Northumberland, home of Hogwarts (Alnwick Castle) and Macbeth's lair (Lindisfarne), now hosts J.R.R.Tolkien's wizard and assorted hobbits
It wasn't in the original story as I recall, but Gandalf, Bilbo and the other brave characters in The Hobbit could have saved themselves time by taking the old Wooler to Alnwick railway line.
To the surprise and joy of all Northumberland, it appears in the posters for Peter Jackson's new film of J.R.R.Tolkien's precursor to the Lord of the Rings which opens in cinemas in December. Warner Brothers confirmed earlier this month that it will be the first in a trilogy, to be followed by The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again.
Jackson launched the poster for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in the United States in July before the Comic-Con convention in San Diego which is the world's largest gathering of devotees of comics and related art.
It wasn't in the original story as I recall, but Gandalf, Bilbo and the other brave characters in The Hobbit could have saved themselves time by taking the old Wooler to Alnwick railway line.
To the surprise and joy of all Northumberland, it appears in the posters for Peter Jackson's new film of J.R.R.Tolkien's precursor to the Lord of the Rings which opens in cinemas in December. Warner Brothers confirmed earlier this month that it will be the first in a trilogy, to be followed by The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again.
Jackson launched the poster for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in the United States in July before the Comic-Con convention in San Diego which is the world's largest gathering of devotees of comics and related art.
- 9/13/2012
- by Martin Wainwright
- The Guardian - Film News
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