Sauron (voice and motion capture)

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fictional character portrayal film character incarnation

Sauron (voice and motion capture) is the digital incarnation of the Dark Lord antagonist in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit film trilogy, brought to life through Benedict Cumberbatch’s vocal performance and motion capture work.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character portrayal ⓘ
film character incarnation ⓘ
alignment evil ⓘ
appearsIn The Hobbit film trilogy ⓘ
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ⓘ
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ⓘ
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter The Necromancer (The Hobbit films) ⓘ
basedOn Sauron ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
belongsTo The Hobbit film adaptation of The Hobbit ⓘ
belongsToUniverse Middle-earth film series ⓘ
surface form: Middle-earth cinematic universe
characterType CGI villain ⓘ
digital character ⓘ
countryOfOrigin New Zealand ⓘ
createdFor film ⓘ
depicts Sauron ⓘ
surface form: Dark Lord Sauron
filmSeriesDirector Peter Jackson ⓘ
firstFilmReleaseYear 2012 ⓘ
franchise Middle-earth ⓘ
genre adventure film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium live-action film ⓘ
motionCapturedBy Benedict Cumberbatch ⓘ
narrativeFunction overarching antagonist ⓘ
partOf Middle-earth film series ⓘ
The Hobbit film trilogy ⓘ
portrayalEra 2010s ⓘ
portrayalMethod facial capture ⓘ
motion capture performance ⓘ
voice acting ⓘ
portrayalTechnology facial motion capture system ⓘ
performance capture suits ⓘ
portrayedBy Benedict Cumberbatch ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
New Line Cinema ⓘ
WingNut Films ⓘ
role Saruman ⓘ
surface form: Dark Lord

primary antagonist ⓘ
usesTechnique computer-generated imagery ⓘ
digital character animation ⓘ
motion capture ⓘ
performance capture ⓘ
visualEffectsCompany Weta Digital ⓘ
surface form: Wētā Digital
voicedBy Benedict Cumberbatch ⓘ

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