The troubled prequel of the classic and epic ‘Lord of the Rings’ series is heating up. Stuff.co.nz says that the first casting call will launch this weekend. They are looking for young folks (16 years old) for ‘scale doubles’ (don’t know what that means)
This is a big step forward for this production that was halted and suffered development hell for some years (Peter Jackson legal dispute over royalties with Warner Bros, Guillermo del Toro leaving, MGM dispute over rights, etc.)
The Hobbit will be a 2 parts film directed by Peter Jackson (who I think had some experience before with this saga, but I’m not quite sure… :p)
It is planned to be filmed in native 3D and the estimated release date is still unknown. They are targeting for 2012, but we’ll see.
Stay tuned for more news regarding this, hopefully good news from now on…
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A new rendition of the classic story of the nutcracker in 3D. This 3D movie, directed by Russian director Adrei Konchalovsky, tells the story of a little girl named Mary (played by Ellen Fanning) celebrating Christmas with an magical nutcracker offered by her uncle (played by Nathan Lane). This nutcracker comes to life and begins a extraordinary journey in a fantastical world ruled by the Rat King (played by John Turturro) and his mother (Frances de la Tour). Release date for North America is November 24. |
