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Peter Jackson Finishes Casting The Hobbit, Adds Billy Connolly

With all the talk surrounding the forthcoming film adaptation of _The Hobbit_ these days, it was easy to forget that the casting wasn’t even complete. But now, Peter Jackson, producer of the two-part epic based on J.R. Tolkien’s series, has announced that Scottish actor Bill Connolly will round out the enormous cast.   read more

Peter Jackson's West of Memphis Documentary Trailer Debuts

The trailer for Jackson's documentary, West of Memphis, was released exclusively to Entertainment Weekly, which runs over four minutes to recap the entire case and reintroduce people to the circumstances surrounding the trial.  read more

The Adventures of Tintin

It’s actually somewhat amazing that The Adventures of Tintin marks the first big screen treatment of the immensely popular comic book character in nearly 40 years (and, really, the first one of note originating from Hollywood, ever). After all, the intrepid carrot-topped reporter/sleuth stands with fellow Franco-Belgian characters Asterix and Obelix as a titan of European comics. Created by Belgian artist Georges Remi (under the pen name Hergé), Tintin’s adventures have been translated into more than 50 languages and inspired a decently rabid following of “Tintinologists” who have discussed, debated, critiqued and theorized on virtually every imaginable aspect of...  read more

Watch the First Trailer for The Hobbit

After _The Lord of the Rings_ trilogy became one of the most highly successful film trilogies of all time, Peter Jackson has been hard at work at a pair of prequels based on the book _The Hobbit_. Now the first trailer has been released for the first half, _The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey_.  read more

Watch the New Trailer for Tintin

A new television spot for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin premiered last night and features a lot of new footage for the animated epic.  read more

Peter Jackson Will Direct Sequel to The Adventures of Tintin

Ever since the beginning discussions of _The Adventures of Tintin_ there have been talks that the films would be a trilogy. With Steven Spielberg directing the first installment, there was always the possibility that producer Peter Jackson would take on the second. Today it has been announced that Jackson will direct the second _Tintin_ film.  read more

Peter Jackson Releases Stills From The Hobbit

While Lord of the Rings fans all over the world have to wait until December 2012 for the highly anticipated prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson has given us a sneak peek at the film with three photos from the set....  read more

Evangeline Lilly Added to The Hobbit Cast

On Sunday, director Peter Jackson announced via Twitter that Evangeline Lilly will be added to the cast of his upcoming two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit. Best known for her work as Kate on Lost, Lilly will be portraying a new character....  read more

The Hobbit Announces New Cast Members

Two more actors have been confirmed to join the ever-growing cast of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey....  read more

The Hobbit Films Get Titles and Release Dates

Peter Jackson’s much-anticipated prequels to The Lord of the Rings trilogy have received official names and release dates....  read more