Construction Foreman
Trevor Gillan
Construction Foreman
Neil Cromie
Construction Foreman
Assistant Set Decoration
Jacqueline Allen
Assistant Set Decoration
Painter
Ronan Binding
Painter
Special Effects
Tania Rodger
Special Effects
Music Supervisor
Karen Elliott
Music Supervisor
Casting Assistant
Emma Dockery
Casting Assistant
Simon Cox
Casting Assistant
Nicola Benton
Casting Assistant
Lili Jenkins
Casting Assistant
Special Effects Technician
David Booth
Special Effects Technician
Dean Bushby
Special Effects Technician
Paul Davenport
Special Effects Technician
Jonathan Roy Grindlay
Special Effects Technician
Rodney Ford
Special Effects Technician
Doug Falconer
Special Effects Technician
Mike McDonald
Special Effects Technician
Oliver Gee
Special Effects Technician
Warwick Yin
Special Effects Technician
Cameron Hall
Special Effects Technician
Brian Duff
Special Effects Technician
Sheldon Currington
Special Effects Technician
Luke Butters
Special Effects Technician
Mark William Dewes
Special Effects Technician
Mark William Dewes
Special Effects Technician
Hair Designer
Peter Swords King
Hair Designer
Makeup Designer
Peter Swords King
Makeup Designer
Foley Mixer
Pete Smith
Foley Mixer
Peter D. Smith
Foley Mixer
Third Assistant Director
Hannah McKenzie-Yates
Third Assistant Director
Kendall Finlayson
Third Assistant Director
Production Controller
Angela Fraser
Production Controller
Production Accountant
Averil Mawhinney
Production Accountant
Casting Associate
Toby Guidry
Casting Associate
Sculptor
Daniel Falconer
Sculptor
Travel Coordinator
Cale Hetariki
Travel Coordinator
Kitrina Edwards
Travel Coordinator
Gaffer
Reg Garside
Gaffer
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Rachelle O'Donnell
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Jess Reedy
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Music
Music Editor
Nigel Scott
Music Editor
Mark Willsher
Music Editor
Makeup & Hair
Flora Moody
Makeup & Hair
Video Assist Operator
Luis Olivares
Video Assist Operator
ADR Recordist
Forbes Noonan
ADR Recordist
Rob Humpage
ADR Recordist
Storyboard Artist
Warren Mahy
Storyboard Artist
Andrew Calder
Storyboard Artist
VFX Editor
Alison Learned Wolf
VFX Editor
Mark Hawthorne
VFX Editor
First Assistant Camera
Colin Deane
First Assistant Camera
Brenden Holster
First Assistant Camera
Digital Compositor
Julian Bryant
Digital Compositor
Online Editor
Francisco Cubas
Online Editor
Standby Painter
Genevieve Cooper
Standby Painter
Concept Artist
Anthony Allan
Concept Artist
Other
Natalie Crane
Other
In Memory Of
Mike Turner
In Memory Of
Conductor
Post Production Supervisor
Joshua Levinson
Post Production Supervisor
On Set Dresser
Aurelian Campbell
On Set Dresser
Chriss Stevenson
On Set Dresser
Colin Elms
On Set Dresser
Conceptual Illustrator
Mike Mignola
Conceptual Illustrator
Stand In
Dean Knowsley
Stand In
Jamie Haugh
Stand In
Production Assistant
Jack Nicol
Production Assistant
Dale Martin
Production Assistant
Tim Hope
Production Assistant
Jules Bayliss
Production Assistant
Greensman
Lisa Twort
Greensman
Adam Twort
Greensman
Ali Todd
Greensman
Nicholas Thorns
Greensman
James Thompson
Greensman
Sound Assistant
Natalie Doherty
Sound Assistant
Assistant Makeup Artist
Natalie Henderson
Assistant Makeup Artist
VFX Artist
Matt Weaver
VFX Artist
Alexander Nowotny
VFX Artist
Unit Publicist
Ceris Price
Unit Publicist
Melissa Booth
Unit Publicist
Production Coordinator
Helene Takacs
Production Coordinator
Visual Effects Coordinator
Glenn Anderson
Visual Effects Coordinator
Scenic Artist
Tony Rush
Scenic Artist
Timothy Munro
Scenic Artist
Matt Ward
Scenic Artist
Josh Palmer
Scenic Artist
Linda Wing
Scenic Artist
Summa Tickell
Scenic Artist
Cate Sutton
Scenic Artist
Donald Smith
Scenic Artist
Craig Rush
Scenic Artist
Lucy Muir
Scenic Artist
Sonja Moxham
Scenic Artist
Jeffrey Koning
Scenic Artist
Niki Matilda Hurliman
Scenic Artist
Anna Henry
Scenic Artist
Ruth Gavey
Scenic Artist
Marcus Fitzgerald
Scenic Artist
Tony Ferrier
Scenic Artist
Danielle Cullen
Scenic Artist
Production Secretary
Rachel Gilkison
Production Secretary
Payroll Accountant
Sebastian Marr
Payroll Accountant
CG Supervisor
Daniel Macarin
CG Supervisor
ADR Editor
Neil Aldridge
ADR Editor
Conceptual Design
Alan Lee
Conceptual Design
John Howe
Conceptual Design
Paul Tobin
Conceptual Design
Extras Casting
Victoria Beynon-Cole
Extras Casting
Rigging Gaffer
David Brown
Rigging Gaffer
Assistant Accountant
Eleanor Lefever
Assistant Accountant
Natalie Doherty
Assistant Accountant
Caroline O'Fee
Assistant Accountant
Andrea O'Fee
Assistant Accountant
Adrianne Ng
Assistant Accountant
Daniel Chen
Assistant Accountant
Costume Coordinator
Cilla Leckie
Costume Coordinator
Location Coordinator
Carey Johnson
Location Coordinator
Carey Johnson
Location Coordinator
Assistant Production Coordinator
Kate Mulligan
Assistant Production Coordinator
Emma Worley
Assistant Production Coordinator
Generator Operator
Ants Warehouse
Generator Operator
Second Assistant Accountant
Jonathan Harding
Second Assistant Accountant
Vanessa Redmond
Second Assistant Accountant
Amy Gurr
Second Assistant Accountant
Shaun Davis
Second Assistant Accountant
Shelley Hopkins
Second Assistant Accountant
Construction Buyer
Duane Williams
Construction Buyer
Ryan Harvey
Construction Buyer
Chris Donnelly
Construction Buyer
Supervising Music Editor
Jennifer Dunnington
Supervising Music Editor
Wardrobe Supervisor
Carolyn M. Fenton
Wardrobe Supervisor
Second Assistant Camera
Garth Michael
Second Assistant Camera
Dialect Coach
Leith McPherson
Dialect Coach
Leith MacPherson
Dialect Coach
Unit Manager
Boris Kunac
Unit Manager
Senior Modeller
Chang Jung-min
Senior Modeller
Rotoscoping Artist
Standby Carpenter
Justin Chappell
Standby Carpenter
Construction Manager
Mike Heffernan
Construction Manager
Brett Blenkin
Construction Manager
Norman Willerton
Construction Manager
Derek Misseldine
Construction Manager
Colin Davidson
Construction Manager
Michael Ramsey
Construction Manager
Transportation Captain
Tim Harris
Transportation Captain
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Liz Tan
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Costume Standby
Charlotte Hayes
Costume Standby
First Assistant Accountant
Linus Murphy
First Assistant Accountant
Vocals
Mary Carewe
Vocals
Jacqueline Barron
Vocals
Sarah Eyden
Vocals
Joanna L'Estrange Forbes
Vocals
Freya Jacklin
Vocals
Michael Dore
Vocals
Acting Double
Marcus Vernon
Acting Double
Third Assistant Camera
Laetitia Belen
Third Assistant Camera
Creature Design
Craft Service
Paul Stieglbauer
Craft Service
Orion Holder-Monk
Craft Service
Lucy Gibson
Craft Service
Alicia Watson
Craft Service
Anna-Kate Shaw
Craft Service
Samuel Page
Craft Service
Poppy O'Dowd
Craft Service
Austin Hobson
Craft Service
Janelle Hinch
Craft Service
Julie Gower
Craft Service
Producer's Assistant
Anna Houghton
Producer's Assistant
Set Buyer
Vanessa Cole
Set Buyer
Extras Casting Assistant
Grace Cole
Extras Casting Assistant
Data Wrangler
Chris Winter
Data Wrangler
Stephen Smart
Data Wrangler
Visual Effects Designer
Christian Rivers
Visual Effects Designer
Visual Effects Technical Director
Erik Winquist
Visual Effects Technical Director
Mark Cameron Williams
Visual Effects Technical Director
Creature Technical Director
Christoph Meyer
Creature Technical Director
Senior Animator
Graham Binding
Senior Animator
Paul Story
Senior Animator
Compositing Artist
Marc D. Rienzo
Compositing Artist
Theme Song Performance
Neil Finn
Theme Song Performance
Layout
Carolina Jiménez
Layout
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gilbert Lake
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Makeup Effects
Steven Boyle
Makeup Effects
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Amy McLennan
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Jaime Leigh McIntosh
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Animal Wrangler
Jodie Hillock
Animal Wrangler
Petra Novotná
Animal Wrangler
Robert Wilson
Animal Wrangler
Kelsie Wiki
Animal Wrangler
Emily Wiebel
Animal Wrangler
Bradley Whitfield
Animal Wrangler
Terrance Whakatihi
Animal Wrangler
Raewyn Weatherley
Animal Wrangler
Dan Weatherley
Animal Wrangler
Karina Wallace
Animal Wrangler
Noah van Boxel
Animal Wrangler
Gregory Smith
Animal Wrangler
William Richardson
Animal Wrangler
Troy Old
Animal Wrangler
Clementine McGregor
Animal Wrangler
Lana Gregory
Animal Wrangler
Charlotte Gover
Animal Wrangler
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
Art Department Manager
Chris Hennah
Art Department Manager
Music Programmer
James Sizemore
Music Programmer
Prosthetic Supervisor
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Morgan Samuel
Assistant Dialogue Editor
CG Painter
Glenn Curry
CG Painter
Location Casting
Miranda Rivers
Location Casting
Weapons Master
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novella «The Hobbit, or There and Back Again» (1937).
- Work on the project began as early as 2007, but preparation for filming was significantly delayed due to endless legal battles over the rights to the adaptation, distribution rights, and revenue from the sale of related merchandise, which involved several film studios, Tolkien's heirs, and Peter Jackson himself.
- Only after Guillermo del Toro stepped down as director and at the personal request of Warner and MGM studios in 2010 did Peter Jackson agree to return to the director's chair, and in October of the same year, filming was given the green light.
- Ron Perlman was ready to star in the film on the condition that Guillermo del Toro would be the director. When the latter left the project, Perlman declined the role.
- This is not the first project of Peter Jackson's where he asked Guillermo del Toro to be the director. He was also offered to head the film «Halo», but he refused to focus on directing his own project «Hellboy II: The Golden Army» (2008). Del Toro accepted the offer to direct this film, but after it remained in limbo in pre-production for several years, he relinquished it to pursue other projects.
- Daniel Radcliffe, Shia LaBeouf, James McAvoy, Errin Arkin, and Tobey Maguire were considered for the role of Bilbo Baggins. However, Peter Jackson stated that he always envisioned Martin Freeman in the role. Freeman was initially unable to accept the role due to scheduling conflicts with the series "Sherlock" (2010), but Jackson reworked the entire filming schedule for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (2012) to allow the actor to play the part.
- Bill Bailey auditioned for the role of Gloin. In the series "Idiots" (1999–2001), he plays a character named Bilbo, named after the protagonist of this film.
- Martin Freeman previously starred in "Shaun of the Dead" (2004) with Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton, who was married to the previous actor to play Bilbo – Ian Holm.
- This film was shot using 48 Red Epic cameras – the newest model in the series available during the film's production.
- This film went through several stages of pre-production, including separate legal disputes between New Line Cinema, Peter Jackson, and the Tolkien estate. MGM then got the project off the ground in 2008, but further complications followed. MGM went bankrupt, and the project was frozen, resulting in director Guillermo del Toro’s departure after three years of pre-production. There were then issues with some organizations in New Zealand, and the start of filming was delayed while Peter Jackson recovered from surgery for a perforated ulcer.
- The name Beorn means “bear” in Old English. It is closely related to the Scandinavian name Bjorn, which also means “bear.” Both English and Scandinavian languages, such as Norwegian and Swedish, are part of the same Germanic language family. Old English and Old Norse were even more similar.
- Robert Kazinsky auditioned for the role of Fili, and several scenes were even filmed with him, but he left the project for personal reasons and returned to England approximately a month after filming began. Dean O’Gorman eventually got the role.
- Gollum appears in only one scene in the film. Andy Serkis finished working on this scene during the first week of production, but remained and continued to work as a second unit director.
- Richard Armitage said that his first experience acting on stage was playing an elf in a theatrical production of “The Hobbit.”
- Thranduil, Legolas’s father, first appears in the book about the hobbit as an elven king, without his actual name being mentioned. It is only in “The Lord of the Rings,” when Legolas appears for the first time, that he introduces himself as the son of Thranduil of Mirkwood.
- Sylvester McCoy was previously considered for the role of Bilbo Baggins for the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001).
- All scenes with Ian Holm and Christopher Lee were filmed at Pinewood Studios in London because the actors were unable to travel to New Zealand due to health problems.
- Saoirse Ronan was considered for the role of the young elf, but declined due to scheduling conflicts.
- Christopher Lee noted that he would have been interested in voicing the dragon Smaug in this film. However, instead he voiced the dragon Barglota in the film "Alice in Wonderland" (2010).
- Filming of this film and "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" (2013) was completed on July 6, 2012, and lasted 266 days.
- This is the first film shot at 48 frames per second. The goal of this was to make the picture smoother, the movements more realistic, and to reduce the strobing effect. This is particularly effective when watching the film in 3D, as the high frame rate helps to better synchronize the image for each eye.
- In the second trailer, Gandalf says the phrase, “The house is already behind, and the road lies ahead.” This is a quote from “The Lord of the Rings” and part of a song that Pippin sings to Denethor in the book “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.”
- Adam Brown originally auditioned for the role of Bilbo Baggins.
- John Collen originally auditioned for the role of Radagast and the voice of Smaug.
- Frodo (Elijah Wood), Saruman (Christopher Lee), Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), and Legolas (Orlando Bloom) are characters taken from “The Lord of the Rings,” although none of them actually appear in the book about the hobbit. As is Radagast (Sylvester McCoy), who is only mentioned in the book about the hobbit, but appears in “The Lord of the Rings.” However, he never appeared in the “The Lord of the Rings” film series.
- In 2009, rumors circulated online that David Tennant could play the role of Bilbo Baggins (after he and Peter Jackson appeared together at Comic-Con). Both denied these rumors. However, in 2010, Tennant auditioned for the role of Thranduil, but had to turn it down when his girlfriend became pregnant.
- The method of creating the hobbit feet in this film was changed. In the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, these were special prosthetics that were worn on the actors' feet and had to be changed after a while. In this film, the prosthetics reached the actors' knees in length.
- The Wilhelm scream can be heard when the dwarves run through the goblin mountains, and one goblin falls from the path.
- Bret McKenzie, who plays the elf Lindir, previously played another elf in the films 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' (2001) and 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003). His character from the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy was originally unnamed, but fans unofficially nicknamed him Figwit (the name Figwit came from the phrase “Frodo is great... Who is THAT?”, uttered by a fan while watching the moment where McKenzie appears in 'The Fellowship of the Ring').
- Some chapter titles from the book are mentioned in the dialogues, such as 'A Warm Welcome', 'Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire', and 'Roast Mutton'.
- When asked about the number of wizards, Gandalf replies that there are five, naming himself, Saruman, and Radagast, and then says he cannot remember the names of the other two. Their names are Alatar and Pallando. They appear in the book 'Unfinished Tales', but the filmmakers were not permitted to use material from that book.
- The use of a high frame rate (48 frames per second) in the film 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' (2012) attracted all public attention, unfairly overshadowing other achievements in the creation of visual effects. Joe Letteri, serving as both the visual effects supervisor for this film and the current director of Weta Digital, spoke about the incredible work and ingenuity that went into creating the film. Here are the key aspects implemented in the film:
- Gollum: The first scene filmed for the movie was 'Riddles in the Dark' with Andy Serkis and Martin Freeman as Bilbo. Although the actor's head position and gestures matched the virtual Gollum, the proportions of their bodies differed, and additional correction was required after motion capture. In this scene, Gollum is a full 3-D model and was created without filming the actor's performance on a green screen. The use of a high frame rate allowed for the reworking of micro-movements in facial expressions, but this became a headache for the artists, who had to paint and rotoscope twice as many frames as usual. For this film, the character of Gollum was completely redone from scratch. The number of individual details on Gollum's face in 'The Hobbit' is greater than on his entire body in the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Weta Digital has developed the process of creating virtual biological creatures with a full skeleton and musculature to such an extent that it allows them to be made even more realistic than animatronic puppets.
- Trolls: Similar methods, as used in 'bringing Gollum to life', were also used in the scene with the trolls. Frames with virtual characters were overlaid on frames with live actors, and the scene was later perfected during post-production.
- Bag End (the hobbit Bilbo Baggins's home): The dinner party scene in Bag End was made using the same principle as the scene of Gandalf's arrival at Bilbo's in 'The Lord of the Rings', in which Gandalf accidentally hit his head on the chandelier. Instead of using a fixed perspective, Peter Jackson wanted the camera to move around the actors, giving them more freedom of movement. To achieve this effect, two different interiors were built: one sized for Bilbo and the dwarves and one to show Gandalf in a cramped space. The old set, which remained after filming 'The Lord of the Rings', was equipped as a home interior shown in the film, while the new set was completely covered in a green screen. The main camera, moving along a predetermined path, filmed on the first set, and the second camera synchronously repeated its movements on the second set with a green screen. Then, to correlate the correct proportions, the frames from the first camera were cropped by 33 percent. The follow camera had a delay of 4 frames. The entire scene in Bilbo's house was shot in 4 takes. It took 18 months to combine the footage from the two cameras.
- Goblins: Initially, live actors in goblin costumes guided the heroes across a rope bridge. Animatronic heads were used, but were eventually replaced with 3D models created using rotoscoping of live actor performances. Goblin movements were recreated using motion capture technology. It's hard to believe that Dwalin was completely replaced with a digital model in this scene, as were all the other characters, because it was easier to replace everyone than to build the entire scene around a single live performer. Motion capture technology was also used during the creation of the scene where Bilbo and a goblin fight with swords. Later, during post-production, the goblin was reduced in size. And Bilbo’s face was replaced with a digital copy, as a stunt double played the role instead of Martin Freeman in this scene. The goblin cave shots were almost entirely animated, but several real sets were also built. They were made specifically to help the actors orient themselves during filming, but all the sets were later replaced with digital ones. The scene with the swinging rope bridge was entirely digital, except for the rope itself. The animators put on motion capture suits themselves to simulate the characters from the film as they jump from the swinging bridge. It took them only a few attempts to shoot this scene.
- Goblin King: Before creating this character, Peter Jackson asked his team to "make him as disgusting as you can possibly imagine." Actor Barry Humphries, who played this character, participated both in motion capture and in re-recording dialogue using special facial animation capture equipment.
- Azog: Initially, Azog was played by a live actor in a costume. But the result looked like a molting porcupine the size of a man, so they decided to recreate him, making a completely digital version. (And the "molting porcupine" became another character in the film). It took about six weeks to create the new Azog.
- Radagast: The chase scene with Radagast was originally shot manually using a small machine that pulled a sled through a forest set. The only thing that remained from these shots was Radagast himself; everything else was replaced with computer graphics. To create the landscape in this scene, programmers wrote entirely new software and named it “Lumberjack.” It allowed not only to “grow” animated trees from scratch, but also gave animators dynamic control down to each needle. It took about a year to develop this software.
- Rivendell: The only problem when filming the scene where Bilbo and the dwarves enter Rivendell over a bridge was that the ceiling was not part of the green screen. As a result, animators turned to another software program called “BarberShop.” Initially, it was used to create “digital” hair for each actor, but it also proved useful for smoothing the transition areas that appeared when combining live-action footage and green screen footage. Miniatures were no longer used in “The Hobbit” due to the tight schedule, and the existing miniatures were actually too low resolution. Almost everything was done with computer graphics: from waterfalls to birds (each of which had its own unique skeleton and body shape). When Jackson wanted to shoot a scene in more detail, the corresponding locations were built manually and then computer graphics were applied to them.
- Joe Letteri also noted that a film frame at 48 frames per second is no different from a film at 24 frames per second, there are simply twice as many of the former. He said that the 3D effect does not depend on the frame rate, and that the 48 frames per second option was chosen, not 60, because the difference between 24 and 48 is significant, while the difference between 48 and 60 is less noticeable. Furthermore, it was easier for distributors to adapt to the 48 frames per second format. Some scenes of the film were converted from 2D to 3D during post-production. One of these is a close-up of Bilbo at the beginning of the film. This had to be done due to a malfunction with one of the cameras.
- The 48 frames per second 3D film was sent to some cinemas on a standard SATA hard drive with a security code that protected the content from viewing or copying. The code itself was provided by the distributors 24 hours before the film's release. The 48 frames per second 3D version of the film occupies 639 GB on a hard drive. Cinemas could have downloaded the entire film via a secure satellite channel, but the download would have taken more than a day. Given that a 3D image requires a frame rate of 96 frames per second (48 frames per second for each eye), the data size of one frame for each eye is 0.66 MB.
- The character Azog does not appear in the book. His son, Bolg, is the leader of the orc forces in the Battle of Five Armies. Azog only appears in the appendix to 'The Lord of the Rings', which tells how he killed Thorin, and was subsequently killed by Dáin Ironfoot.
- Gandalf's contact lenses are visible in close-ups in the scenes at Bilbo's table.
- When Thorin addresses the group at Bilbo Baggins' dining table, the location, color and texture of the items on the plate (cookies or biscuits) change.
- Shortly after the company meets Radagast, they are driven out of the forest and into the tundra, but when the camera then pans around the dwarves, there is no forest to be seen.
- Before the eagles rescue Thorin and company, Thorin’s sword lies some distance from him, too far to reach. When the eagle picks him up, the sword is lying on him.
- When Bilbo tries to save the ponies from the trolls, real horses are tied to the posts with reins. When they then show the ponies, which are created using computer graphics, they are not only untied, but also have no reins at all.
- In scenes with Galadriel, it can be noticed that when she turns in place, the bottom of her dress gracefully wraps around her legs. When she bids farewell to Gandalf, she turns and at that moment widens her stance, but in the next frame her legs are already together and again beautifully wrapped in the dress.
- Bilbo’s sword does not glow blue during the orc attack on the rocks.
- Radagast receives a message from a thrush hovering near him. The only bird physically capable of hovering like that is a hummingbird.
- The film is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novella "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again" (1937).
- This is not the first project Peter Jackson has asked Guillermo del Toro to direct. He was also offered to helm the film "Halo", but declined to focus on directing his own project, "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (2008). Del Toro accepted the offer to direct this film, but after the film remained in development limbo for several years, he stepped away to pursue other projects.
- Daniel Radcliffe, Shia LaBeouf, James McAvoy, Aaron Eckhart, and Tobey Maguire were considered for the role of Bilbo Baggins. However, Peter Jackson stated that he always envisioned Martin Freeman in the role. Freeman was initially unable to accept the role due to scheduling conflicts with the series "Sherlock" (2010), but Jackson reworked the entire shooting schedule for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (2012) to allow the actor to play the part.
- Christopher Lee noted that he would have been interested in voicing the dragon Smaug in this film. However, he instead voiced the dragon Barragon in "Alice in Wonderland" (2010).
- Bret McKenzie, who plays the elf Lindir, previously played another elf in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003). His character from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was initially unnamed, but fans unofficially nicknamed him Figwit (the name Figwit originated from the phrase “Frodo is great… Who is THAT?”, uttered by a fan while watching the moment McKenzie appears in “The Fellowship of the Ring”).
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