This Week In News

This Week In News

A roundup of pop-culture news for the week of July 29, 2012.  read more

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Peter Jackson Confirms The Hobbit Will Be Three Films

Peter Jackson Confirms <i>The Hobbit</i> Will Be Three Films

Last week, Paste reported that the third film in Jackson’s Hobbit series was a possibility. Fortunately for Tolkien fans, this possibility has turned reality. Jackson said in a statement:...  read more

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A Third Hobbit Movie is in Talks

A Third <i>Hobbit</i> Movie is in Talks

Rejoice, Tolkien fans. In case two Hobbit movies weren’t enough, audiences might be in for a third.  read more

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Watch The Eighth Hobbit Production Video

Watch The Eighth <i>Hobbit</i> Production Video

The latest installment of Peter Jackson’s video blog details the teary eyed conclusion of principal photography for the the two-part Hobbit epic. The past blogs have delivered stunning detail into what goes into a Jackson production....  read more

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See 10 Stills from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

See 10 Stills from <i>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</i>

With director Peter Jackson’s wonderfully executed video blogs, fans have been given an extremely in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at The Hobbit. The access goes even deeper as Entertainment Weekly releases 10 stills from Jackson’s upcoming film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey....  read more

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Peter Jackson Releases Seventh Hobbit Video Blog

Peter Jackson Releases Seventh Hobbit Video Blog

Yesterday, Peter Jackson and company released the seventh of eight video blogs, detailing all the behind-the-scenes work it takes to put together those massively lavish, rather lengthy Jackson films. This particular video looks at model makers, art directors, body doubles and several of Jackson’s sound stages in New Zealand....  read more

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Five Great New Zealand Films

Five Great New Zealand Films

Taika Waititi, the director of Boy and Eagle vs. Shark chooses his five favorite New Zealand films.  read more

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Steven Spielberg Reveals Tintin 2 Details

Steven Spielberg Reveals <i>Tintin 2</i> Details

Though The Adventures of Tintin was shut out of the Academy Award nominations, save Best Original Score, the film was a smash at the box office and Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are ready to go ahead with the sequel.  read more

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Peter Jackson Finishes Casting The Hobbit, Adds Billy Connolly

Peter Jackson Finishes Casting <i>The Hobbit</i>, 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

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Peter Jackson's West of Memphis Documentary Trailer Debuts

Peter Jackson's <i>West of Memphis</i> 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

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