Film Misery

Criterion’s May slate, ‘Coriolanus’ gets good reviews, no-fear Franco, ‘The Hobbit’ cast photo…

‘The Hobbit’ is a go, the Banksy Oscar conundrum, Brad Bird punks the Annie Awards…

NFL Best Picture nominees, Wood in ‘The Hobbit’, top ten movie posters, ‘The Fighter’ reality…

Blanchett back for ‘The Hobbit’, Penn supports Bardem, Emma Stone goes blonde, blah blah blah…

Actors on actors, RIP Irving Kershner, animated short finalists, ‘The Hobbit’ first look…

One gets a bunch of sequels, another gets a new title, and the other gets a home.

Keep ‘The Hobbit’ in NZ, ‘Brighton Rock’ disaster, Rockwell for Supporting Actor, ‘Outside the Law’ trailer…

My round-up on all of the Hobbit controversy and the new casting announcements that finally move the film in a positive direction.

Top 25 genre films, Jackson does ‘Hobbit’, Rudd for Supporting Actor, trailer for ‘The Fighter’…

Proflie of Christopher Nolan, ‘Hobbit’ may lose McKellen, ‘HP7′ gets a poster, U.S. of movies, Macguffin illustrated.

Why ‘Toy Story 3′ took so long, Cuaron to use 20-minute tracking shot, ‘Despicable Me’ mimics Pixar, set photos from ‘The Hobbit’, trailer for porn comedy ‘Middle Men’…

Greatest actress performances, Yates to do Potter?, ‘The Tourist’ gets an image, ‘Centurion’ gets a red band trailer…

Guillermo leaves ‘The Hobbit’, Criterion reviews, ‘Hoosiers’ on TCM, Don’t F*ck My Mom, ‘I’m a Marvel, I’m a DC’ The Musical!

The casting rumors for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit have been largely cleared up by today’s announcement that auditions are underway for every role in the cast except Gandalf, which is being reserved for Sir Ian McKellan. Jackson tells The Hollywood Reporter that he and director Guillermo Del Toro prefer a widespread audition process where he [...]

Anybody who watched The Lord of the Rings “Appendices” that came with the extended editions of the films knows how meticulous and exact Peter Jackson is with the filmmaking process. He oversees every single element of the filmmaking process from the casting to the makeup to the construction of the chain mail that actors wear. [...]

Read of the Day: Joe Queenan ponders why Hollywood continues to regurgitate the same formula. [The Guardian] News of the Day: An Ian McKellen news item two days in a row? Why not! Apparently Sir Ian has gotten a hold of the script for The Hobbit and he likes what he sees. Especially concerning the [...]

News is a bit slow around the web these days as every major website seems to be gearing up for the Toronto Film Festival. However, here are some stories that popped up in the last couple of days. Since the announcement that Disney is purchasing Marvel Entertainment, several rumors have popped up about future Disney [...]

In a recent interview with TheOneRing.net Guillermo Del Toro said “I can safely say that, as of this moment, there are absolutely no conversations about doing the Hobbit films in 3-D.” That puts to bed a lot of rumors that had cropped up lately claiming that the film was going to be a 3D experience. [...]