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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

Peter 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

Peter Jackson producing Hobbit films

After years of Peter Jackson's dispute with New Line over royalties, it seemed like the long-rumored film or television version of The Hobbit would never come to pass. But apparently some agreement has been reached, though perhaps not quite the ones fans had hoped for, since Peter Jackson and his writing partner/wife, Fran Walsh, will be executive producing two Hobbit films for New Line and MGM. "I'm very pleased that we've been able to put our differences behind us, so that we may begin a new chapter with our old friends at New Line," Jackson said in the project's press...  read more