Friday, November 6
In an in-depth interview with Total Film, Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro lays out his vision for The Hobbit in detail and talks about how he plans to take creature design out of the shadow of The Lord of the Rings. In conceiving these creatures, he says he will "keep the DNA in the same gene pool as the Rings trilogy," but with some critical differences....in the trilogy most of the creatures are brutish or inarticulate. In The Hobbit, ... [more]
Talking to Sci Fi Wire, Ian McKellen (Gandalf) says that he has finally had a chance to read the script for Guillermo del Toro's live-action adaptation of The H...[more]
With all of the legal troubles MGM has been going through, it was beginning to look like The Hobbit, the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, would never g...[more]
In an interview with Empire, Gandalf — Ian McKellan, that is — provided an update on the status of The Hobbit and suggested that, despite all the recent threat...[more]
Less than a week ago, MGM received a deferment on their outstanding loans to allow them to continue with plans for producing a Guillermo del Toro-led production...[more]
Cash-strapped MGM announced that it has secured funds from "key lenders" who will allow the studio to move forward with its Guillermo del Toro-led production of...[more]
Having just fought off a long-running lawsuit, The Hobbit now faces another peril not born of Middle Earth. Deadline Hollywood is reporting that the financial ...[more]
Several sources are noting that Viggo Mortenson has hinted in an interview with Men's Journal that he plans on taking an indefinite break from acting. Some are...[more]
Although everyone had long been proceeding under the assumption that Guillermo del Toro's two-part adaptation of The Hobbit was a go, there was always one thing...[more]
Actor Elijah Wood is the rare example of a child actor who's made the transition into adulthood relatively unscathed by the ravages of Hollywood. After a part ...[more]