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The Water Horse - Weta's Joe Letteri creating Visual Effects:
Weta Digital's Joe Letteri, who was a member of the Academy Award-wining Weta Digital teams that created the visual effects for "King Kong," "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" will serve... EA scores Lord of the Rings Rights:
According to Game-Reviews.ca Electronic Arts today announced that it has been granted the rights to develop games based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic literary fiction, The Lord of the Rings. Since 2001, EA has developed games based exclusively on New Line... Sean Connery turned down $225million for Lord of the rings:
While reading one of my buddies sites, I stumbled on something creepishly freaky. Ok so not really, but the word is that Sean Connery was offered the role of Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings and turned it down. He would have made $225million poun... Lord of the Rings Lawsuit Update:
According to Michael from TheOneRing.net a judge has barred the estate of “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien from seeking punitive damages against the studio that brought the trilogy to the big screen. Tolkien’s heirs ... Twilight Tops Ticket Sales:
Twilight has joined the list of Top Ten Advance Ticket-Sellers, covering all theatrical releases in Fandango’s eight-year history. Twilight currently occupies the seventh spot (see full list below); the film may break into the top five before i... Tolkien The Silmarillion Movie Coming:
According to ComingSoon a brand new Tolkien movie is in talks and could potentially be coming to theatres. It is th The tales of The Silmarillion. The novel was the underlying inspiration and source of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing; ... MGM Wants Peter Jackson For The Hobbit:
Well it would seem that petitions do work. After almost 35,000 people signed a petition asking for Peter Jackson to helm The Hobbit movie it seems MGM wants to do just that. quote from the Onering.net "Peter Jackson's phenomenal success ... Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Illustrations Documentary:
A new show on BRAVO is coming about John Howe. John Howe is an extraordinary artist whose magnificent illustrations inspired Peter Jackson's vision of Middle Earth. Howe, along with Allen Lee, acted as conceptual designers on Jackson's cinematic... Great Deals on DVD's for Christmas!:
Holy great deals batman! You can always tell when christmas is approaching, so we have generated a list of the best buys for DVDS. This list is only a small sampling so snoop around our site to find even more great deals. You can get all kinds of gre... Guillermo del Toro to Direct Hobbit:
Finally after making us wait for WAY too long New Line and MGM have announced Guillermo del Toro to direct The Hobbit and its sequel. In order to make this happen del Toro is going to move out to New Zealand and begin filming as soon as he is done pr... New Exclusive King Kong Footage on NBC:
Can't get enough Kong? Well NBC has a treat for you. They are going to be playing some exclusive and never before seen footage for King Kong during the broadcast of Shrek on Sunday, Nov. 27 (7-9 p.m. ET).  So tune in to check it out. Thre... Return of the King Extended Cut is Here Finally!:
Return of the King Extended Edition is finally out! Thats right we can now watch it with 50 more minutes of extended goodness. Let us all bow down and worship in the shadow of the mighty Peter Jackson and New Line. Take a wild guess what I am doi... First look at Return of the King Extended Edition DVD Menus!:
Courtesy of New Line Cinema we have some fantastic shots from the upcoming extended edition including first looks at the menu for the dvd set. Muchos cool. This is one dvd I have been waiting VERY impatiently to get. So without further ado here are t... Contest : Win King Kong The Game!:
The Dean-inator who runs Game-Reviews.ca is running a kick ass King Kong contest where you can win yourself a copy of the game for the upcoming film. Needless to say the game looks kick ass and its only right we let you know about it so you can enter... Annual American Cinematogragphers Nominations:
BATMAN BEGINS (Wally Pfister), BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Rodrigo Prieto), GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (Robert Elswit), KING KONG (Andrew Lesnie) and MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (Dion Beebe) are nominees in the feature film competition of the 20th Annual American Soc... The Tattooist Comes to DVD June 24th:
From Ghost House Underground comes their newest evolution in terror – The Tattooist – on DVD June 24.  The supernatural thriller, by first time feature film director Peter Burger, follows the horror that results when an American tatt... Weta Will Give Silver Surfer Dimension:
"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" has employed Weta Digital to create the effects for the franchises new star, the Silver Surfer. The appearance of the liquid-metallic, graceful-moving, and curvy-reflective Surfer will no doubt be trick... New Kong Trailer Crushes All!:
The new trailer for King Kong is Online and it is smoking hot! Three-time Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) directs King Kong. The screenplay by Jackson, Walsh (three-time Oscar® winner) and B... New International Poster for King Kong !:
UIP released the German Poster for Peter Jacksons "King Kong". And it looks really sweet. I think this is by far the coolest poster that was released for this movie. To check it out in full size, just click on the small version to the right. The RKO... Gigantic King Kong Gallery update !:
We just updated our gallery for Peter Jackson's "King Kong" with 22 new movie photos. Jackson will bring his sweeping cinematic vision to the iconic story of the gigantic ape-monster captured in the wilds and brought to civilization where he meets hi... Peter Jackson, Del Toro Writing Hobbit:
This is huge news. Peter Jackson and Del Toro will be writing the upcoming Hobbit films. There are two of them in case you forgot. Yahoo reports that Guillermo Del Toro will direct and write and Peter Jackson will also write; Del Toro (”Hell... King Kong - 12 weeks to go PostPro video:
In this new video for Peter Jackson's upcoming "King Kong"  the color grading department is working full tilt on getting the right 'look' of the film. Color grading, used almost throughout "Lord of the Rings" is an interesting process, and&nbs... King Kong Red Carpet Footage:
The King Kong Premier was exciting, star studded and fun. We have some great footage of the event for you our readers. Be sure to also check out the 3  King Kong Reviews from our critics on the film all scoring it 9 out of 10 or better! Thre... On the Set of King Kong:
Kong is King... and the buzz and the trailers pretty much spell it all. Our buddy Alex dropped us a line with three cool photos from the set of KING KONG. Three-time Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson (THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KI... Peter Jacksons King Kong : Watch the Trailer Here:
I started out going "who cares" with the new Kong movie and have never read any of the Kong news on site. I just watched the trailer which is below and have to say.. Holy monkey feet, do I want to see this movie now! Three-time Academy Aw... New gigantic King Kong Poster:
My buddie Gunnibert from Movie-Infos just pointed me to this great new poster for Peter Jackson's upcoming "King Kong". He told me that our French colleagues from Actuacine scored this great new Poster from UIP. To check out the "gigant... Sam Raimi Directing Hobbit, with Conditions:
So much talk about Sam Raimi directing The Hobbit movie, another fresh bit of speculation comes from my friend Richard at FilmStalker. Sam Raimi doesnt confirm that he will direct the movie but does come out and say he would with some conditions.... Peter Jackson inks Hobbit , Two Picture Deal:
Today NewLine Informed us that they have inked a two picture deal with Peter Jackson to bring the Hobbit to life. MGM will also co-finance the film with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh producing. New Line also let it be known that all litigation in... The Hobbit in 3d?:
I loved the Lord of the Rings movies as much as I loved the books. Well ok in fairness just about as much since a film can never truly touch the books. Today from Michael Regina comes an answer to the rumor that The Hobbit is going to be shot in 3D. ... Peter Jackson's King Kong 3 Hours Long!:
Peter Jackson's King Kong is going to run over 3 hours in theatres Variety is reporting. Crikeys, 3 damn hours? That is one hell of a long movie. Is this pushing it a bit far ? 3 hours in a theatre? I started out going "who cares" with the new Kong... Vlad Movie Review by Jon:
So Mike shows me a movie trailer by the name of "Vlad". Wow, this movie looks like a bone chilling thriller about vampires. And hell, I’ve always been intrigued by the story of Vlad "The Impaler", aka Vlad Dracula, the historic figure Bram Stok... Elijah Wood to play the role of Iggy Pop:
A heavily guarded, and as of yet unnamed, production about the life of young Iggy Pop will begin filming in 2006, starring Elijah Wood as Iggy. Elijah is rumored to be very nervous in regards to his upcoming role as the music icon. He says, "I don't ... World Trade Center SoundTrack Review:
9/11 - a day that will live in infamy in America for decades to come. The attack on the world trade center, by slamming full sized passenger jets into it, was the most dispicable act I have ever seen in my life time. It rang memories in older peo... 4 New Lord of War Movie Clips:
LORD OF WAR is an action adventure story set in the world of international arms dealing. The film, based on fact, follows the globetrotting exploits of arms dealer Yuri Orlov (NICOLAS CAGE). Through some of the deadliest war zones, Yuri struggles... Vin Diesel Updates Us on Riddick Sequel:
This past weekend Sheila caught up with Vin Diesel and managed to gleen some updates on the Riddick sequel which has been talked about and been going nowhere for a long time. Pitch Black was one of the greatest horror scifi movies ever made on a shoe... Frank Miller's 300 DVD Specs:
Get ready for a cutting-edge, heart-pounding, visual masterpiece on July 31st when 300 arrives on DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc from Warner Home Video. Based on the stylized graphic novel from icon Frank Miller (Sin City), 300 is an epic action-ad... Wolverine Set Photos Online:
Reel Comix brought to my attention that some new Wolverine set photos have popped up online courtesy of Just Jared. Below you can check out the first look at Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth. Personally I liked Tyler Mane more in the role simply bec... First Look : Lord of War Movie Poster:
Well we know all of JACK about the movie but Lionsgate did send us the sweet new poster, and we promise to find out more for you. "Lord of War" is the story of an arms dealer  played by Nicolas Cage who re-evaluates the morality of the gun ... Halo Movie: How it got Made:
Bungie the makers of halo have posted some insights into the halo movie and how it came to be. It is a very interesting read, and here are some of the important highlights. First off it covers why they wrote their own script. As Halo2 was coming... Please!! Can we have more of The Postman!?:
Please!!!  Can we have some more of the postman? Can we? In all seriousness why cant we have more flicks like this one? The Postman is probably one of the greatest post apocalyptic stories ever written. Granted I am a huge fan of Mad Max, and it... Troy Directors Cut Coming:
According to Cinematical we will be getting a directors cut of TROY. I am pretty darn excited because I loved TROY! Wolfgang Petersen is going to reportedly release a Directors cut which is 192-minute in length. Which is over 30minutes longer the... Return of the King Extended Cut:
This year at the annual San Diego Comic-Con they might be playing the extended cut of the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. There is no official word on this but over at TheOneRing.net they got the following scoop: I hope you are sitting ... Hurwitz and Schlossbergs next projects:
Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg sat down with Joblo and talked about what they had next on their plate. "Well, we have several projects in the works. We have The Wingman going at Newline. That’s an original of ours about a guy who can hook any ... Warner Brothers Developing Beowulf:
Warner Brothers is developing a film based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. The eighth-century tale centers on Beowulf of the Geats a knight, who is called to slay Grendel, a monster that is attacking a Danish kingdom. The poem is known to... King Kong behind the Scenes Videos:
The King Kong Remake has had a lot of hype surrounding it so Pater Jackson decided to feed the frenzy with a online video journal. What he has done is show the fans what is going on behind the scenes of the movie. Nothing to spoil it for you, just a ... SPL Trailer is now Online:
The SPL movie trailer is now online. SPL otherwise known as Sha Po Lang features a story about two cops (Donnie Yen and Simon Yam) and a crime lord (Sammo Hung). Simon Yam is raising a kid, the sole survivor of his family wept out by the crime lord y... Dark Kingdom The Dragon King Trailer:
SONY has just sent over the feature trailer for Dark Kingdom The Dragon King. Its quite similar to Lord of the Rings and although the production value originally didnt look very good, I now have to say the trailer is pretty good. It looks like th... New Lord of War movie photos !:
Lions Gate provided us with new pictures for "Lord of War", starring Nicolas Cage and hitting cinemas September 16th. Directed by Andrew Niccol the film is an action adventure story set in the world of international arms dealing. Based on fact, it&nb... September 11th Revisited Generates Buzz:
Since the premiere of "September 11th Revisited" earlier this year, the buzz on the internet has been nothing short of amazing. Screenings for this critically acclaimed independent film are currently being held at military bases, colleges, churc... Troy: The Story & Pics:
From the acclaimed director of The Perfect Storm... Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor — and some for love. In ancient Greece, the passion of two of history's most legendary lovers, Paris, Prince...