Hobbit For 2012: Warner Bros. Inks 20 Picture Deal With IMAX

Maybe our return trip to Middle Earth isn’t as far away as we all had initially thought.

Mayan Expert: 2012 Not Just Silly, But “Offensive”

When it comes to “2012,” public opinion seems to range from “it’s awful” to “not-so-bad” to “so-bad-it’s-great.” I consider myself a member of the latter group; 90 minutes of wall-to-wall Earth demolition can’t be all bad. (Check out my interview with the master of disaster himself, director Roland Emmerich)

Emmerich: 2012 is My Last Doomsday Film. Or Not.

Turns out it’s boom times for the apocalypse – as proven this past weekend, when you apparently took your friends, parents and grandparents to go see “2012.” In its first few days, the apocalyptic thriller cashed in a cool $225 million at the global box office ($65 million of that came from right here in [...]

Omnibus Post: Ice And Fire; Wheel of Time; 2012; Watchmen

Numerous people have e-mailed me this Variety article about how HBO has greenlit the Songs of Ice and Fire mini-series. I thought this had already happened, a while back, but apparently it had been some other color light before. Now it’s green. Good stuff. My only complaint is that they didn’t call George R.R. Martin [...]