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, ….

Maya Entertainment nabs rights to Mark Ruffalo’s directorial debut

Maya Entertainment has nabbed U.S. distribution rights to Sympathy for Delicious, the feature directorial debut of Mark Ruffalo, to be released theatrically in the Spring of 2011. Written by Christopher Thornton, who also stars in and produced the project, Sympathy for Delicious follows the true story of a newly paralyzed DJ who gets more than ….

Elvis Presley’s granddaughter may join Charlize Theron in Mad Max 4

Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, Riley Keough (Runways), is in talks to play one of the “Five Wives” in Mad Max 4, titled Fury Road, according to HeatVision. Series creator, filmmaker George Miller, has been busy for the last year preparing a series of high-end vehicles for the massive production in Australia. Fury Road’s plot is being ….

Cicely Tyson and HBO’s Frank E. Flowers to be honored at Caribbean Heritage Salute to Hollywood

Caribbean Heritage Organization (CHO) and the Institute of Caribbean Studies, DC (ICS-DC) are pleased to announce that stage and screen actress Cicely Tyson and writer and director Frank E. Flowers will be honored at its 2008 Salute to Hollywood & the Arts during National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. The daughter of immigrants from the tiny Caribbean ….