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Peter Jackson changed The Hobbit schedule so Martin Freeman could play Bilbo

No matter what, it was always going to be next to impossible for THE HOBBIT to equal THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and while THE HOBBIT certainly wasn't received nearly as well as as THE LORD OF THE RINGS was,...

Posted 6 years ago

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King Kong to return to theaters for the first time in over 60 years

Posted 6 years ago

The last time KING KONG was in theaters was over 60 years ago, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, not a single man-made item was orbiting the earth, and the average movie ticket cost a mere 59 cents. The original...

Rumor: casting call goes out for HBO Max’s House of the Dragon

Posted 6 years ago

When something you love ends, there's an inevitable feeling of emptiness that comes with it. This could be the end of a relationship, the death of a loved one, or graduating from high school. The same can be said (albeit...

George R.R. Martin reiterates novel series won’t end like the HBO show

Posted 6 years ago

In the wake of Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, people couldn't seem to get enough of the fantasy genre. Some films were abysmal failures (THE GOLDEN COMPASS, ERAGON), some were excellent (PAN'S LABYRINTH, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON)....

Amazon reveals the full cast for their Lord of the Rings series

Posted 6 years ago

Amazon Studios has been throwing some serious cash at their upcoming TV adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" series, and today, they finally announced the official main cast of the series at the Television Critics Association winter...

Universal may be developing a Lord Of The Rings theme park

Posted 6 years ago

While I'm certainly a fan of Disney World (I've been there twice), Universal Orlando has always had the bigger appeal to me. Whether it's a section based entirely on The Simpsons hometown of Springfield or the Wizarding World of Harry...

Robert Aramayo replaces Will Poulter in Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series

Posted 6 years ago

Gone are the days where sweeping fantasy epics were regulated to the big screen. HBO's Game of Thrones proved that intelligent spectacle and story translates just as well to the small screen. The further success of shows like Netflix's Dark...

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series receives early season two renewal

Posted 6 years ago

We are still a few months out before the first season of Amazon's Lord of the Rings series begins shooting, but fans of the upcoming show will be happy to learn the streamer has already greenlit a second season. Amazon...

Lionsgate to adapt Tamora Pierce’s Tortall Universe into a television series

Posted 7 years ago

With the massive success of HBO's Game of Thrones, every film and television studio seems to be looking for the next great fantasy epic. Amazon Prime has the first season of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series starring Rosamund Pike...

Foundation forward! Lee Pace, Jared Harris join Apple’s sci-fi series

Posted 7 years ago

Ooooo boy this news hits me right in the classic science fiction feels. When you talk about great science fiction writers it always comes back to the Big Three: Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and of course the late great...

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