Elijah Wood

First official dwarf image released from The Hobbit production

Warner Brothers has released the first official image of the three Dwarf brothers Dori, Nori and Ori from Peter Jackson’s upcoming The Hobbit prequel epic, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy tale. Three brothers Dori, Nori and Ori, all sons of the same mother, could not be more different from each other. Dori, the oldest, ….

Peter Jackson begins shooting long-delayed The Hobbit adaptations

Production has begun in Wellington, New Zealand, on The Hobbit, Peter Jackson’s long-delayed two film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece. The Hobbit is set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar-winning ….

Tron TV show heading our way?

Yes, according to a report by Variety (Via AICN). The animated series, which was just greenlit by Disney, is being called Tron Uprising. Samurai Jack director Charlie Bean is developing the projecy, which will air on Disney XD starting in 2012. According to the report, the voice cast includes Bruce Boxleitner, Elijah Wood, Emmanuelle Chriqui, ….

Win The Oxford Murders movie poster, plus Donkey Punch, Severance and Life Before Her Eyes on DVD

Elijah Wood’s The Oxford Murders will be available on VOD, Xbox Live, Playstation, Amazon and Vudu this Friday, July 2nd and then opens in theaters on August 6th. To celebrate The Oxford Murders’ release, FilmFetish is giving away a Movie Prize Pack that includes: A full-size poster signed by writer/director Álex de la Iglesia The ….

Clip from the post-apocalyptic animated epic 9 hits the net

A new scene from director Shane Acker’s animated epic 9, has premiered on MTV. The film, which is a feature-length expansion of Acker’s own award-winning short of the same name, is produced by Tim Burton (Corpse Bride, upcoming Alice in Wonderland), Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) and Jim Lemley, who produced Red Eye and We Were Soldiers. ….

Sin City 2 Disc Recut, Extended & Unrated Edition Blu-ray review

Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller shot Sin City using high-definition cameras, so it makes sense that the Blu-ray release of the film would be no minor effort, filled with thorough, layered bonus features, that make it a worthy edition to consider owning. The new Blu-ray release features two very unique cuts of the visually stunning ….

Release dates picked for arthouse favorites Ang Lee, Coen Brothers, Sam Mendes, Jim Jarmusch and more 2009 features

Focus Features has set release dates for movies by some big names in pop-arthouse cinema, including The Coen Brothers, Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch, along with a Tim Burton-produced animated fantasy simply titled 9, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Below are details I put together on Focus’ crop of features that will be gracing arthouse ….

Paris je t’aime trailer

This sounds unique and very exciting. What a cast and crew! In the film Paris, Je T’Aime, directors from around the world, including the Coen Brothers, Alfonso Cuarón, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Gérard Depardieu, Tom Tykwer, Wes Craven, Walter Salles, Bruno Podalydès, Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas create a series of vignettes that expose ….

Get Ready for Some Big Ole’ Happy Feet

Get tapped into IMAX! The digitally re-mastered IMAX release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Happy Feet will open in 79 IMAX theatres in North America this Friday, November 17, 2006. The film has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology. Happy Feet is directed by George Miller (the Babe films, Lorenzo’s ….

Senator & Estevez Join Forces to Honor Robert F. Kennedy Commitment to Human Rights

The Weinstein Company in conjunction with California State Senator Dean Florez, is pleased to bring the feature film BOBBY to Bakersfield in Kern County, to commemorate Robert F. Kennedy’s legacy on civil rights and equal opportunity. Emilio Estevez, writer, director and co-star of BOBBY and Sen. Florez will hold a special screening at the Fox Theater in Bakersfield at 7:30pm on November 20th and be ….