October 1, 2012
Benedict Cumberbatch, best known for playing the title character in the BBC’s “Sherlock”, will be seen in some high-profile big screen villain roles in the months and years to come. He’ll play a still-unknown interstellar foe in J.J. Abram’s Star Trek Into Darkness and will lend voice and movement to the computer-generated Smaug in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy. In aSource:
New Line and MGM
September 22, 2012
The film follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic
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New Line/Warner Bros.
September 8, 2012
There and back again… and again.
Yes, the rumors are true: Peter Jackson has confirmed that “The Hobbit” will become a trilogy. Rumblings that the “Lord of the Rings” prequel would be split into three films first made headway at Comic-Con earlier in the month.
“We have certainly been talking to the studio about some of the material we can’t film, and we’ve been asking them so we can do a bit… Continue reading 'The Hobbit' Trilogy: 'Lord Of The Rings' Prequel Gets A Third Film
Update: News today suggests Peter Jackson definitely wants to make a third Hobbit film, and that a decision as to whether that actually happens should be made soon. With that being the case, we’re reposting this conversation from last week when the topic was a hot one at comic-con. [via THR]
After it was announced last week that the third Hunger Games book, Mockingjay, would be… Continue reading The Conversation: Should Peter Jackson Extend 'The Hobbit' for a Trilogy?
