Dave from HeyUGuys writes: I had a good old natter with John Rhys Davies last week about a new movie and asked him about The Hobbit. Sounds like he’s had a change in heart. By no means anything certain but he’s basically asked PJ to put him in somewhere. Guess we’ll see if he does! More..

samdir discovered this little gem while on hobbitontours.com:

“Hobbiton Movie Set will be closed for all tours from Wednesday 05 October 2011 to Tuesday 08 November 2011 inclusive. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

Could this be a sign that the production is heading to the Hobbiton set for a month worth of filming? Stay tuned!

On this episode of Hobbit in 5, we take a look at Andy Serkis the man the myth the legend, Weta Workshop sponsors the Great Race, James Nesbit takes us out on a date, and Benedict Cumberbatch reveals excitement regarding upcoming mo-cap work.

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TORN Staffer Earl let me in on the Holmesian detective work of our own message boards and its regulars. According to the message boards, Derren Brown and Marc Hagan-Guirey (both UK personalities) had tweeted the text below in the last few days. We reported on Derren Brown’s tweet, but not Marc’s. Furthermore, both their tweets have now been deleted… which may be an indication that there was some truth to them.

Derren Brown: Off to watch some Ian Holm and Christopher Lee being filmed for The Hobbit. HOW EXCITING!
Marc Hagan-Guirey: Been invited down to #TheHobbit set! En-route to watch Ian Holm and Christopher Lee being filmed. EXCITED. VERY.

There is most certainly a conspiracy afoot!

On this weeks episode, Andy Serkis could be earning an award nominations for his motion-capture performance, Peter Jackson recently posted a second production video on his Facebook page, more Hobbit photos from IGN, Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield and much much more!

Thanks to our executive producers: Daniel Carmen and Keith Gunther.

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Elessar sends along a curious tweet from artists/illusionist Derren Brown, not 2 hours ago he tweeted the following:

@DerrenBrown Off to watch some Ian Holm and Christopher Lee being filmed for The Hobbit. HOW EXCITING!

The tweet gives us a little more info on the apparent ‘UK shoot’ taking place sometime soon (maybe even today). Along with news that Elijah Wood is heading to the UK soon, and of course word that Christopher Lee wants to be involved in The Hobbit, save for traveling to New Zealand. No official word can be gleamed from the production (trust me, I tried), let us hope we learn more soon!