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Watch: Stephen Colbert Interviews Smaug from 'The Hobbit' Trilogy
by Ethan Anderton
December 12, 2014
Source: Comedy Central
After posing for a photoshoot inspired by Peter Jackson's trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit, late night satirist and future inheritor of "The Late Show with David Letterman," Stephen Colbert, continued his love for all things J.R.R. Tolkien by interviewing the one and only Smaug the tyrannical, the dragon under the mountain. And this isn't just an interview with a puppet, but rather a fully animated version of the dragon, or at least as much as would fit in the small space of Colbert's studio. I wonder how much it cost to get this feature together, especially since Benedict Cumberbatch clearly recorded his voice for it. Enjoy.
Here's Stephen Colbert's interview (in full) with Smaug for The Hobbit (via Comedy Central):
You can still watch the entire Comic-Con panel for The Hobbit, hosted by Stephen Colbert, right here.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit… J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, being directed by Peter Jackson as three separate movies, is set in Middle-Earth 60 years before Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in a trilogy ten years ago. The films, with screenplays by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson, were shot consecutively in 48FPS 3D using the latest cameras. The Hobbit follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. The Battle of the Five Armies arrives in theaters in HFR, IMAX & 3D on December 17th later this year. It all ends in December - see you then.
11 Comments
1
"isn't just an interview with a puppet" That actually would have been more impressive.
OfficialJab on Dec 12, 2014
2
That's fair. I meant it just moreso as they really put the whole effort into making this a real segment as opposed to just doing something super cheap.
Ethan Anderton on Dec 12, 2014
3
Colbert is fucking canadian and I cant watch this in canada?
Jon Odishaw on Dec 12, 2014
4
Sorry, that's how Comedy Central operates. If it hits YouTube, we'll switch it out.
Ethan Anderton on Dec 12, 2014
5
Colbert's not Canadian. You'll either have to watch on the Comedy Network, or use VPN/browser add-on like Hola.
jeangenie on Dec 12, 2014
6
shit youre right.
Jon Odishaw on Dec 12, 2014
7
Hilarious!
Rock n Rollllll on Dec 12, 2014
8
Just incredible and hilarious! So well done.
David Diaz on Dec 12, 2014
10
That is amazing. This is promotion done right.
DAVIDPD on Dec 12, 2014
11
Any significance to captain america's shield?
Cheshire on Dec 13, 2014
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