Matthew Goode (Watchmen) has claimed that he auditioned for the role of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the star revealed that he met with director Guillermo del Toro about taking the lead role in the [...]
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WETA Unleashes DISTRICT 9 Full Scale Replica Weapons
We told you just over a week ago that WETA Workshop, who have created some of the most amazing props, costumes, armor, weapons etc. for District 9 announced that they would be creating a line of collectibles for the Neill [...]
Read moreWETA Announces Range Of DISTRICT 9 Collectibles
WETA Workshop, who have created some of the most amazing props, costumes, armor, weapons etc. for almost every great movie over the last decade - including The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Avatar and District 9 to name a few [...]
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THE HOBBIT To Begin Production In June
Guillermo del Toro's Lord Of The Rings prequel The Hobbit will reportedly begin production in June. The fantasy film, which is being produced by Rings trilogy director Peter Jackson, is to shoot for 14 months in New Zealand. The first [...]
Read morePeter Jackson: From Oscar Winning Director To KNIGHTHOOD
Writer and director Peter Jackson, whose widely acclaimed “Lord of the Rings” brought home 17 Oscars, has been made a knight in the New Year Honors’ list of his native New Zealand. He becomes Sir Peter Jackson for his “services [...]
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Is Peter Jackson Working On A Feature Film Adaptation Of MORTAL ENGINES?
New Zealand's The Dominion Post is reporting that Peter Jackson may be adapting Philip Reeve's fantasy novels "Mortal Engines" for the big screen. The newspaper says that Weta Workshop is believed to be working on designs for the science fiction series, [...]
Read moreTHE HOBBIT Is Casting For Featured Female Role- A Dwarf?
An interesting casting development in Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro’s “The Hobbit” is the announcement that they are casting for a female role. Who could this role possibly be in “The Hobbit”? Conjecture is that this must be a featured [...]
Read moreFilming On THE HOBBIT Has Been Delayed By One Year
In a recent interview, Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) said that The Hobbit won't be filming in March as previously reported, and that he expects it to start shooting next summer. Warner Bros. is now expected to release part [...]
Read moreHOBBIT Open Casting Nets To All
Peter Jackson has announced this week that they are opening the casting nets to all for all the roles in “The Hobbit”, the prequel to the “Lord Of The Rings” trilogy, except for Ian McKellen as Gandalf. Jackson talks about [...]
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The First Hobbit Script Has Been Completed
Peter Jackson recently sat down for an interview about The Lovely Bones (directed by Jackson and starring Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz), during which - Jackson confirmed that the script for the first Hobbit film had been completed, [...]
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Brian Cox Could Be Playing a Dwarf In THE HOBBIT
According to AICN, the producers of The Hobbit have started casting "dwarves", and their "tried and trusted sources" say that one person of interest that they want to cast is Brian Cox. He is reportedly a major contender for a [...]
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Guillermo Del Toro Talks About THE HOBBIT and Working On Smaug
Writer/Director Guillermo del Toro has done a pretty good job of keeping a lid on anything to do with “The Hobbit”. He is still in pre-production for “The Hobbit” and doesn’t begin shooting his back-to-back films until late spring 2010. [...]
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