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Mortensen, McKellen and Serkis all in talks for Hobbit roles
It's great that Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson are both on board for the upcoming Hobbit features, but what about everyone else involved with The Lord of the Rings? For the most part it looks like they're just as excited about the feature as everyone else. Two key roles, and one perhaps-ancillary one, are in talks to be filled with the same actors as in the original trilogy.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsPeter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro to hold livechat
Psyched about the upcoming Hobbit and its as-yet-untitled sequel? That wasn't a rhetorical question, and the answer was "yes!" Well, this weekend you can put your questions to Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro yourself. Weta has announced a livechat on Saturday, May 24. After first asking the 20 most common questions, they'll then open things up to live questions. The live part will take up an entire hour, so you should have plenty of time to ask air your burning desires as to whether or not Smaug would win in a fight with a Nazgul.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGuillermo del Toro interested in adapting Bioshock?
Rumors of a Bioshock film have been circulating since January. A critical success like its forerunners, Bioshock managed to break out of the critically acclaimed niche of the System Shock series and become one of last year's hit games. With its immersive world of Rapture and cinematic presentation, it seemed natural that it would make it to onto celluloid. Because of these rumors, Guillermo del Toro has been popping up as the name for a perfect Bioshock director. /Film dug up some comments on his message board asking whether he'd be up for it. "I love BIOSHOCK from a design... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGuillermo del Toro to direct The Hobbit films
We don't usually write these things until they are 100%, set-in-stone facts, but this story just seems too good to wait. Earlier this week, it was announced that Guillermo del Toro, whose Pan's Labyrinth both frightened and moved audiences in 2006, is in talks to direct The Hobbit and its sequel. A film clip translated by fansite TheOneRing.net then announced that Toro had moved beyond that phase, saying, "Today it is our pleasure to announce something that everyone was hoping for, Guillermo will direct The Hobbit." Fanboys worldwide, commence rejoicing. Toro's name had been previously thrown around, as well as... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGuillermo del Toro bringing out Champions
Back in 1968-69 there was a short-lived British television series called The Champions, which was about a secret agents who, after being rescued from a plane crash, are given superpowers by an "advanced civilization." So, kind of like Heroes, but with more alien civilizations involved. While the show seems mostly forgotten, given that its wikipedia entry is less than 2500 words long, the series is up for revival on the big screen by Guillermo del Toro. Toro will be writing, directing and producing the film likely sometime next year. He'll be working with United Artists on the project, but that's... read more
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