The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D (Warner Brothers, M) Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage ‘All good stories deserve embellishment,” Gandalf the Grey tells Bilbo Baggins in the opening scenes of Sir Peter Jackson’s first movie based on The Hobbit. Actor Sir Ian McKellen, who plays the lovable wizard, is almost winking at the audience as he delivers the line, no doubt referring to the amount of embellishment The Hobbit book had to undergo to turn it into a trio of screenplays
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Are you obsessed with Cumberbatch?
Watch Benedict Cumberbatch coolly pound Captain Kirk into oblivion in the new Star Trek film, and you’d think not much could ruffle the classy Brit actor.
Are you obsessed with Benedict Cumberbatch?
To watch Benedict Cumberbatch coolly pound Captain Kirk into oblivion in the new Star Trek film, and you’d think not much could ruffle the classy Brit actor. The previews show him effortlessly waging a one-man war against crew of the USS Enterprise with a stare that would make Blue Steel wilt.
New book chronicles Hobbit creation
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Chronicles: Art and Design is the first of a series of books created by the artists at the heart of the film-making process.
UltraViolet tech expands Hobbit experience
Warner Brothers will launch a new technology in New Zealand when it releases the first part of The Hobbit on DVD and Blu-ray on May 1. The technology, called UltraViolet, will allow buyers to log in on a computer and watch the film from the cloud via an internet portal such as Flixster.com.
Time Lords rally for Sir Peter
The Lords of Time have decreed that Doctor Who must be filmed in New Zealand.
Jackson begins work on new Tintin film
Filming for the next Tintin film, to be directed by Sir Peter Jackson, may take place by the end of this year.
Keating makes his acting debut
Ronan Keating admits he is a little on edge. “I’m scared, I’m nervous,” the 35-year-old Irish singer says of his acting debut in the movie Goddess, which opens in Australia March 14.