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
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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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Tobey Maguire and Samuel Jackson
The lines were longer than ever at this year's Comic-Con International, the annual celebration of all things geeky. Just ask the thousands of Battlestar Galactica fans who waited en masse outside of Ballroom 20 to see their favorite Cylons and colonials in the flesh. Meanwhile, the queue for New Line's special Snakes on a Plane presentation snaked (ha ha ha) out the door and down the side of the massive convention center. There are only two possible explanations for the sheer number of people who invaded San Diego for that weekend: 1) Nerds have learned how to clone themselves or 2) Geek culture is now mainstream culture. Either way, Comic-Con '06 was one for the ages. Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of the four-day extravaganza.
Best Teaser Trailer (Mo
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