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Hobbit

first look at Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Hobbit’

Fri, Jun 24, 2011
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Freeman looks even more wonderfully hobbity than I could have imagined…

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Swinging with the Finkels (trailer)

Thu, Jun 09, 2011
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I love that there are jokes about breast milk, sex toys, and intense mortification right in the trailer. This is gonna be so much fun…

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‘Hobbit’ films gets titles, release dates

Mon, May 30, 2011
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Letting the squeeing commence. Only 18 months to wait!

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Stephen Fry joins ‘The Hobbit’

Fri, May 20, 2011
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D’you think he’ll play it like the host of QI? That could be kinda cool…

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omg omg omg: Lee Pace is in ‘The Hobbit’

Tue, May 03, 2011
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Okay, that means that David Tennant won’t be the Elven King. But still: *squee*

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‘The Hobbit’ really is happening, finally

Thu, Apr 14, 2011
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Seeing Jackson’s love and enthusiasm for the project in his first video blog, it’s hard to imagine that the film was ever going to happen without him as director…

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question of the day: So who *will* direct the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods’?

Mon, Apr 04, 2011
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On Friday I posted an April Fool’s QOTD in which I suggested that Michael Bay was about to begin production on a ten-part 3D miniseries version of Neil Gaimain’s novel American Gods. As it turns out, I was unwittingly echoing Gaiman, who only a week earlier had announced that, indeed, a movie based on the book is in the works…

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question of the day: What films would you add 4D to, and what would you add?

Fri, Mar 25, 2011
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Sand underfoot for Jaws? Or maybe that “incredible smell” from the trash compactor in Star Wars?

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just watched the Series 3 finale of ‘Being Human,’ and…

Wed, Mar 23, 2011
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SPOILER if you’re even more behind than I was. Seriously, don’t click this…

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question of the day: Who the heck is Saoirse Ronan going to play in ‘The Hobbit’?

Fri, Jan 28, 2011
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Please don’t tell me that she’s going to be a dwarf who, halfway through Mirkwood, reveals she’s actually Thorin Oakenshield’s teenage daughter who disobeyed Dad when he told her she couldn’t come along on his quest…

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