Sir Ian McKellen to miss the Hobbit premiere
With just over one week to go until the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington, we've got details of who will be at the premiere.
But perhaps, it's more apt to say who won't be there.
Sir Ian McKellen will not be joining the fellowship on the red carpet.
In a press release from Warner Bros, it's been revealed that he will be unable to attend, meaning Sir Ian McKellen will miss the Hobbit premiere
The full press release is below:
Gearing up for the globalrelease of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the epic adventure will haveits world premiere on November 28, 2012, in Wellington, New Zealand. Aproduction of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), “TheHobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is the first in Oscar®-winning filmmaker PeterJackson’s epic adaptation of the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, andwill be released in New Zealand on December 12 from Warner Bros. Pictures.
The star-studded premierewill be a party of Middle-earth proportions in New Zealand’s capital city ofWellington, with a 500-meter red carpet that will run along Courtenay Place,from the Embassy Theatre to the Reading Cinemas, both of which will bescreening the film for invited guests.Pre-carpet entertainment willbegin at 3:00pm and the filmmakers and stars of the film will begin to arriveat 4:30 pm. Joining filmmakers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens at theevent are Martin Freeman, who plays the central role of the Hobbit BilboBaggins; Richard Armitage, who stars as the Dwarf warrior Thorin Oakenshield;Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving, who reprise their roles from “The Lord of theRings” Trilogy as the Elf Queen Galadriel and Elf Lord Elrond; with Andy Serkisalso returning to the role of Gollum, and Elijah Wood as the Hobbit FrodoBaggins.
Ian McKellen, who repriseshis legendary role as the Wizard Gandalf the Grey, will be unable to attend butsaid: "It is thrilling that Peter and my other friends from the cast andcrew will be re-united for the world premiere of 'The Hobbit: An UnexpectedJourney. I know they will have a wonderful welcome from the fans and I envythem. As ever, my heart is in Wellington, and I send my love."
A spectacular Gandalf theGrey-inspired installation on the front of the Embassy Theatre was unveiledthis weekend, created by the film's production designer Dan Hennah. IanMcKellen’s beloved character Gandalf the Grey will be overseeing all of thepremiere activities from a perch high above the red carpet.
Also attending the premierewill be the cast playing the Company of Dwarves, including Jed Brophy, AdamBrown, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, GrahamMcTavish, James Nesbitt, Dean O’Gorman and Aidan Turner; Barry Humphries, whoplays the Goblin King; and Sylvester McCoy, who appears as the new WizardRadagast the Brown.
From Academy Award®-winningfilmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first ofa trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit,by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Ian McKellen returns asGandalf the Grey, the character he played in “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy,with Martin Freeman in the central role of Bilbo Baggins, and Richard Armitageas Thorin Oakenshield. Also reprising their roles from “The Lord of the Rings”in “The Hobbit” Trilogy are: Cate Blanchett as Galadriel; Ian Holm as the elderBilbo; Christopher Lee as Saruman; Hugo Weaving as Elrond; Elijah Wood asFrodo; and Andy Serkis as Gollum. The international ensemble cast of thetrilogy also includes (in alphabetical order) Manu Bennett, Jed Brophy, AdamBrown, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, Barry Humphries, StephenHunter, William Kircher, Sylvester McCoy, Bret McKenzie, Graham McTavish, JamesNesbitt, Dean O’Gorman, Conan Stevens, Ken Stott and Aidan Turner.
The screenplay for “TheHobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens &Peter Jackson & Guillermo del Toro. Jackson is also producing the film,together with Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner and Fran Walsh. The executiveproducers are Alan Horn, Toby Emmerich, Ken Kamins and Carolyn Blackwood, withBoyens and Eileen Moran serving as co-producers.
Under Jackson’s direction,“The Hobbit” Trilogy has been shot in 3D 48 frames-per-second and will bereleased in High Frame Rate 3D (HFR 3D), other 3D formats, IMAX and 2D.Production took place at Jackson’s own facilities in Miramar, Wellington, andon location around New Zealand.
Among the creativebehind-the-scenes team returning to Jackson’s crew are director of photographyAndrew Lesnie, production designer Dan Hennah, conceptual designers Alan Leeand John Howe, composer Howard Shore and make-up and hair designer Peter King.The film is edited by Jabez Olssen. The costumes are designed by Ann Maskrey,Richard Taylor and Bob Buck.
Taylor also oversaw thedesign and production of weaponry, armor and prosthetics, which were once againmade by the award-winning Weta Workshop. Weta Digital takes on the visualeffects for the films, led by the film’s visual effects supervisor, JoeLetteri. Post production is taking place at Park Road Post Production inWellington.
“The Hobbit: An UnexpectedJourney” and the second and third films of the trilogy are productions of NewLine Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), with New Line managingproduction. Warner Bros. Pictures is handling worldwide theatricaldistribution, with select international territories as well as allinternational television distribution being handled by MGM.
“The Hobbit: AnUnexpected Journey” will be released December 12 2012 in New Zealand and mostterritories following on December 13 2012, with the second film, “The Hobbit: TheDesolation of Smaug,” releasing December 12 2013, and the third film, “TheHobbit: There and Back Again” slated for July 17 2014.
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