Malik Yoba, Azita Ghanizada, David Strathairn
The networks are still holding out for a superhero. While comic-book films Thor, X-Men: First Class and Green Lantern all hit No. 1 at the box office recently (with mixed staying power), TV has been slower to cultivate a new generation of caped crusaders.
But have no fear, citizens of TV land: Help is on the way. Super-heroes play a role in...
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Memento
Christopher Nolan's breakout film Memento is returning to theaters — for one night only.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie will hit the big screen to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its release. It will screen Thursday, Feb. 17, at 11 select theaters across the U.S. and Canada.
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Peter Jackson
After a long delay, The Hobbit has been given the greenlight, according to The Wrap.
Peter Jackson, who helmed the Lord of the Rings trilogy, has agreed to direct the two-part prequel. In addition, he will serve as...
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The Munsters
Time to move back into the Munster Mansion: NBC and Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller are remaking the 1960s classic sitcom The Munsters, Entertainment Weekly reports.
NBC has ordered a pilot for the project, described ...
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Peter Jackson
Lord of the Rings mastermind Peter Jackson is in talks to direct the two-part prequel The Hobbit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Guillermo del Toro drops out of The Hobbit
Jackson would replace ...
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Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro will no longer direct The Hobbit because of production delays, the filmmaker announced on the J.R.R. Tolkien fan site TheOneRing.net.
"In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming The Hobbit, I am faced with the hardest decision of my life," Del Toro said of the Lord of the Rings prequel. "After nearly two years of living, breathing and designing a world as rich as Tolkien's Middle Earth, I must ...
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro will helm the two-part Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit, to give the franchise a fresh take, according to The Associated Press.
Rings director Peter Jackson is currently adapting the J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy novel into a script and will produce The Hobbit, but the Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker has passed the directing duties to ...
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Peter Jackson by Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro have found the perfect writers for The Hobbit and its sequel themselvesDel Toro who is directing the movies will work with the Lord of the Rings filmmaker and Hobbit executive producer to adapt the JRR Tolkien book and write its companion film according to The Hollywood ReporterOther writers include Jacksons wife Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens both of whom collaborated with Jackson on the Rings trilogyThe two auteurs spent eight months searching for a writer to adapt the literary classic When Jackson and New Line settled their differences over profit participation in the Rings films the Oscar winner said he would not pen the Hobbit movies because of other commitments While looking for another writer however Jackson and del Toro found openings in their schdules realized how much they loved the material and decided there was no time to bring in someone unfamiliar with Middle EarthTolkien wrote The Hobbit for his children
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Ian McKellan courtesy New Line
Official announcements have not been made but all signs look good for Sir Ian Mckellen to return to his robed role as Gandalf in The HobbitIn one report says the AP McKellen tells fans that the part had been all but promised to him by Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro Obviously McKellan said its not a part that you turn down I loved playing Gandalf That anyone else but McKellen might actually play Gandalf seems remote The role which McKellen played for the Lord of the Rings trilogy even won him an Academy Award nomination Fingers crossed that the official word will come soon on this no-brainer-everyone-wins casting Anna DimondUse our Online Video Guide to relive the love of Lord of the RingsRelated149 Del Toro Officially Signs on to Direct The Hobbit
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Guillermo del Toro by Jamie McCarthy/WireImage.com
Its officially official After months of rumored talks previously reported here Guillermo del Toro has signed on to direct The Hobbit the next installment in the Lord of the Rings series as well as its sequel says Variety The director is diving in to his new project full-on Del Toro is moving to New Zealand for the next four years to work with LOTR director Peter Jacksons production teams ostensibly to learn the ways of Middle Earth at the heart of it all He also faces a huge amount of material to tackle as both films which hes shooting back-to-back will cover a 60-year period starting where The Fellowship of the Ring left off Are you pleased with the final directorial choice Had someone else in mind Or have you been cheering on del Toro all along Anna Dimond
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