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Image and poster gallery for Steven Spielberg’s animated epic The Adventures of Tintin

Paramount and Columbia Pictures present The Adventures of Tintin, directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish. Starring Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, Defiance) as Tintin, the young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig (Quantum of ….

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 ….

Weta holding auctions for Christchurch earthquake victims

Weta Collectibles has been closely following developments after the devastating earthquake in New Zealand’s second largest city Christchurch. As a way to contribute and support efforts, the New Zealand-based company is auctioning three unique items on their eBay page and donating all proceeds to the New Zealand Red Cross Earthquake Appeal: A Bag End Collector’s ….

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit to be shot using 30 next generation RED digital cameras

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit film adaptations will be shot in 3D using RED Digital Cinema’s EPIC Digital Cameras, according to Videomaker. The EPIC camera features 5K resolution, can shoot up to 120 frames per second, and has a new HDRx mode for the highest possible dynamic range of any digital cinema camera ever made. Taking ….

First images arrive for the Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson collaboration of the Tintin adaptation

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have released the first glimpse from their collaboration effort The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, based on the Belgium comic books “Le secret de la licorne” and “Le trésor de Rackham Le Rouge”, by Hergé. Steven Spielberg is directing the project, with Peter Jackson & Spielberg producing, ….

Cameron sets Avatar 2 and 3 as next projects, eyes environmental non-profit with Fox

Variety reports that James Cameron has officially contracted with 20th Century Fox for two more Avatar, which are expected to be developed over the next five more years. According to the report, Cameron hopes to start production in late 2011, and may shoot the films back-to-back. He’s expected to begin writing early next year. Fox ….

New Line releases more details on The Hobbit 3D

The two films based on The Hobbit are now greenlit and will begin shooting in February 2011, under the direction of fan favorite Peter Jackson. New Line Cinema chief Toby Emmerich, Warner Bros. president Alan Horn, and MGM CEO Steve Cooper made the announcement recently, among high fanboy anticipation. “Under Peter’s direction, the films will ….

Details and preview images from The Art Of District 9: Weta Workshop

WETA Workshop was nice enough to forward us some images from the upcoming book The Art Of District 9: Weta Workshop, which tells the story of, and brilliantly illustrates, the conceptual design process of the Oscar-nominated sci-fi thriller District 9, one of the most successful films of 2009. Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp and ….

Peter Jackson in talks to direct The Hobbit films himself

Peter Jackson is now in negotiations to direct The Hobbit film adaptations, which were left without a helmer after Guillermo del Toro left left the project because of delays, according to HeatVisionBlog. Before his sudden departure, Del Toro devoted a great deal of time and energy working with Jackson on pre-production for the movies, even ….

Guillermo del Toro leaves The Hobbit film adaptation

After two years in development on The Hobbit, HeatVision reports that director Guillermo del Toro has announced that he’s leaving the long-delayed J.R.R. Tolkien 2-film adaptation. “In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming “The Hobbit,” I am faced with the hardest decision of my life,” del Toro wrote ….

Win a digital camera, photo printer or The Lovely Bones on DVD

The Lovely Bones star Rose McIver who plays “Lindsey Salmon” says, “My perfect world would be one where diversity is celebrated, change is embraced and resources are shared. And where everyone wears patchwork pants and cryptic crosswords are in the education curriculum.” In celebration of The Lovely Bones on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD on April ….