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‘The Hobbit’ Set Video #5: The Return To Hobbiton
0518 days
by Screen Rant
in TV News
It’s already been a great week for J.R.R. Tolkien fans, thanks to the release of an official teaser trailer for the first part of director Peter Jackson’s two-movie adaptation of The Hobbit. Early reaction to the footage has been overwhelmingly positive and most everyone is eagerly anticipating the return trip to Middle-Earth.
Now, yet another Hobbit production diary video has been released online, courtesy of Jackson. This particular behind-the-scenes clip follows the project’s filmmaking crew as they prepare to (and do) transition from working on sound stages to shooting around the scenic New Zealand landscape.
However, it is Jackson and his crew’s return to the refurbished version of Hobbiton that’s the real highlight of this new set video. Between brief bits of older behind-the-scenes footage from the Lord of the Rings trilogy production, co-star Elijah Wood (looking virtually unchanged ...
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A Fifth "Mission" & Second "Top Gun" Coming?
0518 days
by Dark Horizons
in Other News
Stellar reviews for the new "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" has lead to strong early box-office for the action tentpole. As a result there's already talk of a fifth entry in the series.
Moviehole reportedly spoke to someone in production at Paramount who said they’re “extremely happy” with how well the film was doing and that they’ve heard production company Skydance definitely wants to get going quickly on not just a fifth 'Mission' but the proposed "Top Gun" sequel also in the works with Paramount distributing both.
Helping things along is that Skydance head David Ellison, who financed 'Ghost Protocol', will also apparently be forking over the coin to make these two projects - making them understandably tempting for Paramount to pursue. At last report "X-Men: First Class" writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz will pen the 'Gun' sequel.
Shooting however on either one would be at least a year off with Cruise committed to Joseph Kosinski's "Horizons" (aka. "Oblivion") and Doug Liman's "We Are Mortals" (aka. "All You Need Is Kill").
A Fifth "Mission" & Second "Top Gun" Coming?
0518 days
by Dark Horizons
in Other News
Stellar reviews for the new "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" has lead to strong early box-office for the action tentpole. As a result there's already talk of a fifth entry in the series.
Moviehole reportedly spoke to someone in production at Paramount who said they’re “extremely happy” with how well the film was doing and that they’ve heard production company Skydance definitely wants to get going quickly on not just a fifth 'Mission' but the proposed "Top Gun" sequel also in the works with Paramount distributing both.
Helping things along is that Skydance head David Ellison, who financed 'Ghost Protocol', will also apparently be forking over the coin to make these two projects - making them understandably tempting for Paramount to pursue. At last report "X-Men: First Class" writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz will pen the 'Gun' sequel.
Shooting however on either one would be at least a year off with Cruise committed to Joseph Kosinski's "Horizons" (aka. "Oblivion") and Doug Liman's "We Are Mortals" (aka. "All You Need Is Kill").
Casting: Gosling, Rogen, Aykroyd, Hendricks
0518 days
by Dark Horizons
in Other News
The Golden Suicides
Ryan Gosling recently met with Gaspar Noe, the "Irreversible" and "Enter the Void" helmer who has been linked to directing "The Golden Suicides."
Shortly after author Bret Easton Ellis, who is also working on the adaptation of the Vanity Fair article about the 2007 double suicide of a socialite couple, tweeted that Gosling could be in to play the male lead role. [Source: The Playlist]
The B Team
Seth Rogen is set to produce and possibly star in the spy comedy "The B Team" for Disney Pictures.
The story follows a top spy being kidnapped which leaves his support team stuck with the task of rescuing him. [Source: The Press Association]
Dog Fight
Dan Aykroyd has joined the cast of the increasingly interesting satire "Dog Fight" about two rival politicos (Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis).
He joins a cast that also includes John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte. [Source: Hollywood.com]
Bomb
Christina Hendricks ("Mad Men") is in negotiations while Annette Benning is circling a role in Sally Potter's "Bomb" which begins shooting in February in London and on the South-East coast.
The story follows two teen girls in 60's London - one (Elle Fanning) wants to get involved in antinuclear protests, the other (Alice Englart) is more interested in boys. Things get complicated when the father of one (Alessandro Nivola) sleeps with her best friend. [Source: The Daily Mail]
Casting: Gosling, Rogen, Aykroyd, Hendricks
0518 days
by Dark Horizons
in Other News
The Golden Suicides
Ryan Gosling recently met with Gaspar Noe, the "Irreversible" and "Enter the Void" helmer who has been linked to directing "The Golden Suicides."
Shortly after author Bret Easton Ellis, who is also working on the adaptation of the Vanity Fair article about the 2007 double suicide of a socialite couple, tweeted that Gosling could be in to play the male lead role. [Source: The Playlist]
The B Team
Seth Rogen is set to produce and possibly star in the spy comedy "The B Team" for Disney Pictures.
The story follows a top spy being kidnapped which leaves his support team stuck with the task of rescuing him. [Source: The Press Association]
Dog Fight
Dan Aykroyd has joined the cast of the increasingly interesting satire "Dog Fight" about two rival politicos (Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis).
He joins a cast that also includes John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte. [Source: Hollywood.com]
Bomb
Christina Hendricks ("Mad Men") is in negotiations while Annette Benning is circling a role in Sally Potter's "Bomb" which begins shooting in February in London and on the South-East coast.
The story follows two teen girls in 60's London - one (Elle Fanning) wants to get involved in antinuclear protests, the other (Alice Englart) is more interested in boys. Things get complicated when the father of one (Alessandro Nivola) sleeps with her best friend. [Source: The Daily Mail]