The Hobbit Confirmed to Start Shooting in July

The Hobbit Confirmed to Start Shooting in July

Good news for The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fans out there, as Ian McKellen, aka Gandalf, has posted on his website saying that shooting will begin in New Zealand in June 2010 for the duration of one year. According to his site, the director of the two part prequel, Guillermo del Toro is [...]

HeyUGuys IMDb250 Project – Week 8

HeyUGuys IMDb250 Project – Week 8

As we enter the eighth week of the IMDb250 Project it’s becoming clear that the experience has completely changed our tastes, our appreciation and our knowledge of movies and movie making in general after only 20 films viewed each so far, that is something truly incredible for us personally and a real positive for attempting [...]

Production of The Hobbit Begins in June?

Production of The Hobbit Begins in June?

Great news for fans of the Lord of the Rings who are desperate for The Hobbit to be made.. Production Weekly have just tweeted that ‘Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is due to begin a 14 month production schedule this June in New Zealand.’
The one issue may come as MGM are [...]

The Orphanage Reopens with a New Director

The Orphanage Reopens with a New Director

It’s a bad news day for those who despise English language remakes of recent foreign films. With the new poster for the Matt Reeves directed remake of Let the Right One In hitting the web today Variety are reporting an update for New Line’s remake of the haunting 2007 film El Orfanato, released abroad as [...]

The Hobbit Filming Next Summer

The Hobbit Filming Next Summer

So it begins again. Peter Jackson pulls on his epic hat once again and, according to reports all over the web today, his two film adaptation of The Hobbit will begin filming next summer.
Translating from German site MovieReporter.net, TheOneRing (via Empire) have Jackson commenting that the scripts are being finalised this month and, given the [...]

Brian Cox To Play A Dwarf In The Hobbit?

Brian Cox To Play A Dwarf In The Hobbit?

With the news that John Rhys Davis would not be reprising his role as a Dwarf in Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit, another needed to be found. Well, AICN have some news that make Brian Cox “a major contender” to become one of the Dwarfs in the new movie.
They go on to say:
Producers of THE [...]