“Hobbit” Production Stays in New Zealand
People always assumed that Peter Jackson would film The Hobbit in New Zealand. It is, after all, the director’s home, and where he shot The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. It made a fantastic place for Middle Earth the first time, why wouldn’t he use it again? Unfortunately, the production encountered some union trouble, and […]
Martin Freeman Cast as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”
Now that the film has been officially greenlit, and the unions are retracting their strikes of the production, casting can finally get underway. For the past couple years people have been trying to guess who would fill the role of Bilbo Baggins, and plenty of names came up, but the person who ended up with […]
Peter Jackson and “The Hobbit” Are Officially Greenlit
I’m sure a lot of you were sure this day would never come. I wouldn’t blame anyone for believing it wouldn’t happen. This production has been pretty crazy since the beginning. The film has seen Peter Jackson courted originally after the success of Lord of the Rings. It was then put on the shelf after […]
Karl Urban is “Judge Dredd”
Kiwi actor Karl Urban has been cast as Judge Dredd in the upcoming filmby producers Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich, who are supervising the adaptation of the comic book. The film is not a remake of the Slyvester Stallone film of the same name, but instead is based off of the original property. “The main […]
