You’ve seen them once, twice, thrice, and who knows, probably more. I can’t stand to watch them myself, what with out-of-place one-liners like “no one tosses a dwarf,” the scene where John Rhys-Davies harumphs off a horse, and the tone-shattering sequence in Return of the King where Orlando Bloom surf-skis like Brett Michaels channeling Dick [...]
Will he direct or won’t he direct? Or, is this movie even coming out at all? It seems that nothing has ever been set in stone for The Hobbit, and despite reports on Saturday in the LA Times and the New York Times that the movie was just a few signatures away from approval, it [...]
Despite rumors to the contrary, former Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy will not be starring in the title role of Peter Jackson’s upcoming The Hobbit… because he’s apparently in the running for another, less short, more powerful role in the movie instead.
Expect plenty of announcements to roll out during Comic-Con over the next four days, at least surrounding the biggest and most popular franchises. I, for one, am planning on hearing a whole lot more about TRON: Legacy, Harry Potter, Battlestar Galactica and The Walking Dead. Maybe The Green Lantern and Green Hornet to boot.
So is the real irony of ironies here the fact that Peter Jackson was so successful in making Lord of the Rings that it meant no one else would ever come close to the world of Tolkien?
This is certainly a heavy blow to Middle Earth dwellers. Guillermo del Toro has officially quit as director of the two-part The Hobbit movie due to production delays and MGM’s ongoing financial woes.
Friday, April 9, 2010
This is part of an ongoing weekly series called “Freeze Frame,” where we break down our very favorite sci-fi/fantasy/adventure moments – the scenes that we look forward to, that remind us why we so love this job. As you might guess, such discussions are riddled with spoilers. So consider yourself warned. (See previous Freeze Frame [...]
