Warner Bros./New Line/MGM’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey topped the Saturn Award nominations, nabbing nine of the precious slots for recognition given out by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
Fox’s Life of Pi and Sony/MGM’s Skyfall were also leading contenders, receiving eight and seven nominations, respectively.
If you’re setting out to steal from a dragon, always read the fine print.
James Daily, a lawyer and co-author of The Law and Superheroes, has set his sights on the contract between Bilbo Baggins and the band of dwarves in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
If you’re like me, you're busy watching (and talking about) movies ... and you’re a procrastinator. Then you look at the calendar and realize it’s a week before Christmas and you haven’t done any shopping.
But fear not. Just because my loved ones aren’t going to get presents doesn’t mean yours don't have to.
Just as they did when they arrived at Bag End, the dwarves came in waves, laughing and excited, joking with each other in reunion. Sure, they had a lot less hair, wore suits instead of swords and traveled on a red carpet in place of a dirt road, but the actors who played the dwarves carried the same jolly spirit at the New York premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as their counterparts did on screen.
The fans lined up outside the Ziegfeld Theater in Midtown Manhattan on a chilly Thursday night were not just there to cheer a movie premiere; they also were witnessing a coronation.
Peter Jackson was going to get Martin Freeman to Middle-earth, no matter what it took.
The 41-year old English actor, best known right now for his work as Watson on BBC's Sherlock, plays the reluctant lead hero, Bilbo Baggins, in Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy -- which was the director's plan from the start.
How did Peter Jackson turn one small book into another massive film trilogy? Simple: all it took was some imagination and a bit of help from the author of The Hobbit himself.
Although The Hobbit showcases the natural beauty of New Zealand, the National Wildlife Federation wants U.S. audiences to remember the pleasures of their own country’s great outdoors. To that end, they’ve teamed up with Warner Bros., MGM and New Line to host the "Green Your Shire Sweepstakes" for a complimentary private screening of the film. Th winner will be able to invite up to 100 friends or classmates.
As fans of The Hobbit count down the final minutes to the film’s premiere in Wellington, some New Zealand activists are still bitter about the outcome of a failed unionization attempt in 2010, even as NZ Actors Equity is finally making progress in negotiations with the country’s producers association.
Sleep deprivation, recording at Abbey Road Studios and creating motion capture beards are among the topics in Peter Jackson’s final behind-the-scenes video blog for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Embedded at Park Road Post Production in Wellington, New Zealand, the director says the first of his Lord of the Rings prequels is due to be completed just two days before its Nov. 28 premiere in his home country ("hopefully," he adds with a nervous laugh).
PETA says Peter Jackson is "attempting to deflect" charges of animal abuse during the filming of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
In a statement, the group - which is planning protests at the film's premieres in the U.S., U.K. and New Zealand - says whistleblowers' concerns about the welfare of animals during the shoot were ignored.
Superman fanatics will get a longer look at Henry Cavill in the red and blue when the first full-length trailer for Warner Bros.' Man of Steel debuts before Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
"It's fun. I can't wait for The Hobbit, so it will be fun to see our crazy Man of Steel trailer and then enjoy the Hobbit because that's going to be great," Man of Steel director Zack Snyderconfirmed to MTV News. "It just feels like a fun Christmas thing to do, drag the whole family out for that action."
Peter Jackson and the producers of The Hobbit trilogy "completely reject" allegations made by animal wranglers involved in making the films that the production was responsible for the deaths of as many as 27 animals on set in New Zealand.
Passengers on Air New Zealand won't be sitting through a very dull safety video -- instead they'll see a clip that features Gollum crawling through the aisles and Peter Jackson finding the One Ring on the cabin floor.
