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Okay, so this was hard to accept, so I did some googling. I am questioning the truth in this article. The source this article gives leads to an article that does not give any source for the information.
I did find an article that says some fans (obviously not true Tolkien fans) are petitioning to have Thorin (view spoiler) in the movie. But that is the only thing relating to this news that I found.
Just some (optimistic?) food for thought. Perhaps only time will tell.
I did find an article that says some fans (obviously not true Tolkien fans) are petitioning to have Thorin (view spoiler) in the movie. But that is the only thing relating to this news that I found.
Just some (optimistic?) food for thought. Perhaps only time will tell.


http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/..."
THANK GOODNESS.

They have to stay with the book. They already changed a lot of the story. It would be a crime against LOTR fans everywhere if they let Thorin Live!!!


They have to stay with the book. They already changed a lot of the story. It would be a crime against LOTR fans everywhere if they let..."
Damn straight! Death to Thorin! Joking.


*cough*Legolas*cough*Dwarves being left behind*cough*Bilbo and the arkenstone*cough*

Found this. Thought you might find it interesting.
spoilers if you have not read the book!!!
"Thorin’s death scene has been filmed — Richard Armitage has alluded to the scene on a few occasions, including during this interview with TORn:
GD: With all that you bring to Thorin, people — especially those who don’t know what’s coming — will be devastated in Film 3!
RA: If they haven’t read the book… I know. [with gleeful excitement] Oh it’s so good. I can’t even begin to tell you — it’s so good… The way that’s structured — I know we’re not supposed to talk about it, but it’s… at every level it surpassed my expectation.
Armitage revealed even more in a letter (which TORn has seen) he sent mid-last-year to cancer survivor Samantha (aka Elvenbutterflies) who visited the set of The Hobbit as a special Make-A-Wish experience.
I wanted Thorin to be at peace and full of love when he died, the scene was about asking for Bilbo’s forgiveness, the final line he spoke was “If more people valued home above gold the world would be a merrier place.”
~ From article on: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/...
spoilers if you have not read the book!!!
"Thorin’s death scene has been filmed — Richard Armitage has alluded to the scene on a few occasions, including during this interview with TORn:
GD: With all that you bring to Thorin, people — especially those who don’t know what’s coming — will be devastated in Film 3!
RA: If they haven’t read the book… I know. [with gleeful excitement] Oh it’s so good. I can’t even begin to tell you — it’s so good… The way that’s structured — I know we’re not supposed to talk about it, but it’s… at every level it surpassed my expectation.
Armitage revealed even more in a letter (which TORn has seen) he sent mid-last-year to cancer survivor Samantha (aka Elvenbutterflies) who visited the set of The Hobbit as a special Make-A-Wish experience.
I wanted Thorin to be at peace and full of love when he died, the scene was about asking for Bilbo’s forgiveness, the final line he spoke was “If more people valued home above gold the world would be a merrier place.”
~ From article on: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/...

I think Peter Jackson should be given some slack. Personally, I think that The Lord of the Rings films were the best books to films to ever be created. I don't know what happened to him during the filming of The Hobbit to make it almost feel like it was an entirely different person directing, but in any case I have a lot of sympathy and either "pretend The Hobbit was made by someone else" or "ignore the bad things about it, disappointed expectations and just view them as not the best, but still good movies."
Please tell me I'm not the only one aggravated by this. o.0