Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is recruited by Gandalf (Ian McKellen) the wizard to join a company of thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on a quest to reclaim their home Erebor from the dragon Smaug....

Six new clips from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and reactions to 48fps screenings

Posted 13 years ago

If the numerous trailers, TV spots, featurettes, and making-of’s weren’t enough for you, today we have six new clips from THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, which feature a smattering of all the things you have come to know and love...

This new TV spot for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey gives us a glimpse of Smaug

Posted 13 years ago

While we won’t actually have the chance to really check out what Peter Jackson and actor Benedict Cumberbatch have done with Smaug until the second film in the new trilogy at the very least, this TV spot does give audiences...

Hugh Jackman, surprising no one, is officially in negotiations to join X-Men: Days of Future Past

Posted 13 years ago

On Tuesday we learned that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen would be joining the (sort of) new mutants of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, along with the mysterious information that there would be “more to come…” Seems that “more” has...

Four character posters for the midnight IMAX screenings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Posted 13 years ago

For that who will be taking the journey to the midnight IMAX screenings of Peter Jackson‘s THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY next month, a special treat awaits you; that of four separate IMAX posters, featuring Bilbo, Gandalf, Thorin, and Gollum,...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey releases over twenty new hi-res stills and its first clip

Posted 13 years ago

It’s not exactly unexpected that THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY would release hi-res stills and a clip, as the film will have its premiere tonight in Wellington and arrive in cinemas worldwide just a few short weeks from now.  But...

The premiere of Sherlock Series 3 has been bumped into late 2013 or early 2014

Posted 13 years ago

This is one of those pieces of information that has equal reason to be filed under both “good news” and “immensely frustrating news” – the premiere of The BBC’s “Sherlock Series 3” has been delayed into late 2013 or early...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has forged a fascinating fourteen minute post-production blog

Posted 13 years ago

Plenty of people have been posting plenty of things (myself included) about THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (and the HOBBIT adventure as a whole) ever since it was first announced.  And I’ve been following as much as I can as...

Sean Connery would have made how much money for playing Gandalf??

Posted 13 years ago

Talk about hindsight being 20/20. Sean Connery, as we all have known, was the first actor offered the role of Gandalf in THE LORD OF THE RINGS. He was offered $10 million per movie and yet he turned it down...

Peter Jackson responds to allegations of animal cruelty on the set of The Hobbit films

Posted 13 years ago

A minor controversy erupted over the last couple of days regarding THE HOBBIT production. PETA issued a statement claiming that 27 animals were mistreated and killed during the production of Peter Jackson’s films. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is slated...

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