'The Secret Scripture' Trailer: Rooney Mara Navigates Love & Tragedy In 1940s Ireland
Watch The Secret Scripture trailer. Rooney Mara navigates love and loss in 1940s Ireland. Jack Reynor, Theo James, and Aidan Turner also star.
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'The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug' Banner: Many Dwarves, Three Elves, And One Scared Hobbit
Bilbo's unexpected journey continues this winter with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and Warner Bros. has a new banner out to show off some of the sights to come. Whereas the last film's marketing campaign was stuffed with dwarves, only the prettiest and most popular make the cut this time around. (Though you can…
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'The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones' Trailer: Mundane People In A Mundane World
The combined powers of Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games have opened the floodgates for a tidal wave of sci-fi / fantasy YA adaptations -- it seems like a new potential franchise goes into development every week. As with any genre, though, not all of these films are created equal. The best ones capture…
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'The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones' Trailer
Nothing can stop the wave of YA adaptations coming to movie theaters in the next year or two -- not even the relative disinterest in the movies. Beautiful Creatures and The Host didn't really hit so far this year, but there are more to come. Earlier today we saw the trailer for the new Percy…
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New 'Hobbit' Poster Crams In Thirteen Dwarves And A Pastry Platter
With the last teaser poster for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Warner Bros. marketing team quite consciously called back to Peter Jackson's earlier Lord of the Rings trilogy. The portrait of a sword-wielding Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) was of a piece with the posters for Fellowship of the Rings and Return of the King,…
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'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' Trailer: After Many Trials, Peter Jackson Returns To Middle-Earth
Ten years ago this week The Fellowship of the Ring was released. Peter Jackson's first Tolkien adaption silenced a great many naysayers who said J.R.R. Tolkien's novels could never be properly translated to film. It also fostered a mainstream interest in fantasy movies that continues a decade later. The development of a film based on…
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Beard Fetishists Rejoice: Two More 'Hobbit' Dwarves Revealed In New Photo
At this point what more is there to say about yet another dwarf reveal from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? (Other than, perhaps, "uh, where's Thorin?") Here is the latest image dispatch from Peter Jackson's version of Middle-Earth, featuring Ken Stott as Balin (on the left) and Graham McTavish as Dwalin. These two guys are…
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New 'The Hobbit' Photo: Dwarves Fili And Kili
Given that the first of Peter Jackson's two films adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit isn't due out for a year and a half, it is a bit strange to see Warner Bros. milk early character reveals like this. But evidently the studio wants people who aren't familiar with some of the actors playing the story's…
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The Hobbit: Official Set Photos Released, Production Begins, Facebook Page Launched
Warner Bros/New Line Cinema and MGM have announced the start of production on The Hobbit in New Zealand, which includes a full update on the signed cast (many of which have been previously announced or rumored, but a couple new additions): Martin Freeman takes the title role as Bilbo Baggins and Ian McKellen returns in…
Read MorePeter Jackson Announces 'The Hobbit' Cast
Peter Jackson has, at long last, made an official announcement about who will appear in The Hobbit. He has confirmed Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, taking over the role originated by Ian Holm in The Lord of the Rings. A great many other names were released as well, almost all of whom make up the…
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