By Fused Film Staff •
March 21, 2011 •
Seems like these films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit have been in production forever. Recently, however, we’ve started to get a steady stream of news on the two part adaptation. Via his Facebook page, Peter Jackson has released two photos of himself on the set of the film in New Zealand. In the photos we…[ more ]
By Fused Film Staff •
December 20, 2009 •
With 2009 ending and 10 years into the new millennium passed we have decided to look at who should be considered the filmmaker of the decade. The guy or perhaps girl who has really made a presence and stamp on cinema and filmmaking over the past 10 years. So tell us – is it Steven Soderbergh,…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
November 3, 2009 •
The other day on the latest episode of the MixerCast, Alex Billington and I, discussed how Joss Whedon needs to do more feature films. All that said what if he did a big blockbuster franchise like JJ did Star Trek or Singer did X-Men/Superman? What franchise would he be the best at? Well apparently he thinks Terminator…[ more ]
By Fused Film Staff •
June 22, 2009 •
Many of The Lord of the Rings movie sets are being reconstructed for the upcoming prequel, The Hobbit. Red Carpet tours is again advertising their tours of Middle-Earth, i.e. New Zealand, after a bit of a hiatus since The Return of the King.
This means a couple of things: one, that there is a renewed demand…[ more ]
By Fused Film Staff •
May 12, 2009 •
J. R. R. Tolkien’s classic, The Hobbit, will now officially be made into two separate movies. Originally, Executive Producer, Peter Jackson, announced two Lord of the Ring prequels to be released, one being the Hobbit and the other a transitional piece that would bridge the gap between the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings…[ more ]
By Fused Film Staff •
December 11, 2008 •
Everyone who knows me knows that I hate remakes, reboot, and revisionist history I ‘m looking at you JJ Abrams. With that being said, I’m going to make a snap judgment on Keanu Reeves new picture. Just how bad can a movie be that advertises another movie’s trailer in their commercial; I’m going…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
April 28, 2008 •
“You know, I traveled to New Zealand just a little while ago, and one of the main reasons for going was to sit down and talk about the second film. ‘The Hobbit’, the book, is really one self-contained film, so for the second movie we sat down and worked it out. When we did this…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
April 25, 2008 •
Director Guillermo del Toro has signed on to helm The Hobbit, based on JRR Tolkiens book of the same name. The director will not only helming the movie, which centres on Bilbo Baggins taking the Ring of Power from Gollum, but also its planned sequel.
The announcement was made jointly from the pics exec producers Peter…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
January 31, 2008 •
So with the news of Guillermo Del Toro helming the Hobbit movie there circulates the news of the film being made into 2 films and not one.
Del Toro is a good pic for director that much I will tell the visualnes sof the film will be outstanding and worthy of Middle Earth. However, the story…[ more ]