Too busy last week to go through all the movie news?  Here’s a look at what you missed! It was a busy week, so let’s get started…. * Box office this weekend: no surprise that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides lead the box office.  They’ve certainly pushed it enough.  And to be fair [...]

Too busy last week to go through all the movie news? Here’s a look at what you missed! * Thor comes out on top in this weekend’s box office race. Goes to show you never mess around with a dude carrying a giant hammer. Fast Five drops down a notch — in all fairness with [...]

For fans of The Lord of the Rings, the idea of Peter Jackson taking on The Hobbit was like a fairy tale come true. And much like a fairy tale, there have been many twists and turns that have had fans wondering if this project would ever get off the ground. Worry no longer; production [...]

Today, IMAX and Warner Bros. announced that they had signed a deal to release 20 films in the format over the next three years. In the statement, several release dates were revealed, as well as an update on Guillermo del Toro’s “The Hobbit.”

While we all have read the headlines lately that The Hobbit may be in trouble and may not start on time or possibly at all. We do have a ray of hope from the fine folks over at the Matamata Chronicle. The Matamata Chronicle was given an exclusive tour of Hobbiton as work on the [...]

Golden Globe nominated Tobey Maguire (for his role in Brothers) is leaving the Spider-Man franchise for Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit big-screen adaptation. One wonders if the reported changes being made to the Spider-Man franchise didn’t have a lot to do with his decision. Spider-Man’s turn from bright, poppy, action hero to gritty, dark, vigilante [...]

Not long ago, we told you about MGM’s impending financial crisis which threatened the life of the company, as well as the franchises that MGM holds. It seems that the situation has only gotten more dire for the studio: Variety is reporting that they will essentially be auctioning off all of their assets within the [...]

A week or so ago we reported on the financial crisis facing Metro Goldwyn Mayer that threatened to knock Guillermo Del Toro’s The Hobbit off its axis. It looked like a tricky doomsday scenario for the studio, but we’re happy to report that MGM is safe, for now. According to a brief Variety report, the [...]